SIngapore Botanical Garden
By katenkim
@katenkim (238)
Singapore
December 15, 2006 10:13pm CST
You must not miss the Singapore Botanical Garden along Cluny Road, they have wide variety of orchids and green plants. Always bring a camera because the view and flowers are amazing.I already went there twice and I still want to go back, it's really a pretty place where you can just relax,enjoy the view and appreciate the flowers.
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a dynamic and living monument to the foresight of the founding fathers of Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore and a keen naturalist, established the first botanical and experimental garden on Government Hill (Fort Canning Hill) in 1822, shortly after his arrival in Singapore. He aimed to introduce cultivation of economic crops such as cocoa and nutmeg. However, without a full-time salaried director and sufficient funding, the garden languished and was closed in 1829, after Raffles' death.
2 responses
@lafavorito (2959)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
I doubt that he copied & pasted it because the topic started only have 20 posts. I haven't been to the Botanical Garden, I doubt if I'll visit it though I like plants but not to the extent that I'll take their pictures.
