Category: Garden

Tulips in Tropical Singapore !

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Thanks to KLM, 20 000 Tulip Bulbs (郁金香) have been air-flown all the way from Holland. Tulips, Windmill and clogs remind us of Holland.

You do not need to fly 12 hours to visit your favourite blooms. From 29th April to 20th May, Gardens By The Bay (GBTB)’s colourful TulipMania will amaze you.

We were invited to do some gardening, and Boon Yee still does not know his hands will get dirty.

Before we start, we need to attend Tulips 101 crash course.

Hundreds of boxes, the content does not look anything like Tulips yet, but we know something magical awaits in a few days.

We had students from Temasek JC to cultivate the field with us.

In case we forget the colours, there is actually a Tulips masterplan.

We heard there is a time-lapse camera capturing the budding Tulips. Daddy cannot wait to see the Tulips explode into colours.

Once the Tulips start blooming, we might see something like this? You can expect Windmills and clogs in the Gardens !

Flower Dome was closed to accommodate the makeover. We saw professional gardeners spruce and prune, skillfully decorating Tall Vases in under 30 mins !

Boon Yee must be the youngest Gardener on that day 🙂

YES, we need to get our hands dirty, but no one is complaining 🙂

It was a new experience for us, how many will get a chance to do gardening in the Flower Dome? Thank you Ferne for the father son photos 🙂

While we are taking a break, we admire the eggs and bunny from Easter.

After today, we appreciate the efforts and hardwork needed to change FlowerBed every season. It still feels weird to talk about four seasons in humid Singapore.

Video : Hardworking Volunteers planting Tulips

Now, we just have to wait. Make a date, 29th April.

We would like to thanks Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) for the invite, both Daddy and Yi had a memorable outing. Check out the photos of us perspiring on the Flower field 🙂

As May12 is Mother’s day, a series of events are cater with Mums in mind.

More about GBTB and Tulips here :

– Win tickets to GBTB (ends 28th Apr)
– Tulipmania
– Gardens Fanpage
– more about Flower Dome
– Satay by the Bay (F&B)
– Gardens by the Bay official opening (includes link to Cloud Forest)

nParks’ Nostalgic Playset @Raffles Place

Imagine Daddy’s surprise when he pops out from Raffles MRT today, to see his childhood Swings, See-saws and even Merry-Go-Round !

Curious passer-by were already trying out the sandy playground, relieving their memories, and getting a dose of nostalgia.

If the boss is not around, Daddy does not mind lazing on the couch.
In the twilight, couples can indulge in each other’s company.

After picking their grandchildren from nearby childcare centers, Grandparents might visit the playsets too. Playgrounds are for everyone young-at-heart 🙂

** snap finger and wakeup **

Daddy suddenly remembers we are not talking about the playgrounds in the usual parks or gardens, we are at Raffles Place Park, the heart of Singapore CBD (Central Business District). We played with the Tongkang sculture back in 2009 🙂

This year, nParks is celebrating 50 years of Greening.
In 1963, former PM Lee Kuan Yew lay the seed for our Tree-planting culture, starting the campaign to “GREEN” Singapore.

Raffles Place is the stage for “Playsets of Yesteryears”. The old playground hopes to invoke a sense of nostalgia, and relive some of our memories from the 70s and 80s.

In the weeks ahead, you can participate in Yoga, picnic and other activities. Hey, we can even signup to plant 1,963 trees from Jun to Nov !

During our media tour, Ms Latif told us more about each garden’s history. Please pop by Singapore-Memory’s section on irememberParks for more stories 🙂

Video – Raffles Place playground

Go on, fly that paper-eagle, kick that shuttlecock or even munch the kacang-puteh 🙂

There is even a biscuit-tin lookalike letterbox to deposit your memories.

From now till 31Mar, snap yourself having fun at Raffles Place’s playsets and stand to win a limited edition Nets FlashPay card.

Create your own cute and endearing experience, at Raffles Place Park.
(Cute models in photo below are not included)

While roaming around the park, we can compare Raffles place today and yesteryears.

You do not have to rush down to Raffles Place, as the roving exhibit will be at Raffles Place Park for the next two months, before rotating to another park 🙂

We love this “creative and fun” initiative by nParks, engaging the community in shared memories 🙂
Checkout which other parks SengkangBabies have explored over the years, click “Parks and Gardens“.

More information :

– Click for more photos of Raffles Place playset
– More about nParks’ 50 years of Green Singapore campaign
– A new app from nParks, sParks (apps) makes it easier to connect with our parks
– Singapore Memory project
– nParks fanpage

We have covered some old school Dragons, Seals and Elephant old playgrounds too, click for photos.