Nature enthusiasts planted over 2,500 plants, shrubs and trees yesterday at the Penang Road open space. This, along with a 280 sq m garden on the top two floors of Orchard Central, are the Singapore's Nature Society's 14th designated butterfly site.
This is the latest addition to the Butterfly Trail Project, a strategic partnership project between Nature Society (Singapore), National Parks Board, Singapore Tourism Board and Orchard Road Business Association.
Still, enthusiasts say growing a butterfly population 12 storeys up atop Orchard Central is a challenge.
The chairperson of the Nature Society's Butterfly Interest Group, Mr Gan Cheong Weei, said: "Butterflies will not fly up to an open area if there is no shelter or protection. But if there are tall trees, just like the old angsana trees in the area, they will fly up - especially once the population of butterflies abounds at the Penang Road open space."
Having done their part, butterfly lovers now have to wait and see if the butterflies will flit on over to the greened shopping belt. "We will try our best but we will just have to cross our fingers and hope they will do what we want them to do," said Mr Gan.
