to get fresh food either by being a happy home farmer or getting the food directly from trusted local farms.
If you are…
- feeling overwhelmed by the gardening info online and not sure how to start?
- struggling to find answers for your gardening questions?
- feeling that you never really know what goes into your food?
Great, you are in the right place
Our 3 major focus
1. Remove overwhelming feeling
We share relevant real-life farming experiences in Singapore context and we turn concepts and how-tos into straight-forward steps, so you can easily apply them to your gardening!
2. We are here for you
Growing food is a journey and it doesn’t end after attending workshop. You always have an expert to turn to when you bump into gardening obstacles.
3. Connect to your food and feel happy
We work closely with local farms who say no to pesticides, when you shop with us, you know exactly who the farmer is and find more joy and appreciation in what you eat.
This is how I get here
When I first started growing edibles, I was overwhelmed by internet info and I felt confused when the info contradicts each other. After reading plenty of articles online, I realised most of the info is only applicable to the western climate.
Some of the methods are complicated and trial and error take up a lot of my time. When problems like pests happen, I have no expert to turn to, someone who can give me validated answers.
Still remember my first-time propagating Thai basil from cuttings, sounds easy but in reality, I was struggling and asking myself,
“Where to cut the stems?”
“Should I cut the leaves? If yes, how many leaves?”
“Should I expose the cuttings under the sun?”
After all the struggles, I met a few experienced farmers and Wan Ying of Little Urban Oasis is one of them. Wan Ying has been farming for more than 10 years and she has been self-sustainable since 2012.
Thanks to Wan Ying’s help, I gained insights and knowledge of growing food. And I was also pleasantly surprised that the more I know about how food is grown and the effort required to turn seed into food, the deeper I feel connected to what I eat, and the more appreciation and joy I find in my everyday life.
Growing food can be fun and I believe that everyone can start farming from home. I wanted to spread this deep joy I experienced to more people, and I made it my mission to help more people find happiness and appreciation for growing food.
Want to work with us?
3 simple steps to work together
Place order online /Join workshop wait list
Get your products on designated day / Attend workshop online
What our workshop members are saying?
Definitely a workshop for beginners
“Wan Ying brings a know-how that is relevant for us and she has the depth of experience with farming, both in urban and farm settings. She is very patient in sharing her knowledge and always makes an effort to address every question.
It’s definitely a workshop for beginners where she will provide the much needed hand holding to help us work towards the 2030 goal incrementally.”
Gives me confidence and tenacity to face challenges
“Most important thing about Wan Ying is she shares her years of real life experience in the Singapore context. Many a times – google searches show overseas grower experience, whilst FB answers from other home growers can sometimes be confusing and even incorrect.
Having Wan Ying ‘walk alongside’ my farming journey gives me the confidence and tenacity to face the challenges – honestly I would have given up already if not for her mentoring.”
Covers every aspect a person needs to be successful
“I learned a lot from Wan Ying’s workshop. Her workshop is always very detailed and covers every aspect of gardening which a person needs to know to be successful. She’s always very patience and prompt in answering questions.
Previously I didn’t know what’s the requirement of the light to grow veg. I read up and got more confused and overwhelmed until I attended Wan Ying’s workshop. Now I’m growing veg using lights and just harvested my first batch of Naibai.”
How can we serve you?
Buy fresh food from farm to table
Get fresh mushrooms, kales, herbs, exotic mints and other produce from our trusted farmers and growers who say no to pesticides
Grow your own fresh food
Learn from farmer and enjoy your first mini harvest with us. Find out more on our workshop with Little Urban Oasis.
Join this group buy for discount
In collaboration with Little Urban Oasis, we help beginners to get hard-to-come-by or cheaper gardening essentials used by the farm.
Join our telegram group so that you won’t miss our quarterly group buy!
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