Persatuan Pekebunan Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan
Selangor and Federal Territory Gardening Society (251 Selangor)
All Things Grow with Love

Our Esteemed Patron
YB Tan Sri Datuk Seri Dr Chong Hon Nyan
PSM, DSGM, JMN, KMN, AMN, MA (Cantab), RCD (Singapore), DSc (Hon)


Pruning for Strong Healthy Trees


The recent storms we have experienced have brought trees crashing down across the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, causing loss of lives and property. Few of us realise that tree planting and management is both an art and a sceince.

The SFTGS is delighted to present arborist En Nik Ikmal Fathi to talk to us about just how we should prune trees to maintain them in peak health. En Nik is especially experienced in managing Durian Trees. The talk promises to be both educational and interesting.
Date: Saturday, June 22 2024
Time: 11am
Venue: Kona Mokapot Coffee, Universiti Malaya
Fee: RM10 for members; RM15 for non-members (The fee includes resfreshments)
Please call Lina Santiago Tel +6016 231 8504. Thank you.

Hon Secretary, SFTGS

GARDENING IN MALAYSIA
Volume 4 - Flowering Trees

With the publication of Volume 4 "Flowering Trees" SFTGS has now completed our planned series of four booklets covering flowering plants, annuals, ground covers, herbs, climbers, bulbs, rhizomes, tubers and foliage plants. Most people admire the beauty of flowering trees and as the foreword puts it "in the eyes of humankind trees serve many purposes", but even more important to realise is that trees are essential for ALL life on the planet. No trees — No life — No humans — No you and No me. So please go hug your trees, flowering or otherwise. This fourth volume of Gardening in Malaysia as with our previous three volumes, provides gorgeous photographs accompanied by useful information about the trees themselves.

ISBN 978-967-11225-3-2, A5 (146x207mm) size, Softcover, Colour plates

Price: RM28 per copy. Price inclusive of packing and postage (within Malaysia Only). Download this form for your orders. Contact: Selangor & FT Gardening Society h/p 011-28588786 or Lina Santiago 016-2318504.

Our Latest GREENFINGERS
Contents of Issue 1 - 2023:

  • Green Views
  • Masting
  • A Home in Federal Hill
  • In an English Country Garden
  • Things of Beauty
  • The Rose of Venezuela
  • The Tree Artist
  • The Plot

Guide to Gardening in Small Spaces

We are proud to announce that Ms Stephanie Choo, one of our members as well as a columnist in NST, has published the above book. The book is published by MPH under its MasterClass Series (no less!).

Those of you who live in a terrace or link house with limited garden space, or in an apartment with no land to speak of, will find this book full of useful information for gardening with such restrictions.

The book, in full colour, sells at RM35.90 per copy, and is available at all MPH bookstores. Do get yourself a copy!

Dr Tan Swee Lian,
President, SFTGS

For the Love of Trees

For those of you who have not obtained this book, it is now available in Shopee as shown below. Please click image.