Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on having more homes built with home gardening in mind

Oct 6, 2020

Mr Christopher de Souza: To ask the Minister for National Development whether the Ministry will consider having homes built with home gardening in mind.

Answer:

NParks recently launched the Gardening with Edibles programme, which provided 400,000 free seed packets of edible plants for households to start home gardening. The programme also provides extensive online resources on how to garden at home with affordable tools that are widely available, such as pots of soil, fertiliser, and energy-efficient Light-Emitting Diode grow lights (if natural light is insufficient). NParks has received good feedback that many households have been successful at starting edible gardens in their homes.

People who wish to participate in larger-scale gardening near their homes can also start or join community gardens in their neighbourhood. Today, there are more than 1,500 community gardens across Singapore. NParks will continue to work together with Residents’ Committees and Neighbourhood Committees to encourage the setting up of more community gardens.

In addition, individuals who wish to have dedicated plots for gardening can consider renting allotment garden plots from NParks. More than 1,000 garden plots have been made available in eleven parks across the island so far. NParks will progressively roll out more allotment garden plots, many of which will be in parks near residential areas.