Let history come alive in the Singapore Botanic Gardens!
Join the Singapore Botanic Gardens as it celebrates its 3-year inscription anniversary as a World UNESCO Heritage site in a series of everything heritage from tours by staff and volunteers, concerts and performances, food trails, plant sales and free entry to the National Orchid Garden.
Ongoing Activities /Highlights 30 June - 1 July, 7 - 8 July
- 8.30am to 7pm - Enjoy free admission to National Orchid Garden from 30 June - 8 July 2018 for students, Singaporeans, Permanent Residents, Work Permit Holders.
- 9am to 7.30pm - Market Square @ Orchid Plaza, Plant Sale & Food and Beverage
Ongoing Exhibitions 30 June - 1 July, 7 - 8 July
- 9am to 6pm - Beyond Gingers Exhibition @ CDL Green Gallery, beside Botany Centre
- 9am to 12mn - Changing Course Exhibition @ Green Pavilion, Botany Centre
- 5am to 12mn - Heritage Hunter Exhibition @ People’s Gallery (Tanglin, Nassim & Bukit Timah Gate)
Mass Exercise 1 July
- 7.30am to 9am - International Yoga Day- Happy Yoga, Eco-Lake Lawn. Register here
Arts & Crafts / Workshops
- 30 June - 1 July, 7 - 8 July 11.30am to 3pm - DIY Cocktail Program Botanico (The Garage): Botanico’s brunch guests will get the chance to get their hands dirty and shake up their very own gin cocktail using Bombay Gin and various herbs and fruits, before jazzing it all up with garnishes such as coconut, torch ginger, curry leaf, banana and chiku. Guests will also get to bottle up their cocktail, name their creation, and seal the deal with personalised labels. Their mixologist on hand, Ruzaini, will be happy to give you some insights into the current trends in gin and share his favorite gin recipe. Price: $18 per pax. For more information and to register, please contact Botanico at +65 6264 7978 / 9831 1106.
- 30 June - 1 July, 7 - 8 July 2.30pm to 4pm - DIY Veggie Stamp Placemat Craft Food for Tots: Let your little ones get creative with Food For Tots’ veggie stamp craft programme for kids. Using parts of different vegetables and roots such as sweet potato, yam, and ginger, create random beautiful prints on a cotton placemat. This programme is suitable for children aged 3 to 8. Price: $5 per child. For more information and to register, please contact Food For Tots at +65 8826 1892 / 9877 1622.
- 30 June 9.30am to 12.30pm; 1 July 2pm - 5pm; 7 July 9.30am - 12.30pm - Craft with us Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden: Look out for free children’s activity at the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden during Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Festival 2018. What better way to kick start the weekend than to appreciate the Heritage of the Gardens through craft making?
- 1 July 11am to 2pm; 1 July 5pm - 7pm; 8 July 11am - 2pm; 8 July 5pm - 7pm Cooking Demonstration: Banana Mug Cake Fusion Spoon - The banana is commonly found throughout Southeast Asia, and is often planted for its fleshy finger-like fruits. Fusion Spoon will be conducting banana mug cake cooking demonstrations, using bananas and just a few additional simple ingredients. This programme is suitable for children aged 6 to 12. For more information, please contact Fusion Spoon at +65 6255 5110.
- 8 July 5.30pm to 6.30pm Cooking & Drink Demonstration:Halia’s Chili Crab Sauce & Singapore Sling The Villa @ The Halia - Singapore chilli crab is, without doubt, an iconic local dish in Singapore’s foodie scene, while the Singapore Sling is one this island nations’ most iconic cocktail creations, and a throwback to its colonial past. Provisions Store will be conducting a cooking demonstration of Halia’s Chilli Crab Sauce, and a drink demonstration of their rendition of the Singapore Sling. The Chilli Crab Sauce is available for purchase from Provisions Store, as well as during the cooking demonstration. For more information, please contact The Villa at +65 8444 1148.
Guided Tours
- 30 June 5pm - Heritage Hunter Exhibition Tour
- 7 July 9am, 10am - Healing Garden Tour
- 7 July10am - Rain Forest Tour (Japanese)
- 7 July 5pm - Heritage Hunter Exhibition Tour
Venue: Services desk @ Visitor Centre, Nassim Gate
Guided Tours
- 1 July 10am - Beyond Gingers Exhibition Tour
- 7 July 10am - Beyond Gingers Exhibition Tour
Meeting location: Services desk @ Botany Centre, Tanglin Gate
Concert / Performance
- 30 June 5pm to 6.30pm - Stellar Marist! Presented by Maris Stella Secondary School & Alumni
- 1 July 5pm to 6.30pm - NAC-ExxonMobil Concert In the Park
- 7 July 6pm to 7.15pm - Jazz Association (Singapore) (JASS) Presents: Celebrating Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Festival 2018
- 8 July 6pm to 7pm - Dance of the Violins by Wolfgang Violin Studio
Venue: Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
Movie Screening
- 30 June 7.30pm to 10pm - Jimami Toufu (English with Chinese subtitles)
- 7 July 7.30pm to 9.30pm - When I Turned Nine (Korean film with English subtitles)
- 8 July 7.30pm to 8.30pm - The Shower (Korean film with English subtitles). Encore screening: 8.30pm to 9.30pm
Image Credit: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Age
3+
Price
Free
Telephone number
+65 6471 7138
+65 6471 7361
+65 6471 9937
Links
Address
Singapore1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569
How to get there?
By bus alighting at Napier/Holland Road (Tanglin Gate)
- SBS Transit 7, 105, 123, 174,174e
- SMRT 75, 77, 106, NR8
- Nearest MRT Station : Orchard MRT (North-South Line) and a 5-min bus ride to Tanglin Gate
By bus alighting at Bukit Timah/Dunearn Road (Bukit Timah Gate or Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden)
- SBS Transit 48, 66, 151, 153, 154, 156, 170
- SMRT 67, 171
- Nearest MRT Station : Botanic Gardens MRT Station (Circle Line & Downtown Line)
By Taxi
There are taxi drop-off/pick-up points at the following major entrances:
- Botany Centre, Tanglin Gate (via junction of Holland/Napier Road)