- Tina Pascual
- Aug 1, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 31, 2020
The Singapore Botanic Garden is so vast that you need a day to explore the whole area. In fact, it owns the largest plants exhibit in the world, over 60,000 in number. Thus, making the Singapore Botanic as the only tropical garden to be honoured by the UNESCO world heritage (2016).
Certainly, there are numerous of things you can do in the garden. As for me, here are the 10 things I enjoy every time I visit the garden:
1. Admiring the greenery and all the pretty flowers it behold.
2. Taking photos of every beautiful sites we find.
3. Relaxing while sitting at the bench or laughing with friends in a spread of cloth in the lawn. 4. Observing and appreciating the fishes and swans at the lake and pond.
Also, the birds, butterflies and chickens flying and roaming around the forest area.
5. Having picnic with family.
6. Walking, exercising or jogging along the trail to stay fit.
7. Watching masters play with their pets.
8. Checking out fashionable and cute dogs around.
9. Dining at the garden restaurants or nearby the vicinity.
10. Researching and learning different botanical species at the museums inside the garden.
11. Watch free entertainment at the Symphony Lake.
Also, here are the 20 spots I love and I don't miss each time I roam around the garden:
1. Swan Lake
2. SPH Walk of Giants
3. Palm Valley
4. Heritage Garden
5. Symphony Lake
6. National Orchid Garden
7. Sun Garden
8. Ginger Garden
9. Marsh Garden
10. Curtain of Roots
11. Saraca Fish Pond
12. Eco Lake
13. Sundial Garden
14. Bamboo Collection
15. Garden Sculptures
16. Evolution Garden
17. Bark of Trees
18. Foliage Garden
19. Trellis Garden
20. Bonsai Garden
Other interesting sites are listed below. It is as worth to check out as those mentioned above:
1. Herbs & Spices Area
2. Ethnobotany Garden
3. Library of Botany and Hidden Culture
4. CDL Greenery Library
5. Nuts & Trees Area
6. Fragrant Garden
7. Jacob Ballas Children Garden
8. Healing Garden
9. Keppel Discovery Wetlands
10. Rain Forest Trail
11. Frangipani Collection
12. Healing Garden
HOW TO GET TO THE GARDEN
Singapore Botanic Garden is located within the city proper of Singapore and is accessible via public transport such as the MRT and Bus. The garden has its own MRT stations: Circle Yellow Line (alight at CC19 Botanic Gardens Station) and Downtown Blue Line (alight at D19 Botanic Gardens Station). Coming from different parts of Singapore, simply hop on from the nearest train station and change train service accordingly.
Buses that stops at the garden are nos.: 7, 105, 106, 111, 972. For private vehicles, carparks are provided at Tyersall Avenue and Cluny Road.
There is no entrance fee required to the garden. Visitors are welcome from 5 AM until 12 Midnight.
However, the National Orchid Garden which is inside the premises, operates from 8:30 in the morning to 7 in the evening.
The orchid garden charge 5 Singapore dollars per person for adults and 1 Sgd for students and senior citizens. For children below 12 years old, it is free.
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