Singapore Botanic Gardens

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The first botanical garden was set up by Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore and a keen naturalist, in 1822 on Government Hill at Fort Canning, mainly to introduce into cultivation economic crops. It closed in 1829 and, in 1859, at the present Tanglin site a new garden was developed by an Agri-Horticultural Society, and later handed over to the government in 1874.

The gardens cover an area of 82 hectares and today in just 45 minutes we were able to have an opportunity to have a quick peep inside the Rain Forest, we walked along Heliconia Walk, viewed the Shaw Foundation Pavilion & Lake, & Palm Valley before ending outside the Orchid Garden.

It was just after midnight for me but so worth staying up late to join Alvin and the people of Singapore as they took their morning exercise around the gardens.

https://www.heygo.com/tours/singapores-first-unesco-heritage-site-the-singapore-botanic-gardens

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