Pasir Ris will get about 6.3km of new planted routes, with pink mempat trees along Pasir Ris Drive 3 and yellow-flowering golden bells along Pasir Ris Drive 1.
The National Parks Board (NParks) calls these roadside routes nature ways. Pasir Ris already has about 1.7km of them.
Planting Starts on Pasir Ris Drive 12 and Elias Road
Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and an MP for Pasir Ris-Changi GRC, announced the plans at a tree-planting event in Pasir Ris East on Sunday (15 Nov). She said planting would start in Pasir Ris West and expand in phases as infrastructure projects in the town are completed.
NParks uses tall trees, smaller trees and shrubs to recreate the layers of a forest along these routes. The planting is meant to help cool streets and link green spaces so birds and butterflies can move between them.
Pink and White Near the Coast, Yellow and Purple Inland
Near the coast, Pasir Ris Drive 3 will get white frangipani alongside the pink mempat, according to an NParks fact sheet reported by The Straits Times. The mempat’s pale pink flowers resemble cherry blossoms, earning it the nickname “Singapore sakura”. NParks lists the native tree as endangered in Singapore.
On Pasir Ris Drive 1, near Sungei Tampines, yellow golden bells will grow alongside purple Mexican petunias. Pasir Ris Drive 12 links the two roads, with purple flowers near Drive 1 giving way to pink ones towards Drive 3.
NParks also plans to use plants such as giant milkweed and spicate eugenia to attract wildlife, including ornate sunbirds and plain tiger butterflies.
A Rooftop Garden Is Also Planned for Elias Road
A rooftop community garden called EdibleGarden@Elias is expected to open in the first half of 2027. Residents will be able to grow edible plants on top of the multi-storey carpark at Block 601A Elias Road.
Pasir Ris West is also getting a Nature Kakis group. Grassroots leaders and volunteers will organise nature walks and community tree-planting activities.
