Quah spends at least two hours a day in the garden, watering, pruning and trying to keep pests such as grasshoppers at bay. Photos: The Star/Azlina Abdullah
Amidst the uncertainty and isolation during Covid-19, Eunice Quah, 48, was someone who found purpose and joy in transforming the lawn of her family home into a lush oasis of greenery and life.
Within her 1,600sq ft (148sq m) garden located in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, she cultivates a diverse array of local and exotic herbs, vegetables, tropical fruits and edible flowers. Her garden boasts an extensive selection, including seven varieties of mint, three types of sweet potato, and 40 different flowers, with 19 of them edible.
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Quah spends at least two hours a day in the garden, watering, pruning and trying to keep pests such as grasshoppers at bay. Photos: The Star/Azlina Abdullah
Edible flowers like pentas, dianthus, chives, dill, water parsley and French marigold grace every layer of Quah’s garden.
Harvest of the day: winter melon, butternut squash, selom, ulam raja and edible flowers.
A healthy pot of pineapple mint.
Cavendish bananas just one month away from ripeness.
Quah with edible flowers and other produce harvested from her garden.
Quah tends to a total of 127 plant varieties in her 1,600sq ft (148sq m) garden.
There are 40 different flowers that Quah cultivates, 19 of them edible.
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