My mum was reading the newspapers and she was reminded about GardenTech 2007 (aka Hortpark to us HLM people). So I agreed and went with her, but first, I dragged her to Scape, where Ben had his stall(Dresssy) set up for this mini bazarre. And just nice, Nisa arrived just moments before we came, so I met up with Ben and Nisa to chat for a while, then the girl and I walked around the place. It wasn't that big, quite small and squeezy I must say, and most of the stuff on sale are all female clothing, so not many choices for guys. The only viable clothes for guys were AberCrombie polo shirts, but they were all stripped, and I don't intend to be another GZ,hahahaha. No offence bro. My mum and I just stayed for a while and left for HortPark.
It wasn't all that bad I must say, but the place is extremely secluded, took us quite a while to find the place. But when we reached there, it was cool to see so many plant-related things on display. Here are a few pictures taken there:
These are all plants which make up this big vertical mural, very nice way to displaying them, and I wonder how they irrigate them. (But with the rain, I don't think its a problem :P)
This was one of the exibits, and its hilarious to see recycled kitchen appliances being used as pots for plants. Rice cooker!!
Tea pot pot,hahahaha. Cuphea hyssopifolia if you don't know.
This was nice,because of the colour of the pool. The water jets were the added bonus.
Orchid!!! Hahahaha, very nice colour combination, and it wasn't small as well, very pretty and attractive.
Ixora, they were extremely red and very yellow as well, very ncie in all.
Another Orchid hybrid, love the colour combinations.
Also another Orchid cultivar, Mj's favourite colour, hahaha, nice.
No idea what plant this is, but still nice nonetheless.
Chrysanthemums! Believe it or not, very nice variegation, pretty in pink. =)
Very simple yet nice water fountain.
Portion of the park where plants, water features and gardening accessories were on sale.
Another one of the outdoor exibits, very cute, small purple flowers.
Nice mini landscape,sadly the rainwater mad the the exibit water look muddy. But it was nice all the same.
Cool set of rock benches.
Another cute and simple landscape.
HortPark was extremely crowded, and the rain was erratic, sometimes raining, other times not. And I went over to the NP booth, and guess what, the stuff on display are exactly the same as those from Gardenfest in Suntec. Hahahaha, Chin Hong and Jia Zhen were on duty that time, and Mr Saiful was supposed to meet them 1 hour ago, so much for being punctual. LOL.
So it was a really good day out with my mum, and travelling all around Singapore. A good way to relax after the stressful tests, so now its down to Christmas shopping next week with my mum!! Wooohoooo! Means that I can also get new clothes and stuff, nice!
Hahaha,ok got to go off now, see you people soon!
~moey out~