Singapore Botanic Gardens

In shortSingapore Botanic Gardens is free to enter and open daily from 5am to midnight, at 1 Cluny Road. Checked October 2026.

Family & Kids · free

Duration

Half day

The take

The UNESCO-listed gardens cover 63 hectares of old trees, lawns and lakes. Go early, while it's cool, and time the Orchid Garden for its 8.30am opening. With kids, head for Jacob Ballas Children's Garden, which closes on Mondays.

Good to know

Gardens free, 5am–midnight daily. Car parks keep the same hours at S$0.02 a minute, with no overnight parking

National Orchid Garden 8.30am–7pm, last entry 6pm: adult S$15, local adult S$5, under-12s free

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden 8am–7pm, closed Mondays except PH. Healing Garden closed Tuesdays

Learning Forest 7am–7pm; Walk of Giants, Keppel Wetlands, Botanist Boardwalk and Pulai Marsh unlit 7pm–7am

Finding it: Tanglin Gate (Napier MRT, Thomson-East Coast Line) or Bukit Timah Gate (Botanic Gardens MRT, Circle and Downtown lines). Nassim, Tyersall and Gallop gates too

Hours checked October 2026

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Before you go

Do I need a ticket for the Singapore Botanic Gardens?

No, the Gardens are free for everyone every day, and only the National Orchid Garden charges. An adult ticket there is S$15 for visitors and S$5 for people living in Singapore, and children under 12 go in free. The Orchid Garden opens at 8.30am, with the last ticket sold at 6pm, so we'd start at the National Orchid Garden and wander the free lawns afterwards.

Sources: National Parks BoardChecked October 2026

Which gate should I use at the Singapore Botanic Gardens?

Tanglin Gate is nearest Napier MRT on the Thomson-East Coast Line, and Bukit Timah Gate is served by Botanic Gardens MRT on the Circle and Downtown lines. Tyersall Gate has the most convenient drop-off for the National Orchid Garden, so take a taxi there if the orchids are your first stop. Every gate opens onto the same free grounds, since only the Orchid Garden charges.

Sources: National Parks Board

What closes at the Singapore Botanic Gardens on set days?

The grounds open from 5am to midnight every day, but some corners close on set days. Jacob Ballas Children's Garden is shut every Monday unless it's a public holiday, and the Healing Garden every Tuesday. The Heritage Museum, the galleries and the centres each close for one day a month, on the last Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday depending on the venue.

Sources: National Parks BoardChecked October 2026