‘City in Nature? That’s just rubbish. All our green spaces are fake.‘ These kinds of sentiments are familiar to me, having friends or family bring this up in conversation, critical towards the Singapore government’s new campaign to push for Singapore to be a ‘City in Nature’. Admittedly, I thought like this too – until I experienced Keppel Discovery Wetlands (KDW) at the Singapore Botanic Gardens and saw the amount of effort put into the restoration project. $2.08 million was invested into the restoration of this freshwater wetland ecosystem. The conservation team really stretched their dollars to replicate the ecosystem and provide educational signboards for visitors.

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