Time: 10am - 10.45am
Venue: Visitor Services Counter, Level 1 Botany Centre (Nearest Entrance: Tanglin Gate)
Registration: Required 15-min prior at the Tanglin Visitor Services Desk (Botany Centre). Limited slots on a first-come-first-served basis. For ages 9 and above.
This session introduces the research facilities at the Singapore Botanic Gardens such as the Library of Botany & Horticulture, Orchid & Micro-propagation laboratory and the Herbarium.
Highlights of this 45-minute tour includes a visit to the Herbarium which stores physical records of reference plant materials, some dating as far back as 1790. In addition, learn about our hybridization programme for orchids, a process introduced back in 1930’s by the then Director, R.E Holttum.