On 4 July 2015, the Singapore Botanic Gardens became the first Singaporean heritage area to be inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. The 156 year old Botanic Gardens spans an area of 74 hectares and contains plant specimens from around the region, from bamboos to mature centuries-old trees, and colonial architecture and garden design unique to the region.
This cache is one of three caches placed by the gardens so that you can find a cache before or after your walk though the park.
The cache is located just outside the southern half of the the Botanic Gardens, a short walk from the Tanglin Gate of the gardens. It is also located near the bus stops that take you to the Botanic Gardens from the Orchard Road area. The Sorthern part of the Gardens is known as the Tanglin Core, and contains many of the historically significant areas and specimens in the garden. The Tanglin Core was the earliest part of the Gardens to be developed, and was the main gateway to the gardens, before the Central and Bukit Timah Core was developed.
It is home to a large number of historical trees tied to the development of the garden, including a second-generation rubber tree grafted from the first samples brought to South-east Asia from Brazil. This part of the Garden is also home to the tembusu tree that features on the SGD 5 currency note.
Walking though this part of the gardens will also show you a range of stunning colonial architecture such as the Bandstand, Botany Centre and the Sundial Garden, and other majestic Heritage trees like the Kapok and the Burmese Banyan. The southern part of the garden also features the Swan Lake, where a flock of White Mute Swans brought in from Amsterdam reside.