Botanic Gardens
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 158-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of Singapore’s shopping district. It is one of three gardens listed as a World Heritage Site.
The Botanic Gardens was founded at its present site in 1859 by an agri-horticultural society. Initially, it played a major role in the region’s rubber trade boom and helped quickly increase rubber production.
The National Orchid Garden houses the largest orchid collection of 1,200 species and 2,000 hybrids.
Early in the nation’s independence, Singapore Botanic Gardens’ expertise helped to transform the island into a tropical Garden City. In 1981, Vanda Miss Joaquim, an orchid hybrid, was chosen as the nation’s national flower.
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Singapore Botanical Gardens
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Botanic Gardens, in simpler words
This version comes from Wikijunior, a set of books written for children aged 8 to 11. It is shorter and uses plainer language than the article above.
From Wikijunior: World Heritage Sites
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 158-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of Singapore’s shopping district. It is one of three gardens listed as a World Heritage Site.
The Botanic Gardens was founded at its present site in 1859 by an agri-horticultural society. Initially, it played a major role in the region’s rubber trade boom and helped quickly increase rubber production.
The National Orchid Garden houses the largest orchid collection of 1,200 species and 2,000 hybrids.
Early in the nation’s independence, Singapore Botanic Gardens’ expertise helped to transform the island into a tropical Garden City. In 1981, Vanda Miss Joaquim, an orchid hybrid, was chosen as the nation’s national flower.
File:$5 tree.JPG|The Tembusu tree featured on the back of the Singaporean five-dollar bill at Lawn E, Singapore Botanic Gardens File:DendrobiumMargaretThatcher-NationalOrchidGarden-Singapore-20041025.jpg|Orchid named after former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher File:Bromeliad200.jpg|The Yuen-Peng McNeice Bromeliad Collection File:DendrobiumBaeYongJun-NationalOrchidGarden-Singapore-20060710.jpg|Dendrobium Bae Yong-joon, an orchid named after the South Korean actor File:VandaMissJoaquim.jpg|Vanda Miss Joaquim, the national flower of Singapore File:Cygnus Atratus Singapore.jpg|Cygnus atratus in the Eco-Lake File:SunGarden-SingaporeBotanicGardens-20070102.jpg|The Sun Garden (formerly known as the Sun Rockery) File:FlightofSwans-SingaporeBotanicGardens.jpg|Flight of Swans sculpture installed in May 2006 at Swan Lake File:BotanyCentre-SingaporeBotanicGardens.jpg|The Botany Centre Blocks and one of the wooden sculptures dotted around the complex. File:Phalaenopsis-SingaporeBotanicGardens-20041201.jpg|Orchids File:Ginger in Singapore3.jpg|Ginger File:Girl on a Swing (1984) by Sydney Harpley, Singapore Botanic Gardens - 20060815.jpg|Girl on a Swing (1984), a bronze statue by British sculptor Sydney Harpley File:Singapore Botanic Gardens 2012 2 483.jpg|The Frangipani Collection File:Singapore Botanic Garden OSM Capture.png|Map of Singapore Botanic Gardens
Singapore Botanical Gardens
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