Singapore Botanic Gardens

The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 156-year-old tropical garden. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Botanic Gardens was founded at its present site in 1859 by an agri-horticultural society. It played a pivotal role in the region's rubber trade boom in the early twentieth century.

The National Orchid Garden, within the main gardens, is at the forefront of orchid studies and a pioneer in the cultivation of hybrids, complementing the nation's status as a major exporter of cut orchids. Aided by the equatorial climate, it houses the largest orchid collection of 1,200 species and 2,000 hybrids. Singapore's botanic gardens is the only one in the world that opens from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight every day of the year.