KFBG Blog: Activity Report
The 7th Wild Animal Rescue Network Conference
Three staff of the Fauna Conservation Department, Tan Kit Sun, Tamari Yu and Toni Ngai, attended the 7th East and Southeast Asian Wild Animal Rescue Network Conference (WARN conference) from 23 to 27...
Green Hub Gets Grand Opening
We held a grand opening ceremony for the Green Hub (the Old Tai Po Police Station) on 6 November 2015. Although the Green Hub first opened its doors back in August, this event was the official launch...
‘Energy of Nature’ reconnects people with trees
We were delighted to welcome Dr. Claire Elouard to KFBG again to lead an ‘Energy of Nature' Workshop (Level 1) between 30 September and 4 October 2015, for 15 participants. This workshop provi...
Workshop delights and sheds light on the economics of happiness
This September, Helena Norberg-Hodge, producer of the award-winning film Economics of Happiness, taught at our two-day workshop in the newly-opened Green Hub at Tai Po with 27 participants. At the w...
Wonders of Orchids exhibition wows families with experiential activities
More than 10,000 people came to see our orchid exhibition and workshop in August. Parents and children had a wonderful time painting Chinese fans, fashioning orchid handicrafts, and listening to stor...
‘In Touch with Nature’ – 5-Day Summer Camp 2015 – Unique Experience for Children
Campers climb up into the forest with their counsellors Porcupine quills, a magic stone hunt through the forest and blue chalk drawings in the rain are some of the things that enchanted the children ...
Earth Day Tree Planting 2015
On 22 April 2015, 192 KFBG staff and a board member joined the tree planting activity held at KFBG. We planted 1,280 seedlings of 20 native species in 4 experimental plots at Tai Mo Shan, while 338 s...
Hong Kong Flower Show 2015
The Hong Kong Flower Show is a major event organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department to promote horticulture and the awareness of greening. In this year's Flower Show held between 20 ...
2012 Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course
The 2012 Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, which spanned 72-hours across 13 Sundays starting from April 2012, ended last month in June. It is the second year that KFBG has held the PDC c...
Soil, Soul and Society: Public Talk by Dr. Satish Kumar
On 8th and 9th November last year, the renowned educator and writer, Dr. Satish Kumar of Schumacher College, in UK, shared his views on "Holistic Education", and, the "Future of Food" at the Univers...