Singapore Botanic Gardens

The Singapore Botanic Gardens, also known as Kebun Botani Singapura, is a 74 hectare botanical garden in Singapore. The liner distance from the northern end to the southern end of the garden is about 2.5km. The Gardens has more than 150 years of history and holds a special and significant place in the history of Singapore and also the Southeast Asia region. What is unique about the Singapore Botanic Gardens is that it is the only botanic garden in the world that opens from 5a.m. to 12 midnight all year round. Also, there is no admission fee except for the National Orchid Garden.

Singapore Botanic Gardens has been clinched the top spot, for the second time, as the number one park in Asia in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for attractions. It is also ranked 11th in the world. It is one of the top attraction for both tourists and local Singaporeans to visit. It is an ideal place for family and friends bonding. The peacefulness of nature and also the educational elements in the Gardens will allow the visitors’ experience at the Singapore Botanic Gardens to be both a fun-filled and a knowledge-fulfilling one.

Besides that, the Singapore Botanic Gardens is actively involved in plant conservation effort through many different channels. The Gardens focuses on collaboration with worldwide scientist and botanists to develop new knowledge of rare and endangered species of plants in the wild and those in cultivation. For instance, since 1928, the Gardens headed orchid breeding. It has its own orchid hybridization programme which is facilitated by new in-vitro techniques discovered in their own laboratories. The Garden plays an important role as a tropical botanical institute by continuing to introduce new plants of horticultural and botanical interest for the Singapore’s Garden City programme.

Al the moment, the Singapore Botanic Gardens is being nominated as Singapore’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can pledge your support @ http://www.sbg.org.sg/unesco/

 

“Connecting people and plants through publications, horticultural and botanical displays, educational outreach, and events, provision of a key civic and recreational space, and playing a role as an international garden and a regional centre for botanical and horticultural research and training.” – Mission of Singapore Botanic Gardens