The Singapore Garden Festival

I went to the Singapore Garden Festival today. Coming from a family that has been involved in the landscaping business for three generations, I was of course interested in anything to do with landscaping.

By the way, a word of advice for those planning to go down for a look. Go during the weekdays, and bring along your Passion card (or NTUC card) if you have one. Weekday admission is S$6 for adults, with those cards, it is S$3.50 only.

Anyway, the 4th level exhibits are mostly orchids, with some exhibits on gardens in Singapore and agriculture as well. Of course, if you want to go shopping for garden plants, accessories and tools, there is a retail section there as well. There are talks during the day too, you probably need to check out the timings beforehand.

At level 6 is the exhibits on landscaping and gardens. You get to see gardens designed around certain themes. There just isn't much variety, though. You have the English garden, the louder American garden, and various types of tropical gardens. The exhibit by Far East Flora about what may happen if we ignore our environment, though, is quite interesting with its theme on conservation.

All in all, it is okay paying S$3.50 for the admission, just don't go during the weekends and end up paying S$12 for admission, unless you really need to find someplace to escape from the rain. Even then, spending that money shopping in Suntec may be a better idea.