Singapore: Parks and Gardens

Singapore Botanic Garden is spread across 157 acres of land and is open from five in the morning to 12 at night. There is no admission fee for visiting the garden except for the National Orchid Garden, which lies in the campus.

The various attractions in the garden include the National Orchid Garden which has more than 60000 varieties of colorful orchids on display, the Rainforest which is 6 hectares in size and has a small tropical rainforest.

The Evolution Garden which is 1.5 hectares in area and explains the evolution of plant life on Earth, the Ginger Garden with a huge collection of zingiberaceae and a waterfall, restaurant and garden.

The Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden which has several play areas for children, a visitor’s center and a café, the Botany Center and Tanglin Gate which houses the Singapore Herbarium, the library of Botany and Horticulture, workshop classrooms and Orchid Breeding and Micropagation.