Mid autumn Celebration at Gardens by the Bay

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For this year’s Mid Autumn festival, Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) has something impressive lined up to wow visitors ! From 13-22Sep, there will be a 15% discount for tickets to Flower Dome and Cloud Forest. Outdoor displays are FOC, thanks to the generous sponsors!

Besides Photography contest, you can also catch Fireworks on 17th Sept 8:45pm and 21st Sept, 8pm (Meadow). Details here.

We started our tour in The Flower Dome. As usual the seasonal change at Flower Bed never cease to amaze us ! (Read our Tulips experience)

(image credit GBTB Fanpage)

We spotted dragonflies everywhere !

Layers upon layers of colourful blooms melt our hearts, we cannot help but feel jubilant with the riot of colours.

Even the kids are mesmerised by the blooms, they are so Cooperative posing for photos. Thank goodness the Giant predatory dragonflies behind them are long extinct.

No Mid Autumn celebration will be complete without lanterns 🙂

Harmony 家庭圆满 🙂

The outdoor poster tells us that we need at least 1 hour to cover the whole Lantern exhibitions !

Take your time, enjoy the sights and reflections. You will spot a lot of bats fishing too.

As we went on a Sunday, a lot of families were also out in force at Gardens by the Bay !

Kids will love ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘World of Fairy Tales’.

The Sakae Sushi frog above is spotted all over the GBTB compound, count all of them correctly to win Sakae vouchers 🙂

Pandora 3D is highly recommended. If you like Avatar, all things blue and dreamy, you will love Pandora ! Kids could not contain their glee once they wore their 3D glasses !

School competition, children portrays all things associated with Mid Autumn. We found modern Chang Er, and we suspect some of the less docile looking bunnies might be recycled for Halloween :p

From Boon Xin and Ale’s smiling faces, it pretty much sums up our joyous experience 🙂

(Image credit GBTB)

Thank you team Gardens By the Bay for the evening’s itinerary. We believe Garden by the Bay’s Lantern exhibitions is the best in Singapore. 中秋节快乐 to everyone !

More tips :
– pop by SengkangBabies Fanpage for more “Gardens by the Bay” photos or our previous GBTB Adventures (eg Satay)
– GBTB Fanpage and Website
– do pop by our friends’ review (Cheekiemonkies, Dejiki, BPDG, jBabies mama, jBabies papa, theWackyDuo, HP, Temporary-local, Jerome )

** Remember, this Sunday 22Sep will be the last day of exhibition.

nParks celebrate 50 years of Gardening

Wow 50 Years of greening ! That would be 1963 when our then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew planted a Mempat tree at Farrer Circus.

We have come a long way since then. Trees line East Coast Park from Changi Airport to the city, Park connectors offer endless explorations, canopies of greens dot our concrete high rise structures, and the jewel at Gardens by the Bay.

When we are approaching Singapore on a plane, it is not hard to spot “green pockets” everywhere. We can reach a park, garden, or nature reserve within minutes. In fact, “Garden City” tagline has been transformed into “City in a Garden”.

Video : City in a Garden

As part of the celebration, there are a series of activities throughout 2013. Click here for the details. Did you spot the old swings and merry-go-round at Raffles Place, they were immensely popular with those working in the CBD area !

Last week, Daddy brought Boon Wee and Boon Yee to Botanic Gardens to commemorate 50th Greening anniversary. We were brought back to the 80’s F&B and games 🙂

We played with gor-li (marbles),

..and drank bandung (milk with rose syrup).

These school girls and the teh tarik folks (first photo) are real nParks staffs !

Tikam tikam anyone?

We got an autograph from the pretty Lorraine Tan (she sang Shine Singapore). For those interested, you can buy her CD and contribute to Straits Times’ School Pocket Money fund.

We do not have the time to cover every parks and gardens yet, but for those adventurers out there, you can try nPark’s nature trails out there. We recommend Southern Ridges and Tree Top walk for families.

Over the weekend, bring your family our for some fresh air, enjoy the greenery. Be it walking, jogging, cycling or blading, enjoy a family moment 🙂

Video : Dr Jia Jia is a Green advocate too 🙂

Do pop by nPark’s fanpage for more event updates.
Or you can browse our Garden escapades on our blog, just click on image below.

Video : Oh, the Teh Tarik is good too !