My World Tuesday - Singapore Botanic Garden - Sculptures

Spotted more sculptures during this trip to Singapore Botanic Garden.

Near the symphony Lake in Singapore Botanic Garden, there was this sculpture of Statue of Frederick Chopin.

This work of art is created by Polish sculptor Karol Badyna.

The enscription, on a page at foot of Chopin's chair, reads:
Frederick Chopin (Szopen) 1810 – 1849
The Most Eminent of Polish Composers
This sculpture is a gift of the people of Poland to Singapore, in memory of music's greatest tone poets
Made possible by the generous support of:
Halina and Miroslaw Pienkowski and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in SingaporeOctober 2008


A mother holding her child high in the air, “Joy” celebrates love, life and laughter.The sculpture has been donated by a member of the public who wishes to remain anonymous. “Joy” is displayed on Lawn H, overlooking Swan Lake.

Statue of boys playing piggy back or "Changkuda.

" Changkuda" literally means horse riding in Malay, a game we used to play in the old carefree days of Singapore. It's simply mounting on someone's back for a fun race...
Created recently by local sculptor Chong Fah Cheong who also did the "First generation" sculpture by the Singapore River banks of Fullerton Hotel.


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Singapore Botanic Garden - Jacob Ballas Children's Garden - Fruits trees

In the children's garden we could see many fruits trees.


Fruits of the lipstick tree and it looked like our local rambutan fruits.

Lots of banana plants in the garden

Papaya tree










Very interesting to see so many different types of fruit trees and plants in the children's garden. Very educational garden indeed besides playing in the garden.

Singapore Botanic Garden - Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

We managed to find Jacob Ballas Children's Garden in Singapore Botanic Garden, just a short walk from the Botanic Garden MRT Station.


There were already a crowd at the garden. Some child care centres bought their students to the garden to play. The kids were really so happy and excited.


Spotted this tree house in the garden, as it was closed for maintenance, my little niece could not go up the tree house.





These kids really like running up and down the suspension bridge.

Fake durian tree in the garden
Opening hours
8.00am - 7.00pm (last admission at 6.30pm)The Jacob Ballas Children's Garden is closed on Mondays (except when it falls on a designated public holiday)

Admission to the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden is free. The garden is open to children up to 12 years old. All children have to be accompanied by an adult.

You can read more about Jacob Ballas Children's Garden from this website

Singapore Botanic Garden - Christmas Trees

Christmas is over but gotta share these nice christmas trees that I spotted when I visited Botanic Garden last month. The trees are for charities. They were decorated with recycled materials.

Skywatch Friday - Botanic Garden Singapore

These photos were taken last month but hardly have time to post. Visited the Botanic Garden via the newly built Circle Line MRT. The station was along Bukit Timah Road so the entrance to the garden is different from the one via Orchard Road.


The sun's direction made the words "Botanic Garden" on the gate hard to see so I had to take the reverse side of the gate.

The garden is quite huge and we walked a long way towards the central of the garden.

Saw this beautiful stage where at night during the weekend, there were be some performance.


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