The AMGD Enabling Garden is an initiative by Reta Social Enterprise (RSE) and AMGD Superfood Restaurant (AMGD) to create an inclusive and accessible edible garden where Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) can gain training and work experience, while the wider community learns about food, sustainability and inclusion. As it is aligned to our Little Farms Everywhere endeavour, TCHS is honoured to be a partner in this meaningful project.
The site is located within the Enabling Village which aims to integrate PwDs into society by combining community spaces, training programmes and employment opportunities in an accessible public environment. The AMGD Enabling Garden is intended to be an extension of AMGD Superfood Restaurant which currently employs 20 PwDs.
The design and execution process is based on TCHS’s Collaborative Procurement Framework which applies the permaculture principles “integrate rather than segregate” and “use and value diversity” into the procurement process. This involves a Design Competition cum Studio where designers work together, whilst benefiting from the element of healthy competition. It also presents an opportunity for designers of different abilities, strengths and levels of experience to learn from each other.
TCHS envisages that this project will foster a collaborative spirit among Certified Permaculture Designers, and help to build capability and camaraderie among the permaculture community in Singapore, whilst pioneering a transparent procurement process that departs from the prevailing winner-take-all model.
Permaculture Designers’ Briefing
– 3 October 2026
Stage One of the process started off with a briefing and site visit this morning for 6 Designers from our Panel of Certified Permaculture Designers – Thomas Charrette, Huang Qinyue, Francis Laleman, Lee Yen-ling, Rao Yongliang and Yau Ying Lin – by TCHS President Catherine Loke, Rita Zahara from RSE and Nadhrah Alhadi from AMGD.
The Designers were divided into two Design Teams comprising 3 designers each; the two teams are to work independently for Stage One.
The Designers took their time to walk around the site, making observations, studying the ground conditions, looking at opportunities and constraints, etc.
Our design competition is off to a great start and we look forward to their design proposals in two weeks’ time!
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This Guide will be updated as the Design and Execution process progresses – do come back to check it out!
