2016 Singapore Garden Festival

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2016 Singapore Garden Festival (SGF 2016) blooms till 31st July. Let flowers, Plants, Landscapes and creative ideas indulge your senses smell, taste, and visual πŸ™‚

We look so small under the CHAIRS.
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Those parking at Meadow or near Flower Dome will enter via Entrance D and C respectively. Those taking MRT will enter via Entrance A (Market Place).
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Three sections of SGF 2016, we only visited Meadow and Bayfront. Do take note only Market Place is free entry, but we had to skip due to time constraint.
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(Image credit SGF 2016)

[ Meadow Stage ]

Kids acting behind the tea cups.
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Indulge in some “Fantasy Gardens”.
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Maui culture anyone?
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Upsize down fantasy.
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Flower fields and a huge Bee hive.
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Inter school competition
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There are 15 landscape and garden designers from around the World.
You can imagine the long queues as I suspect this corner has the most photogenic landscapes.

I love Kyoto!
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.. even Sugarcanes maze is quite fascinating. We were half-expecting a sugarcane drink stall at the corner :p
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The fringe flower displays are amazing and beautiful in their own patterns and lights.
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Beautiful Orchids and sculptures in “Secret Gardens”.
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A stalk dedicated to our founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

Is the red ruby flower (on the right) also know as itchy-powder? We used to disturb each other during our primary school days!
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Get up close (yes Wefie) with huge bugs πŸ™‚
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Complimentary buggy ride for ticket holders.
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[ Bayfront Plaza ]

If you are coming from Entrance C or D, the path to Bayfront Plaza area (8 minutes walk) is next to Hospitality Pavilion.

Gardeners’ Cup with 60 community gardening groups. Kudos to these volunteers, my neighbourhood “garden” is definitely not so fanciful!
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Intrigue your senses.
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My personal favourite section at 2016 Singapore Garden Festival could be the Amazing Bonsais! So delicate!
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Miniature landscapes. Life like humans and buffalo.
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Cool! Chinese characters of Dragon and I Love Singapore πŸ™‚
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Tables? Not sure whether practical but they sure look nice πŸ™‚
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Some designs are very abstract!
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Edible displays.
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Sushi are all made of plants! (and wasabi too). Check out the “flower bento” sets too. Edible?
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More details about SGF 2016 :

– Opening hours : 10am to 10pm
– Ticketing Adults (Local resident): $12/$16 (Weekday/weekend), Child(3 to 9 years) and Senior citizen: $6/ $9
(Do buy tour tickets online at SGF 2016 website to avoid the crowd!)
– Each ticket allows one entry to Flower Dome (Orchid Extravaganza at Flower Dome). You need not cover Flower Dome on the same day.
– Weekends will be crowded and carparks will definitely be full.

For the latest updates, follow 2016 Singapore Garden Festival on their Website and Facebook, or Instagram #SgGardenFest

More flowers loaded on our Fanpage album πŸ™‚
Click link to view our GardensByTheBay visits.

Science Centre School holiday activities

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Singapore Science Centre School holiday activities aim to kids entertained and learn a thing or two along the way.

Our favourite two attractions are the butterflies and Snow City.
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Fun Fair Maths
A temporary exhibit for the month of June. Through interaction and investigation, kids will explore the “fun” side of Maths.
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Tie up your dogs “properly” :p
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A maze which cannot turn left (this was tough!)
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Odd shape bicycle wheels, yet can pedal? Marbles which defy gravity.
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Amazing tiles, every piece looks different yet symmetric. They can all mix and match despite their odd shapes. There is a term for this, “Tessellate”. (Hint: aim the primate head under armpit)
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Musical, Prime numbers exploration.
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Funny mirror, who can resists the concave and convex portraits :p
There are more activities, we did not list everythig.
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Ocean Buddies at KidsSTOP
Kid can personalise their own sea creatures and throw them into the huge digital “sea”!
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Occulus was popular with the kids. Imagine a VR world, riding a roller coaster in your bedroom πŸ™‚
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Kids engaged in some digital colouring and projection.
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How can we miss J Slide πŸ™‚
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Butterflies Up-Close
Butterfly enclosure is latest exhibit at Science Centre, take note a separate entrance fee applies.
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Learn more about butterflies (and moths)
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Witness caterpillar transform into chrysalis, ignore Daddy crazy stunt.
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Butterflies galore, some 500 of them. We heard the lifespan is only two weeks!
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Do checkout the impressive migration of the Monarch butterflies.

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Snow city
We can do with some cool temperate, snow and igloo most welcome.
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If you need more excuse, how about sliding down the 60m snow slope in a rubber float? (video below)
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Our friends from Dino Mama and FamilyStaycationSG.
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(Photo credit Family Staycation SG)

* Do take note photography is not allowed in Snow City, we had special permission.
** Long pants, socks, gloves are available for rental. This is recommended as you will be freezing after 10 minutes

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Video (Link) : Science Centre school holiday activities

Who brought X-Wing to Science Centre!
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Science Centre School holiday activities will keep families engaged for half a day, and we have not included the fun waterplay yet πŸ™‚
Do follow Singapore Science Centre website and Fanpage for the latest updates.

More photos uploaded on our Fanpage album.