Race Against Time Tour

Sat, 23 Aug 2025
10:00AM - 11:00AM

Service Desk, Tanglin Entrance

All
For ages 9 and above

Free

Time: 10am - 10.45am

Venue: Visitor Services Counter, Level 1 Botany Centre (Nearest Entrance: Tanglin Gate)

Registration: Required 15-min prior at the Tanglin Visitor Services Desk (Botany Centre). Limited slots on a first-come-first-served basis. For ages 9 and above.

This session introduces the research facilities at the Singapore Botanic Gardens such as the Library of Botany & Horticulture, Orchid & Micro-propagation laboratory and the Herbarium.
Highlights of this 45-minute tour includes a visit to the Herbarium which stores physical records of reference plant materials, some dating as far back as 1790. In addition, learn about our hybridization programme for orchids, a process introduced back in 1930’s by the then Director, R.E Holttum.