This sculpture of a rubber seed by Kumari Nahappan honours Singapore’s role in the global rubber trade. The seed references the 1877 arrival of rubber seedlings from Kew Gardens, which catalysed Southeast Asia’s rubber boom. Pioneered by botanist H. N. Ridley, the crop transformed the region’s economy. Enlarged and enshrined, the seed becomes a metaphor for growth, persistence, and the quiet revolutions that take root in unexpected places.