UNPLUGGED & HAPPY
OLIVIA CHOONG, 40
She is Singapore’s green girl on Instagram (@ tendergardener), and also the co-founder of local non-profit green movement, Green Drinks Singapore. The home-farmer has learnt many life lessons from her garden.
When her rooster crows at the break of dawn, she gets up for a cup of tea or simply rolls back into bed. Her day begins between 11am and 12pm, when she’s fully rested.
Next, Olivia Choong feeds her chickens and prunes the shrubs at the expansive backyard of her family bungalow in MacPherson.
The backyard is sectioned into three plots of land. One for a chicken coop that fits three chickens, another for bigger trees like mulberry, and the other for new plants like taro and popcorn. Oh, she keeps bees, too.
The former Republic Polytechnic lecturer who became a full-time home farmer has been slow-living since 2012.
Olivia says: “Singaporeans are so used to
