GARDENING ALONG THE COMMON CORRIDOR
Hi friends,
Welcome to the first episode of GARDENING ALONG THE COMMON CORRIDOR -
Gardening, as a popular hobby, is catching on with city dwellers residing in high rise buildings – Singapore.
The hobby caught on with many especially during COVID’s lockdown, when going “outdoors” is an offense, talking to another person not in the same household is a potential risk, talking to plants poses no risk, (haha. Perhaps we became the “risk” when plants die on us despite our “TLC”, yes some of us are Plant Killers).
Honestly speaking, who or which "Green Finger" person has never killed a plant?
In fact, we are persistent plant killers to begin with. I have killed countless to learn how I dont "accidentally" kill them.
The Plant Lover gene in those of us who love gardening might think, “Gardening is my personal interest; I do quietly don’t bother others” - this mentality as we all know is not quite the case where we live in skyrise buildings especially HDB. There are several aspects when it comes to using the HDB common corridor for gardening.
For a start, it is called the “Common Corridor”, which is not for “personal” use. Whilst in some areas, it may “appear” more private than others. Nevertheless, it is a shared space which comes with several considerations before and during use. Not just concerning other “users / neighbours” on the same level, people residing / passing above / below and alongside are within the same space which we owe responsibility / care / concern for and towards each other.
In this new series on "Gardening along HDB Corridors", we embark on few topics in hope to aid understanding / share views / discuss so that we can both enjoy our hobby / improve knowledge / become aware and considerate of what we do.
We welcome suggestions or questions to what we can bring up here as well as comments to what we might be able to do better too.
So see you again next week with a fresh episode. Until then "take care and enjoy your hobby".
- James Dylan Loh
PS "TLC = Tender Loving Care" (yeah, this was initially what I intended as weekly Quiz Question, but as a nice person especially a Plant Lover like me, I just gave away.)
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