Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Festival

Catch up on the eighth edition of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Festival and uncover the great heritage stories and get a chance to enjoy some great fun activities, competitions, guided tours, and a lot more! So keep reading till the end to learn everything about it!  

An Evening of Music with T’ang Quartet

Starting from 30th July and ending on 9th August 2022, get ready to experience a heritage journey with the gardens. Several great activities have been planned to enrich your experience like guided tours, DIY trails, concerts, and virtual activities. You can become part of this fun-filled journey or even join us virtually if you are too busy to attend or have something else on your schedule.

ExxonMobil Concert in the Garden

30 July 2022, Saturday, 6pm – 7pm Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage 

This is your chance to come and enjoy a beautiful evening of Singapore Botanic Garden Heritage filled with music. The most popular string ensemble in Singapore, T’ang Quartet will be there to make your evening even more memorable.

The concert is part of the ExxonMobil concert and Singapore gardens in a part of Culture Nodes Network and National Art Council.

FIVERA and Opera!

7 Aug 06:00 pm Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage 

This special night features an amazing performance by FIVERA, a quintet of classic musicians coming from Thailand who will excite their audience with renditions of popular hit songs from the west end show tunes and also with their repertoire of popular classic operatic arias.

The Heritage Tour

30 July 09:00 pm Visitor Services counter in Tanglin Gate

For almost 200 years, Singapore Botanic Gardens has sustained South Asia’s orchid and rubber industries. Walking through these gardens will give you a glimpse of the old days when the ladies with long skirts and parasols strolled through the gardens. The tour also includes displaying sculptures, Heritage trees, a Bandstand, and the Saraca Stream Walk. Either you visit the Tanglin gate or become part of the virtual tour, this one is not to be missed!

Rain Forest

30 July 10:00 am Visitor Services counter in Nassim Gate

Take a walk on the mesmerizing track surrounded by the plants of a tropical rainforest. Walk through the enchanting views in the company of our tour guides for one hour. Words can not do justice to the experience of such a walk.

Exhibition tour – Botanical Art Gallery

30 July - 6 August 10:00 am Botanical Art Gallery

Join us for a complete tour of the Botanical Art gallery. The 60 minutes long tour showcases Singapore’s first display of Permanent Botanical art. In this tour, you get to learn about the vital role of art in the scientific documentation of plants in the region and also get to appreciate the natural world around us. Again, you have an option to go for the virtual tour through tally if you cannot visit.

Racing against time!

31 July - 7 August 09:00 am Visitor Services counter in Tanglin Gate

In this session, you get to learn about the research facilities of the Garden like the Orchid & Micropropagation laboratory, Library of Botany & Horticulture, and Herbarium. One of the cool things about this tour is the visit to the Herbarium where the physical records of plants are stored dating back to the 18th century. What's more? You can also learn about the hybridization program for orchids which was introduced by Director, R.E Holttum in 1930.

CDL Green Gallery tour & SBG Heritage Museum

31 July 10:00 am Visitor Services counter in Tanglin Gate

Join the 60 minutes tour where you can learn about the exciting work done by Singapore to minimize the effects of climate change and effects of urbanization. Here, you will find that everybody has a part to play for the greater good.

A tour of the Healing Garden

6 August 09:00 am & 10 am Visitor Services counter at Nassim Gate

Presenting over 400 varieties of plants used for medical purposes, this one is bound to keep you captivated. Catch this tour live or get a Virtual tour through trally.

Gallop Extension tour

6 August 09:00 pm Visitor Services counter at Gallop Extension Visitor Center

Starting at the visitor centre at Gallop, this tour will guide you along the OCBC Arboretum while viewing the dipterocarp collection.

Rain Forest – Japanese Tour Guide

6 August 10:00 pm Visitor Services counter at Nassim Gate

Walk through the enchanting tropical rainforest with a Japanese tour guide.

Seed Bank Tour Guide

7 August 10:00 am Visitor Services counter at Jacob Ballas Children’s Gate

60 minutes guided tour of conservation, education, and research facility that focuses on conserving plant species by conserving the seeds and germplasm of plants.

Center for Ethnobotany Exhibition Tour

7 August 10:00 am Visitor Services counter at Jacob Ballas Children’s Gate

This is an amazing trip that helps you learn about how plants shaped our cultures and world history.

A day with the Staff

30 July - 6 Aug 10:00 am Visitor Services counter at Bukit Timah Gate

See behind the scenes of what goes into a day's work at Singapore's UNESCO World Heritage site.

Sketching Workshop & Children's Storytelling

31 July - 7 August 10:00 am – 12 am Tanglin Gate and Libby at Botanic Gardens

Join the fun with the sketching session and story-telling in the garden.

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