The Beauty by the Road: A Note on the Candara Lantana
RWAH Confections -Illustrated by YY
Ink+paper, digitally enhanced
Along the roads of Singapore, there’s a small flower that quietly colours the city.
It’s not a showy bloom; its clusters of pink, orange, and yellow are easy to miss among the bus stops and pavements. Yet once you notice it, it’s hard to unsee.
The lantana grows where it’s least expected. It doesn’t need much to thrive, just a bit of sun and space. And still, it manages to bring a small, surprising joy to an ordinary street.
In many ways, this is what makes Singapore a garden city. Not just the grand gardens and landscaped parks, but the quiet greenery that weaves through our everyday paths, flowers that bloom for no audience, trees that offer shade without asking.
Perhaps it’s the same with many small joys in life. A fragrance that lingers, a familiar taste, a handmade thing that reminds us of care. They’re easy to overlook, but once noticed, they colour the day in ways we don’t expect.
At RWAH, we hold on to that spirit of noticing, of delighting in the small and the beautiful. Because joy, like the Candara Lantana, often grows quietly by the wayside — waiting for us to see it.