One of the findings from the research was that the communities above the ground directly influence the communities below the ground. What happens to a space when the ones championing the cause are no longer there? The MGS garden was one such example, and the following letter was written by Han Jing and sent as an email to the management of MGS, in hopes of preserving the regenerative garden and bringing across the value of the space and the community above that tends to it.

What does it mean to care for soil in a dense urban landscape? Drawing from a 3-year soil regeneration study in Singapore alongside personal reflections from Northern Thailand, this essay traces the work of “soil companions” - gardeners who restore life to neglected ground through patience, experimentation, and ecological care. At its heart, the piece explores how tending soil becomes not just a practice of growing food, but of cultivating new relationships with land, community, and the living world.