Singapore: Over 200 allotment garden plots open for balloting in Yishun, West Coast, Aljunied & Punggol
1,000 allotment garden plots to be made available by 2021
By Zhangxin Zheng
Mothership
October 24, 2020
Excerpt:
In his opening remarks of the Community Gardens Festival 2020, Minister for National Development Desmond Lee announced that there will be 1,000 more allotment garden plots made available islandwide by 2021.
This is part of the ministry’s efforts to promote gardening as Singapore transforms into a City in Nature.
230 allotment plots open for application on Oct. 25, 2020
Of these 1,000 new allotment garden plots, 230 plots will be open for online application on Oct. 25, 2020.
They are located in parks in Aljunied, Punggol, West Coast and Yishun.
Park Number of available plots
Aljunied Park 26
Punggol Waterway Park 100
West Coast Park 80
Yishun Neighbourhood Park 30
The application will open for two weeks from Oct. 25 to Nov. 8, from 10am to 10pm.
Plots will be allocated through computerised balloting, and members of the public are encouraged to apply the gardening plots nearest to their residence.
Applicants will be informed of the outcome within three months from the closing date (Nov. 8).
