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Tropical heat and humidity take their toll on the hardiest of materials. Strong sun eventually warps the recycled x-ray film used for plant labels and bleaches paint pigments; the high humidity leaves concrete and paintwork daubed with dark mould.

The advantage of this climate is that things grow fast: the flowered hedge planted from stubby root-cuttings to cover a fence along one side of the garden is already over 1.5m tall and blooming.

There is also continuing goodwill among local people. One example is volunteer Andrea Soares who took on the task of restoring the garden in June 2005.