2023 marks 60 years of greening Singapore, since 1963 when founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew raised the idea of a Garden City. The year marks a call to celebrate the people who have made it possible — the members of our community.

This year, we launched new ground-up volunteer groups and commemorated old ones. Local and international partnerships with experts and residents propelled research on biodiversity and conservation. Harnessing the power of collaboration with stakeholders alongside continued investment into science and technology, we raised standards in the veterinary sector, landscape industry and biosurveillance research.

As a definitive part of our urban ecosystem, our community shapes nature, just as much as nature shapes the community.