He not only looked after the plants, but continued to plant more trees on his own effort slowly transforming the area into a big forest.
It was drained in the 19th century to transform the area into farmland.
The first plans to transform the area into a park was conceived by local grassroots in 1978.
The current Government removed the coconut trees and transformed the area into a park.
Having acquired a large number of properties there, they started transforming the area into a commercial neighborhood.
But in the last decade, millions of development dollars have begun to transform the area.
For decades, both government and developers have tried to transform the area.
It was not, however, until the 1990s when the construction work proper began, transforming the area into a significant campus.
And Dia is but one of the institutions working to transform the area.
Work started on transforming the area into a sports venue in 1919 and was completed within two years.
