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Ethnobotany Dipterocarps
Event 25 January 2025 - 27 November 2025

Ethnobotany and Diversity of Dipterocarps

Celebrating SBG
Event 04 April 2025 - 31 July 2025

Celebrating Singapore Botanic Gardens

Event 17 April 2025 - 17 July 2025

Treasures of the Singapore Herbarium

BAW 2025
Event 01 May 2025 - 02 November 2025

Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 Singapore

Image of child smelling a fragrant orchid during the National Orchid Garden tour.
Event 21 June 2025

Orchid Garden Tour

Keppel Discovery Wetlands at the Learning Forest.
Event 21 June 2025

Learning Forest Tour

This is a photo of the Bandstand. A heritage landmark located in the Gardens.
Event 21 June 2025

Heritage Tour

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Event 24 June 2025

Speaker Series (June 2025): Book Talk: Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History 1760-1820

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OUR HERITAGE

The Gardens is the first UNESCO Heritage Site in Singapore

The Gardens has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015. The Gardens is the first and only tropical botanic garden on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Today, the Gardens is an important botanical institute

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Visitor Information

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Opening Hours

5 am to 12 midnight daily

Admission

Free

Location

1 Cluny Rd, Singapore 259569

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Featured Attractions

Shelter at Ethnobotany Garden by the pond

Ethnobotany Garden

Find out about plants that are deep-seated in traditional cultures of the Malayan Archipelago, IndoChina and South Asia.
Operating HoursDaily 5am to 12mn
Crane Fountain at the National Orchid Garden

National Orchid Garden

With over 1000 species and 2000 hybrids on display, the splendour of these gorgeous blooms is absolutely a sight to behold at the National Orchid Garden.
Operating Hours8.30am - 7pm (Last entry at 6pm)
Kingfisher sculpture in JBCG

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

The Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden is the first garden in Asia dedicated to children. The Garden offers children a space for exploration, adventure and play, with a farm, an orchard, and a forest with its own stream and ponds.
Operating Hours8am - 7pm (Last entry at 6.30pm) Closed every Monday unless it falls on a Public Holiday
Exterior of Forest Discovery Centre @ OCBC Arboretum

Gallop Extension

Explore two conserved buildings that have been refurbished into the Botanical Art Gallery and Forest Discovery Centre @ OCBC Arboretum, the COMO Adventure Grove, Mingxin Rambler's Ridge and OCBC Arboretum.
View of the SPH Wetlands at Learning Forest

The Learning Forest

Experience the Learning Forest with our audio guide through Spotify.
Operating Hours7am to 7pm (Forest areas)

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SCIENCE & BOTANY

Professional Study Visit/Exchange Programme

The Singapore Botanic Gardens is offering opportunities to come and carry out short-term study visits with our staff to explore our research, horticulture work, botanic gardens management, educational outreach and visitor management. Application is limited per year.

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