Jurong Hill + Garden of Fame

My family and I went up Jurong Hill to a hilltop restaurant for teppanyaki recently.

Though it’s not a big hill, there are 2 carparks – one at mid-level, the other at the peak and whichever one it is, the restaurant is still close by. We headed straight to park at the peak, which was for most of us our first time on top. We usually settle on mid-level.

What’s interesting up there is a sign that says “Garden of Fame” and looking around us, we saw many trees with plaques on the ground.

So if something’s worth plaquing then it has to be something significant or historical or both, right? And since we are ardent plaque readers, we went under different trees asap. Soon we had a list of countries where their leaders and dignitaries planted a tree on this plot to mark their visit to Singapore, mostly during the 1970s.

So who came and did the gardening?

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and others arrived from Sweden, Norway, Iran, Tongo, Barbados, Japan, Canada, US and Indonesia. There is also a tree planted by our president Benjamin Sheares.