Grow and Share Initiative

The new Grow and Share (G&S) initiative was launched to celebrate two decades of Community In Bloom (CIB) by sharing the joy of gardening with the wider community. Under this initiative, community gardening groups across Singapore, from housing estates, schools and organisations, are encouraged to organise wide-ranging gardening-related activities.

If you are part of a community gardening group, join us in celebrating 20 years of CIB from March to November this year, by organising at least one gardening-related event for your community! Be one of the first 800 groups to participate to be eligible for a starter pack and a celebration pack.

Objectives of Grow and Share

1. GROW community spirit
• Foster teamwork among gardeners through community initiatives, and encourage more people to garden together
2. SHARE gardens and harvests
• Create vibrant community gardens where people can come together to share gardening experiences and enjoy the harvests
3. CULTIVATE knowledge and skills
• Transform our gardens into living classrooms and exchange horticultural knowledge

How to get involved

Organise at least one community event in or around your community garden. The event or activity should fall under one of the five categories listed below.

The Grow and Share initiative will run from 13 March to 15 November 2025.

Eligibility

Participating community gardening groups are to be registered in the CIB programme. CIB gardening groups should be supported by:

• your respective Residents’ Network (RN), Residents’ Committee (RC), Neighbourhood Committee (NC), Condominium MCST,
• your organisation, or
• educational institution

Registration for the CIB programme is free! Email communityinbloom@nparks.gov.sg if your gardening group is not registered.

Event criteria

1. Time period:
• The event should take place between 13 March and 15 November 2025
2. Community impact:
• Size of planning team: Encouraged to have at least 5 members, this can include 1 to 2 leaders
• Participation rate: Event should cater for minimally 15 attendees, excluding the organisers
3. Garden event category
• The event should fall under one of the 5 garden event categories listed:

i) Educational and cultural celebration
ii) Wellness
iii) Sustainability
iv) Community care
v) Artistic

Need ideas? Here is a list of examples for each event category.

4. Social media sharing:
• Share your event(s) on any social media platform: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok
• Use the hashtags: #CIB20 #CIBGrowandShare #CommunityinBloom
• Tag @nparksbuzz in your caption or image!

Phases

1. Seeding & planning phase

To support you in your G&S events,


• We have prepared an event planning toolkit, which contains a series of references and templates
• NParks will be giving out a G&S starter pack
• Please indicate interest for the Grow and Share starter pack through the CIB Grow and Share pre-event form. Once your event details have been confirmed, NParks will reach out with information on how you can collect the starter pack.
• Each participating CIB group is only entitled to one starter pack.

Once you have confirmed the details of your event(s), submit the 🌱 pre-event form🌱 for our review. You will be able to submit up to three events per form. Please look through the pre-event form and ensure that you have all your details ready before starting a submission.

Submit the pre-event form

Want to find out more about the initiative? We are organising two virtual briefing sessions to share with you more details and how you can submit your proposals:

• 22 March 2025, Saturday, 10am
• 9 April 2025, Wednesday, 12pm
Register for a session


Can't attend the virtual briefing sessions? We've put together a form submission guide for your reference.

2. Watering & growing phase

You will receive an email once your submission is reviewed and confirmed – your personalised post-event form link will be in this email, please do not delete it. Proceed to implement your event and don’t forget to take plenty of photographs. Here are some pointers for taking useful photographs for your post-event submission:

• Showcase your community – take pictures of the organisers and participants in action
• Show a broad overview or bird’s eye view of the event ongoing and the activities undertaken
3. Harvest & wrap-up phase

When your event is over, retrieve your post-event form link from your confirmation email and complete the form. You will need to submit 2 photographs per event and a screenshot of your social media post(s). Upon the successful completion of the event(s) and form submissions, eligible gardening groups will receive a celebration pack. Delivery of the celebration pack will start from July 2025. More information will be shared with eligible groups once the delivery has been scheduled.