What a busy Saturday today has been! And luckily for everyone, the weather held up in spite of black clouds and a very fine spray of rain just as activities were about to commence.
First up at 8.30 am were the ladies and gentlemen from the EHS Dept. who'd come for the Rainforest Walk. The walk was conducted by our Vice-President, Dr. Liew Kon Wui, with Dr. Conchita Nolan, and Lili Cheah acting as his backup.
The group of 20 ladies and gentlemen tackled the mile-long botanical trail from the Gazebo, along the Lower Circuit Road and ending at the Lily Pond, in good time,
It was an informative and interesting excursion as Dr. Liew briefed them on things as diverse as the different strata in the tropical rainforest canopy, the many kinds of trees around the Garden's slopes, the ferns and the flowers at ground level.
Participants were given drinks, a handout with diagrams of the various types of plants that make each specific level their home, and a brochure with highlights of the intriguing things to be found along the walk. Although the track was a bit slippery because of the previous few days' rainy weather, everything went off well.
There was a bit of a disappointment, however. The famous Black Lily (known as the keladi murai locally) was not in bloom when the group went on their track this morning. The exotically coloured purplish black flowers with gracefully bowed petals would have made for a lovely highlight around the Lily Pond area but unfortunately, it was not blooming season for this special bloom.
Meanwhile back at our Outreach premises, the usual Saturday morning demonstration went on as usual. The plant painted this week was a simple Helliconia with three leaves. It will be part of the T-shirt painting series of lessons since only two basic types of brushstrokes are required to do it.
Watch out for a third plant next week! We'll be doing fruiting lime tree branches!
Just to let everyone know, we're preparing a simple easily learned syllabus and teaching aids for T-shirt painting so that we can eventually start classes for those interested to learn basic one-stroke painting with dyes to make their own hand-painted T-shirts.
Participants were given drinks, a handout with diagrams of the various types of plants that make each specific level their home, and a brochure with highlights of the intriguing things to be found along the walk. Although the track was a bit slippery because of the previous few days' rainy weather, everything went off well.There was a bit of a disappointment, however. The famous Black Lily (known as the keladi murai locally) was not in bloom when the group went on their track this morning. The exotically coloured purplish black flowers with gracefully bowed petals would have made for a lovely highlight around the Lily Pond area but unfortunately, it was not blooming season for this special bloom.
Meanwhile back at our Outreach premises, the usual Saturday morning demonstration went on as usual. The plant painted this week was a simple Helliconia with three leaves. It will be part of the T-shirt painting series of lessons since only two basic types of brushstrokes are required to do it.Watch out for a third plant next week! We'll be doing fruiting lime tree branches!
Just to let everyone know, we're preparing a simple easily learned syllabus and teaching aids for T-shirt painting so that we can eventually start classes for those interested to learn basic one-stroke painting with dyes to make their own hand-painted T-shirts.
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