Gardeners' Day Out at HortPark

Don’t miss out on a series of exciting talks, workshops and guided tours at HortPark on every 3^rd Saturday of the month. 

Bring your own reusable bags and start shopping for your favourite plants and gardening materials at the MarketPlace!

There will also be webinars and online demonstrations by experts, virtual garden tours, fun activities and an e-marketplace directory with gardening-related promotions. You can also watch new and existing videos available on NParksSG YouTube. Read on for more information.

September 2022 Gardeners’ Day Out

Online Video

Tune in to our Garden Invasion Series featuring Singapore’s gardeners who share a passion for plants! 

In this episode, we venture into DSS Sensory Garden, a Community-in-Bloom (CIB) Platinum Award Garden in APSN Delta Senior School. Watch on to find out how Joanora and Soo Hoon use plants and garden elements to narrate the journey of their students, and how sensory elements such as pebbled flooring are incorporated to benefit students with special needs.

Watch this video here, available from 17 September 2022, 10 am.

MarketPlace

Attention all gardening and nature enthusiasts!

Get ready your reusable bags. Search the treasure trove of more than 50 booths for your favourite potted plants, gardening related items or natural products. Plants from NParks’ Pasir Panjang Nursery will also be on sale here. You might just find what you are looking for!

Talks

Eco Printing Art (by Ms Felicia Tan)

Plants are an excellent source of natural pigments. Join CIB Ambassador Felicia to understand more about natural dyes from plants. She will also demonstrates how to print beautiful flowers and leaves on fabric.

Be inspired, and start creating your own wearable piece of art!

Pre-registration is required. Successful registrants will be notified via a confirmation email.

Workshop

Therapeutic Garden @ HortPark (by Mr Paul Bhathal & Ms Tan Pei Qin)

Rejuvenate at HortPark’s Therapeutic Garden! Join this tour-cum-workshop session to experience the healing effects of nature and learn about the designing principles of the garden.

As part of the therapeutic session, you can create your own scent bag filled with aromatic herbs. Use it to fragrant up your room or carry it with you to feel restored anytime and anywhere.

Pre-registration is required. Successful registrants will be notified via a confirmation email.

Registration has closed.

Activity

Botanical Sketch Challenge

Check out the winning entries of August's Botanical Sketch Challenge! Congratulations to all winners and a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have participated.

Want to see your drawing featured here? Look out for our next Botanical Sketch Challenge in December!

Tours

Guided Tours

Sign up for our guided tours by clicking on the links below. Each guided tour is limited to 20 pax only. Registration will close once all slots are taken up.

Registration closed.

Plant Highlight

Kensoi fern (Asplenium x kenzoi), exclusive from NParks’ Pasir Panjang Nursery

Asplenium x kenzoi is a miniature fern hybrid of Asplenium prolongatum and Asplenium antiquum. This fern is well adapted to low light conditions and is an ideal candidate for decorating your tabletop. Each frond tip can also produce a new baby fern – Once the baby fern has produced three to four fronds, you can cut and grow it into a new plant!

Now available at Arbour @ HortPark, for a limited time only and while stocks last.