The Bottle Tree Story
Don’t try telling Mr. Alex Neo that money doesn’t grow on trees! The tree lover went out on a limb and got six rare trees and other exotic plants from Australia for more than $100,000. That was in 2004 when Bottle Tree Pte Ltd was established.
What led to the establishment of Bottle Tree Pte Ltd was 3 men’s vision to create a concept village where there will be sports, recreational facilities, conference rooms, eateries, not forgetting nature. Mr. Alex Neo and Mr. Colin Chia were driven by how society had been constantly trying to climb up the corporate ladder that very often, it forgets that an individual’s existence people around them to make it more meaningful. Bottle Tree Pte Ltd was established soon after the completion of Bottle Tree Village.
Following the success for Bottle Tree Village, Mr. Alex Neo, Mr. Colin Chia, Mr K.H Neo and Mdm Seah shared with Mr. Robin Yan on their vision and that led to the establishment of Bottle Tree Ptd Ltd. As the saying goes, “No Man is an Island.”, Bottle Tree Pte Ltd just wants to bring the basics back to the individual, the family and corporations. Embrace yourself in nature through the myriad of activites in this Venue of Choice while enjoying the session with your family, friends, and colleagues! The moments shared with them will go a long way to add many pages to your life story.
That is our story here, our Bottle Tree Story. What about yours? Have you started writing this chapter yet?
Bottle Tree Activities
Outdoor Courts
Ready to sweat it out and want to have a friendly competition amongst your friends? The basketball court and beach volleyball court available at Bottle Tree Park is just suitable for your needs. Enjoy...
Table Soccer (Foosball)
While waiting for your friends and family, why not consider immersing yourself with fun at our table soccer. Table soccer, otherwise known as Foosball, is available at Bottle Tree Park. Chill out there...
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Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete)
Introduction
The Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete) is a plant native to Central and South America. It is a small tree of multiple uses, originating from tropical America, now widely distributed in the tropics. The calabash tree grows to 30 feet often with multiple trunks. The rangy twisting branches have simple elliptical leaves clustered at the nodes.
The greenish-yellow flowers are marked with purple veins. The flowers arise from the trunk or main branches and appear from May through January. The woody fruit, botanically a capsule, is elliptic, ovate, or spherical and may grow to 10 inches in diameter. The fruit takes up to seven months to ripen. Fibres from the calabash tree were twisted into twine and ropes. The hard wood made tools and tool handles. The split wood was woven for sturdy baskets. But it was the calabash’s gourd-like fruit that made the plant truly useful. Large calabashes were used as bowls and, peculiarly, to disguise the heads of hunters.
In Suriname’s traditional medicine, the fruit pulp is used for respiratory problems such as asthma. A fruit decoction is taken orally to treat diarrhoea, stomach ache, colds, bronchitis, cough, asthma, and urethritis. The leaves are used to treat hypertension.
