Saturday, November the 19th, was a busy one for the Friends of the Botanic
Gardens Society. The Small Ateliers community group had their Children’s Seed
Safari with 19 children and 12 parents participating in the event. The intrepid adventurers were led on their nature walk by
our president, Dr. Liew Kon Wui, with volunteer members bringing up the rear
and helping to keep an eye on the excited children. The Small Ateliers made a little circuit
of the outer section of the Botanical Gardens, looking at the different trees,
their flower and seeds. They learnt a little about seed dispersal and when they
got back to the Outreach premises, they had a little show-and-tell session.
Saturday, November the 19th, was a busy one for the Friends of the Botanic
Gardens Society. The Small Ateliers community group had their Children’s Seed
Safari with 19 children and 12 parents participating in the event. The intrepid adventurers were led on their nature walk by
our president, Dr. Liew Kon Wui, with volunteer members bringing up the rear
and helping to keep an eye on the excited children. The Small Ateliers made a little circuit
of the outer section of the Botanical Gardens, looking at the different trees,
their flower and seeds. They learnt a little about seed dispersal and when they
got back to the Outreach premises, they had a little show-and-tell session.
Local vegetables and fruits of various kinds were cut open
for them to examine, the highlight being the lipstick plant’s red juice which
were used by the ladies of long ago to give their lips and cheeks a pink blush.
Also known as the annatto, the hairy red fruits had many of the children
thinking they were some kind of odd rambutan at first.
An art and craft session ended the kids’ day out, with the
parents helping them to produce seed collages with local beans, peas and the
specimens they had collected.
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