NTU - our garden campus

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29764502793804483412011-04-21T22:32:18.408-07:00NTU - our garden campusGarden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-52187289900596769642009-03-18T05:44:00.001-07:002009-03-18T05:52:02.683-07:00Spring blooms in NTU

I suppose by now, most of you would have noticed... the rest of the trumpet trees in NTU are blooming! For those of you who have missed out on the flowering of these trees near Hall 11, now's your second chance.Some good photography locations are as follows:Yunnan GardenWKWSCIHall 2 areaSo what else is there to see?The raintrees are flowering too! Don't forget to catch the little pink flowers

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-76634828050963988132009-03-07T00:26:00.000-08:002009-03-07T00:34:27.289-08:00Nature Walk on 7 Mar 2009

Today we concluded our longest ever nature walk, trekking through the NTU campus from one end to the other. It is by far the most ambitious guided walk we had carried out.From mango trees to durian trees, rambutan trees to chempedak trees - want to know where to go when you're feeling hungry?Looking for a place to gather with friends and perhaps enjoy a picnic surrounded by birds and beautiful

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-51065779992735143622009-02-26T02:34:00.000-08:002009-02-26T02:42:46.177-08:00Trumpet Trees near Hall 11

Hello all!Here are some photos of the place mentioned in the previous entry, courtesy of Yong Xiang.Enjoy! =)For the nature walk on 7 March 2009 (Saturday), we will be bringing you somewhere near that location. If you are lucky, the flowers would still be there but time does not wait! Better to visit the location soon before the flowers all fall off. ^^

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-39852197614609413622009-02-23T05:43:00.000-08:002009-02-23T06:11:45.882-08:00For the photographers

If you enjoy photography, especially nature photography or is simply looking for a lovely place with picturesque surroundings, allow me to let you in on a little secret!The trumpet trees are flowering now!If you've read my previous entries, I have likened the trumpet trees to the Sakura of Singapore. When in full bloom, the whole tree is a burst of colour, usually in pink or white with the

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-27004678853667715582009-02-21T04:50:00.000-08:002009-02-22T07:58:48.201-08:00Spring in NTU (Hall 5)

Spring has arrived at NTU! Well, technically speaking, Singapore does not really have the four seasons but the trees found within campus here often give us the feeling that we do. So, every once in a while, we still get to experience the different seasons!This is a picture of a frangipani tree in full bloom taken along the covered walkway towards Hall 5. If you like frangipani trees, Hall 5

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-5425628677554442922009-02-21T04:21:00.000-08:002009-02-21T04:36:27.636-08:00The ever-changing fig

If you've taken buses from the bus stop in front of the Innovation Centre, you might have noticed this very special tree just next to the bus shelter - our Heritage Tree!So why is it so special? Is it only because it's a Heritage Tree?Take a look at the picture below. Can you guess what it shows? I'll give you a hint - they're not the flower petals of the fig tree. Fig trees are given a name

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-24301295765338745622009-01-28T23:41:00.000-08:002009-02-21T04:21:27.915-08:00UPCOMING NATURE WALK on 7 MARCH

Explore the wonders of your garden campus!Aside from from walking around NTU from one lesson to another, have you ever stopped and noticed the rich variety of plants we have here?Join us and trek through NTU for an entertaining and informative session on 7 March 2009 (Saturday), 9am!We'll see you there!

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-986910287293769402009-01-08T05:57:00.001-08:002009-02-21T04:48:53.723-08:00Join us at our Booth!

Come join us at the Nature Guides' Booth during EAC from 29 to 30 Jan 2009 at Canteen A.There will be a specimens display, digital photo album and many more other things to do at the booth.See you there!For more information, you can visit http://clubs.ntu.edu.sg/earthlink/eac2009/index.html.

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-60006497730416504402008-12-04T08:37:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:58:03.089-08:00Changeable Lizards

This changeable lizard was spotted in Hall 4's carpark, sunbathing on top of the branches of a Hongkong orchid tree.Changeable lizards can change their colours quite rapidly while not as rapidly as chameleons. From this picture, you can see how the colour of the lizard matches that of the branch on which it stood. If I'm not wrong, we do not have chameleons in Singapore in the wild. Many people

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-57134211495145542422008-10-25T04:03:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:50:17.213-08:00Nature Appreciation Night, 24 Oct 2008

Short message from the guides:The nature walk had been very enjoyable for all of us and so I hope everyone else had fun too! We are still working hard to find out more about our garden campus but I hope the walk had been both interesting and informative for all of you. There are actually more than 30 types of plants in Yunnan Garden itself and that day's walk covered only a fraction of them. The

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-4584634441277992862008-10-16T17:59:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:50:00.412-08:00Epiphytic Plants

There are always interesting plants and trees to be observed when you walk around the campus. But sometimes, the ecological interactions between them are just as interesting. Last week, I came across an interesting tree located around hall 1 block 12. What makes it very unique is that its whole trunk has been covered with many other kinds of plants, right to the extent that you can barely see the

Andrew Darwitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13074677378436416197noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-28076629550490163812008-10-04T07:25:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:48:55.616-08:00"Euphoric" Tree at Yunnan Garden

18th September 2008 marked my first formal encounter with Yunnan Garden, which was actually a prelude to what nature guiding is all about for a greenhorn like me. Previously, I have walked through Yunnan Garden once but I did not have the luxury of admiring the flora and fauna. Thus, the experience was truely an eye-opener of the diversity of organisms that the garden has to offer.There was a

HJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07836019536501320488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-27288288776267693012008-09-15T08:37:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:48:35.194-08:00Butterfly seen on our campus shuttle buses

Hello all! I recently took a good look at the butterflies pictured on the shuttle buses again and realised I was wrong the last time when I said the butterfly I saw is the same as those seen on our shuttle buses. Pardon this amateur butterfly watcher!I have yet found out its name. If you know what butterfly it is, do let us know! You can use the comments function on the blog or simply leave us a

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-36382423936859863902008-08-15T07:11:00.000-07:002008-08-15T08:06:57.260-07:00Bird Watching in NTU

Do you find yourself with nothing to do while waiting at the bus stop in front of the Innovation Centre for the 179 buses? Now you will be bored no longer! Let me tell you why.Notice the huge fig tree beside the bus stop? (You can refer to older entries to see pictures of how it looks like. http://gardenntu.blogspot.com/2008/07/heritage-tree.html) It is now the time when many birds perch on the

Kang Huahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06997063481289910593noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-47183764126030051532008-08-05T22:09:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:48:11.125-08:00A hunt for butterflies in Yunnan Garden

I have always enjoyed taking pictures so on one bright morning, I decided to head down to the Yunnan Garden. It was a Saturday and I happen to be in school because I have something on in the late afternoon so why not find something to do to spend the morning, I thought. For a while, I took many pictures of the lovely flowers in the garden and then something caught my eye - the pretty butterflies

Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-85299605085653408342008-07-25T22:22:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:47:52.049-08:00Our Nature Guides and Yunnan Garden

In the year 2006, Earthlink NTU and NIE Green Club together initiated the activity--Nature Walk in Yunnan Garden. We aimed to bring together the nature lovers within the campus and explore the nature beauties around. We chose Yunnan Garden as our first guiding place, as this garden had over 30 species of flora and also an intriguing history since 1950s. Then we trained nature guides from our very

Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-9944127767383301222008-07-25T20:08:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:47:31.265-08:00Sea Fig Tree

Common Name: Sea FigPlace to observe: beside Canteen B bus stopWhen to observe: May~June, Sep~OctWhat to observe: young leaves and friutsWhy observe: The sea fig bears fruits twice a year. Before bearing fruits, it sheds off all its leaves and comes out with the new ones in only a few days. As you can see from the pictures below, it bears the fruits on its branches. These fruits are first green

Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-73871929797644267412008-07-25T20:00:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:46:41.942-08:00Trumpet Tree

Common name: Trumpet Tree Where to observe: Yunnan Garden, Beside Canteen 1, Canteen 2 and SCE When to observe: Mar and May Why observe: The trumpet tree only flowers for a few days. Within that short period, the whole tree is so overwhelmed with white or pink flowers that you can hardly find the leaves. The flowers keep drop to the ground from time to time. So the most beautiful scene is, when

Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-70794830357279497412008-07-25T07:41:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:46:08.054-08:00Spiders

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Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-20240024253827462122008-07-25T06:59:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:44:11.739-08:00Yellow Saraca

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Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-42839492800990220022008-07-25T06:39:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:38:44.427-08:00Tamalan Tree

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Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-59428756341385918852008-07-25T06:13:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:26:12.072-08:00Hongkong Orchid

Garden NTUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01880424121455600317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976450279380448341.post-36372716676083063112008-07-25T06:06:00.000-07:002008-12-03T07:25:38.374-08:00Heliconia

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