Singapore, Nov. 1 -- Visitors to this year's Community Garden Festival will be able to admire a winter melon weighing a whopping 24.06kg, a 46.4cm-long lady's finger, and a long bean living up to its name at over a metre.
These prize-winning vegetables are on display at the third edition of the biennial festival, which runs till Sunday at Jurong Lake Gardens.
There are four segments to the festival. The first features garden displays by gardeners and ambassadors from the five community development councils. The displays reflect gardening trends here from the 1960s till today.
These include Early Singapore, featuring designs from the past, such as octagon-shaped wall patterns found in early housing estates and an "old-school" bus stop ...