Greening the city in Singapore was a project envisioned and established by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew when he founded the country in the 60s. He understood early enough that trees, shrubs, flowers and parks were important to raise quality of life but also to preserve the country's biodiversity. Hence when economic survival was no longer an issue, he transformed the concrete and steel Singapore into a concrete, steel and garden city. Today, with its parks and gardens and 50 percent of the country being covered by greenery, Singapore is considered as one of the greenest cities in the world.

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