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 🙂

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 🙂
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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 🙂
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Tables? Not sure whether practical but they sure look nice 🙂
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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 🙂
Click link to view our GardensByTheBay visits.

Cherry Blossom at Gardens by the Bay

Cherry Blossom at Gardens by the Bay, until 27 Mar.
Who would have imagined the pretty Sakura blooming in tropical Singapore!

We took many wefies, but this is my favourite 🙂
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Gardens by the Bay’s “Blossom Beats” feature a variety of cherry and peach blossoms in a Japanese-style garden setting. The Cherry blossoms (樱花) looks nice from far, and even more spectacular upfront.
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Wefie and Selfie craze! How many times do we get an opportunity to pose with the pretty Sakura (white, red, pink). We only need mats to picnic under the Sakura 🙂
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We were not the only one taking photos, many other families and couples were seen clicking away.
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As this is the school holiday, a list of activities was designed to captivate the young ones.
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We saw some cosplay characters, they were dressed to blend in with the Japanese culture. We also noticed that some Cherry blossoms had already withered.

Even on the floor, the petals looked mesmerising.
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The attention to details (moss, water) is impressive. Even the reflections off the glass panel look good!
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Do be prepared for jams (both vehicles and human) and photo bombs 🙂
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Additional tips :
– Cherry Blossom Gardens by the Bay end date is 27 Mar
– Please book your tickets online (24hours beforehand) to avoid queues
– Take tons of photos!
– The exhibit is wheelchair friendly
– Do pop by Gardens by the Bay Fanpage for the latest Sakura updates (or website)

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