Mobile plant kiosk

I hone in on this car wherever I visit the market. It’s there rain or shine. Depending on the circumstances, the plants are either packed in the car or displayed by the road. Either way, I’d check everything out. There is always something to see – flowering plants, herbs, orchids, fruit tree saplings, adeniums … [...]

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Waxing lyrical over Dawson’s

“You’ll love this place,” Ju said. After visiting half a dozen garden centres as well as Bunnings I thought it would just be another garden centre. I was in for a surprise. It looked like someone’s been having fun! I love my plants, but hey, there is someone at Dawson’s Garden World with green fingers, [...]

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Sungai Buloh, anyone?

  “… want to go to Sungai Buloh?” Ah, these words are music to my ears. How can I say no? I’d be ready in an instant. This is one of the better known sites for garden centres (we call them nurseries) in the state. Imagine dozens of nurseries beneath the shady canopy of towering old [...]

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