Singapore Botanical Garden

GARDEN BY THE BAY

       

Gardens by the Bay is an independent organisation responsible for developing           and managing one of Asia’s foremost garden destinations, the Gardens by the             Bay.

The Gardens is led by a multidisciplinary team of professionals who have been involved in the greening of Singapore and had worked alongside international and local experts to develop the Gardens. It has an in-house team of skilled landscape designers, horticulturists, arborists, engineers, plant health, garden and turf management experts, as well as plant research and orchid breeding professionals, who leverage on the extensive global network of plant sources cultivated during the development days, to continuously curate and grow the Gardens.

Guided by its vision to be a world of gardens for all to own, enjoy and cherish, Gardens by the Bay has earned numerous awards and accolades including the World Building of the Year in 2012, the President’s Design Award (Singapore) in 2013, the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Themed Entertainment Association in 2014, the Largest Glass Greenhouse (Flower Dome) in the Guinness World Records for 2015, and the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence in 2016. These achievements are testament to the ongoing excellence of the Gardens and spur the team towards attaining greater success.

WHERE WONDER BLOOMS

• A national garden and premier horticultural attraction for local and international visitors, Gardens by the Bay is a showpiece of horticulture and garden artistry that presents the plant kingdom in a whole new way, entertaining while educating visitors with plants seldom seen in this part of the world, ranging from species in cool, temperate climates to tropical forests and habitats.

• Gardens by the Bay comprises three distinctive waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central.

Bay South, the largest of the three gardens, opened in 2012. With its award-winning cooled conservatories and iconic Supertrees, Bay South has placed Singapore squarely on the international map and is a source of national pride. Within Flower Dome, the ever-changing floral displays including crowd favourites such as Tulipmania, Orchid Extravaganza and Blossom Beats bring the beauty and diversity of the plant kingdom to life for all to enjoy.  

While plant displays remain the focal point of Gardens by the Bay, engaging programmes and excellent service form key pillars in enhancing the Gardens’ overall visitor experience.

The Gardens’ calendar - filled with signature festivals, music concerts and movie screenings, sports and community events, and educational workshops and school programmes – draw a wide spectrum of visitors to the Gardens. With more than 30 million visitors to date, Gardens by the Bay continues to refresh and refine its offerings, to make the Gardens a place that everyone can enjoy – a green jewel where wonder blooms.

Bay East, the second largest, offers a tranquil respite from the bustling city and a stunning view of the Singapore skyline even as it unfolds over the next century. This green space is open to the public and has immense potential for future development as a waterfront garden.

Bay Central is the garden which will serve as a link between Bay South to Bay East when developed, with a 3km waterfront promenade boasting stunning views of the city.

HOW WE CREATED A CITY IN A GARDEN

·      Gardens by the Bay brings to life the National Parks Board Singapore's vision of creating a City in a Garden. The Gardens captures the essence of Singapore as the premier tropical Garden City with the perfect environment in which to live and work - making Singapore a leading global city of the 21st century.

In January 2006, an international master plan design competition was launched to seek world-class design ideas for Gardens by the Bay. It drew more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms, from over 24 countries, including 35 from Singapore.

An 11-member Jury comprising local and international experts shortlisted eight teams and two winners were announced in September 2006; namely Grant Associates for Bay South and Gustafson Porter for Bay East, both from the UK. A decision was made to develop Bay Cental later.

A public exhibition of the master plan concepts and models of the winning teams was held in September 2006 at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Over 10,000 people visited the exhibition and over 700 gave their feedback. An overwhelming majority 85% of those surveyed liked the features in the master plans and over 97% said they would visit the gardens.

Gardens by the Bay broke ground in November 2007, signalling the commencement of the Gardens’ development. Subsequently, development of Bay East Garden also commenced. It was developed as an interim garden to be used as a staging site for some of the rowing and canoeing events of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August 2010. Following the YOG, Bay East underwent reinstatement works and was open to the public in October 2011.

A special preview of Flower Dome was held in November 2011 in conjunction with the World Orchid Conference (WOC). Some 300,000 members of the public visited both WOC and Bay South Garden.

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Award

2016

·      2016 Certificate of Excellence
Gardens by the Bay, Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
TripAdvisor Singapore

·      International Garden Tourism Award 2016
Person of the Year presented to CEO Dr Kiat W. Tan for creating partnerships between gardens and tourism

·      Top 50 Engineering Feats @ IES-SG50    
Gardens by the Bay
The Institute of Engineers, Singapore

·      AsiaOne People’s Choice Awards 2016
Best Local Attraction – Top 3
Singapore Press Holdings

·      2016 Travellers’ Choice 
Top 5 Landmarks in Singapore – Supertree Grove
TripAdvisor Singapore

·      BCA Awards 2016
Green Mark for New Non-Residential Buildings
(Platinum Award)
Building and Construction Authority

2015

·      2015 Certificate of Excellence
Gardens by the Bay, Cloud Forest and Flower Dome
TripAdvisor Singapore

·      Guinness World Records 2015
Largest Glass Greenhouse - Flower Dome
Guinness World Records

·      TTG Travel Awards 2015
Best Theme Attraction
TTG Asia

·      SG Readers' Choice Awards 2015
Best Local Attraction
SG Readers' Choice

·      AsiaOne People's Choice Awards 2015
Best Attraction – Top 3
Singapore Press Holdings

·      Travel Weekly Asia Reader's Choice Awards 2015
Best Attraction in Asia Pacific
Travel Weekly

·      Facebook 2015 Year in Review
Ranked 13th on Top 20 Most Checked in Places in the World
Facebook

2014

·      Most Reviewed Attraction in Singapore
Tripadvisor Singapore

·      Singapore Experience Awards 2014
Customer Service (Visitor Attraction)
Singapore Tourism Board

·      20th Annual Thea Awards
Award for Outstanding Achievement
Themed Entertainment Association

·      BCA Awards 2014
Universal Design Mark (Platinum Award)
Green Mark for Non-Buildings (Platinum Award)
Green Mark for Buildings (Gold Award) - Satay by the Bay
Construction Productivity (Gold Award)
Construction Excellence Award
Building and Construction Authority

·      Singapore Good Design Mark Awards
SG Mark Platinum Award
Design Business Chamber Singapore

·      2014 Cityscape Awards for Emerging Markets
Leisure & Tourism Project (Built)
Cityscape Global

·      Facebook 2014 Year in Review
Top 3 Most Checked-into Places in Singapore
Facebook

·      2014 Cityscape Awards for Emerging Markets
Leisure & Tourism Project (Built)
Cityscape Global

·      Building Performance Awards 2014
International Project of the Year
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

·      MIPIM Awards 2014
Best Innovative Green Building
Special Jury Award
Marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier

·      Traveler's Choice 2014
Top 25 Parks - Cloud Forest
Tripadvisor.com

·      2014 Minister's Awards
Team Award - Far East Organnization Children's Garden
Ministry of National Development

2013

·      Singapore Experience Awards 2013
Breakthrough Contribution to Tourism
Singapore Tourism Board

BCA Green Mark for Parks Platinum Award (New Parks)
Building & Constructon Authority

2013 RIBA Lubetkin Prize
Cooled Conservatories, Gardens by the Bay
Royal Institute of British Architects

RIBA International Award 2013
Royal Institute of British Architects

Structural Awards 2013
Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures
The Institution of Structural Engineers

LIAS Awards of Excellence 2013
Best of Category (Green Wall Category) - Cloud Forest
Gold (Green Wall Category) – Supertrees
Gold (Implementation Category) – Flower Dome
Gold (Implementation Category) – Cloud Forest
Gold (Turnkey Category) – Aquatic Garden
Landscape Industry Association (Singapore)

13th SIA Architectural Design Awards 2013
Design Award (Recreational Buildings) – Cooled Conservatories
Design Award (Special) – Main Gardens
SIA-Rigel Bathroom Design Awards (Merit)
Singapore Institute of Architects

Skyrise Greenery Awards 2013
Special Award - Skyrise Greenery in a Garden
National Parks Board

·      President's Design Award 2013
Design of the Year - Gardens by the Bay
Design of the Year - Satay by the Bay
DesignSingapore Council & Urban Redevelopment Authority

International Architecture Awards 2013
Architecture Award – Gardens by the Bay Masterplan
Architecture Award – Cooled Conservatories
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, & The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

Landscape Institute Awards 2013
Fellows' Award for Climate Change Adaptation
Design for a Large Scale Public Development
The Landscape Institute

Sustain Magazine Awards 2013
International Prize: Project of the Year Award
Sustain Magazine

Minister's Awards (Team)
Ministry of National Development

British Expertise International Award
Outstanding International Design
British Expertise

Lamp Lighting Solutions Awards 2013
Urban and Landscape Lighting
Lamp Lighting

WAN Awards 2013
Landscape Award
World Architecture News

2012

·      BCA Green Mark Platinum Award (Special Project)
Building & Construction Authority

ABC Waters Certification
PUB, Singapore's national water agency

World Architecture Festival 2012
World Building of the Year – Cooled Conservatories
Display Award – Cooled Conservatories
World Architecture Festival

Singapore Structural Awards 2012
Award for Special Structure – Cooled Conservatories
Commendation Award for Special Structure –
Supertrees and Aerial Walkway
The Institution of Structural Engineers

Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Awards 2012
Institutional and Industrial Category – Flower Dome
Building & Construction Authority

·      FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2012
Institutional Architecture Category – Bay East
FuturArc Journal

Design for Asia Award 2012
Grand Award
Special Award (Technology)
Hong Kong Design Centre

RoSPA Awards 2012
Gold Award – Woh Hup (Private) Limited for Gardens by the Bay
Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents

MOM Workplace Safety and Health Performance Award 2012
Ministry of Manpower

2011

·      The President’s Award for the Environment 2011 - 
Dr Kiat W. Tan, CEO, Gardens by the Bay
Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

RoSPA Awards 2011 (Gold Award)
Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents

·      The Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project 
Awards 2011
Commendation Award for Big Urban Projects - Bay East
The Architectural Review & MIPIM

2010

·      Green GOOD Design Award 2010
The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies & The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design

·      RoSPA Awards 2010 (Gold Award)
Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents

2009

·      The Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project 
Awards 2009
Commendation Award for Regeneration and
Masterplanning
The Architectural Review & MIPIM

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Cibodas Botanical Garden

History of Cibodas Botanical Garden

Cibodas Botanical Garden was established on 11 April 1852 by Johannes Ellias Teijsmann, a curator of the Garden at that time. With the name of Bergtuin te Tjibodas (Kebun Cibodas Mountains), it is initially intended as a place of acclimatization plant species of foreign origin who have value and high economic importance, one of which is the Tree Quinine (Cinchona calisaya). Later on, it is developed into a part of the Bogor Botanical Gardens Branch name Cibodas Botanical Center. Starting in 2003 the status of the Botanical Gardens Cibodas become more independent as a Technical Implementation Unit Plant Conservation Center Cibodas Botanical under the Center for Plant Conservation in the Bogor Botanical Gardens Deputies Life Science Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI).

Location of Cibodas Botanical Gardens located at Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango at an altitude of approximately 1300-1425 meters above sea level with an area of ​​84.99 hectares. The average temperature of 20.06 ° C, humidity of 80.82% and an average rainfall of 2,950 mm per year. Cibodas Botanical Garden is a comfortable place to rest while enjoying the beauty of the various types of plants that originated from Indonesia and other countries. Cibodas Botanical Garden is ± 100 km from Jakarta and ± 80 KM from Bandung


Inside Cibodas Botanical Garden

Sakura Park

Most people do not really know that sakura flower not only be seen in Japan only but it can be planted, grown and can be seen perfectly in Indonesia, particularly in the Cibodas Botanical Garden. In this botanical garden of Dutch heritage, sakura bloom turned out to be two times in one year, which is about a month from January to February and July to August. It is something truly amazing. This flower blooms, can last about four days. The period required since grown into the autumn flower bud is about 1 week. It's a remarkable thing when we can see the typical flower petals shows the Himalayan region. The flowers were so beautiful, gorgeous pink tinge to the white color makes people more curious and more amazed.

Based on data from the index kwensis turns in this world there are 308 kinds of Sakura, but according to Section Chief Ex-situ conservation Nana Suryana, SS, in Cibodas Botanical only have 7 kinds of Sakura is Prunus cerasoides, Prunus yedoensis, Prunus Yamasakura, Prunus lannesiana, Prunus sp , Prunus arborea and Prunus costata. In Sakura Garden for only now there are 5 types of Sakura is Prunus cerasoides, Prunus yedoensis, Prunus Yamasakura, Prunus lannesiana and Prunus sp, whereas types dikoleksikan for the moment there are three types of Prunus arborea from Java, Prunus costata of Irian / Papua and Prunus cerasoides of the Himalayas. Prunus cerasoides is the oldest type of Sakura contained in Cibodas is first planted dated May 13, 1971 and now in subdiscipline XX.B. 21 a, b, whereas for yedoensis Prunus, Prunus Yamasakura, lannesiana Prunus, Prunus sp derived from Hatta in 2002. Sakura Garden itself was made in March 2007 - December 2007 with an area of ​​6647 m2 and is made to enrich the theme parks in the Botanical Garden Cibodas.


Currently Cibodas Botanical Gardens has over 435 trees around both the collection and the non-collection. Many questions about this unique plant, such as: "how can Sakura live in Indonesia?", "How could Sakura bloom two times in one year in Indonesia?". The questions that I often encounter when I bring guests to get around Cibodas in general and see beautiful flowers Sakura in particular. According to curator Rosaceae, it turns out this was due Cibodas Botanical Garden has a height that is almost the same as the original habitat of Sakura. In addition to the contour of the land and how to care and the climate was also a possible cause flowering Sakura could happen two times in one year.


Moss Park

This park was built in 2004 and opened to the public officially on April 11, 2006, the anniversary of the Botanical Gardens Cibodas to 154. The 1,500 m2 garden was designed to resemble the natural habitat in the moss on a tree trunk that is, soil, rocks and certain media. Natural shade is also provided by the shade of native Indonesian plants that grow around it to give the desired humid conditions. Most of his collection came from around Cibodas Botanical Garden, and to date the collection, which is in Lumut there are 134 types

Azalea Park

This park was built and inaugurated in 2002 on the initiator of Former Head Botanical Gardens Cibodas Drs. R. Subekti Purwantoro which at the time was still serving as head of the Cibodas Botanical Gardens with an area of ​​± 5000 m2. This park was originally built to collect various Rhododendron plants in the Botanical Gardens Cibodas that come from various countries and regions. At the moment there are three species of rhododendron planted namely Rhododendron javanicum of Java, Papua and macgregoriae Rhododendron Rhododendron mucronatum of Japan.

Rhododendron, commonly known as Azalea is a bush-shaped plant with a height of one meter below and lively place temperate at altitudes between 800-2400 meters above sea level. In Cibodas Botanical Garden there is one plant that made an icon Azalea Gardens Cibodas because the plant was originally from Java. The plant name is javanicum Rhododendron (Azalea Java). This type was planted first time in Cibodas on January 30, 2005 and including the plant species endemic in Java, Indonesia. This plant has orange flowers with a beautiful flower structure and the resistance loss of up to one week although it has been cut

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Orchid garden of Bogor Botanical Garden

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Griya Anggrek built in 2000 which is a collaboration Foundation Botanical Garden Indonesia and Bogor Botanical Gardens. Griya Development orchid aims to show visitors about the wealth of Orchids Indonesia. Griya Anggrek building was dedicated on May 25, 2002 by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Mrs. Megawati Soekarnoputri.

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Griya Anggrek is a display orchids species and orchid hybrid flowering, to increase awareness and appreciation of wild orchids, the unit is also available for sale seedlings of orchid species bottled and plant non orchid (Nepenthes and Alocasia) which is the result of the multiplication of the laboratory plant tissue isolation method.

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Product Griya Anggrek

Griya Anggrek products sold are orchid species and non orchid plants (Nepenthes and Alocasia) in the form of bottled or potted results of tissue culture propagation of hybrid flowering gardens Raya.Anggrek displayed simultaneously on sale for those interested.

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