Homegrown talent wins Singapore garden fest

Green thumb: Lim surrounded by the stunning greenery of rice plants dotted with splashes of colour from flowering shrubs in his showpiece garden at the Singapore Garden Festival. — The Straits Times/Asia News Network

SINGAPORE: Malaysian horticulturist and garden designer Inch Lim took home one of the top prizes for his show garden at this year’s Singapore Garden Festival.

Lim, 61, won the gold and best of show awards in the landscape garden category. He also picked up the horticulture excellence award.