Parks & gardens

Gardens by the Bay

Gardens by the Bay is a public garden on reclaimed land beside Marina Bay in Singapore's Downtown Core. It opened in 2012 and combines open parkland with enclosed climate-controlled conservatories and a grove of tall steel planted structures.

Why it matters

The gardens are a piece of infrastructure as much as a park: the conservatories are cooled using energy recovered from horticultural waste, and the Supertrees carry the venting for that system.

Editorial context written by Global City Intelligence, not a statement from the venue.

Good for

Outdoor day — The outdoor gardens are freely accessible and large enough to absorb several hours on foot.
With children — The scale, the elevated walkway and the conservatories give a route that works without a fixed itinerary.

These are editorial judgements, not verified facts.

Sources & verification

coordinates.latitude: OneMap national gazetteer (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; Read from an authoritative geospatial publisher; see the coordinate's own status and role.
coordinates.longitude: OneMap national gazetteer (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07
officialWebsite: Gardens by the Bay - Plan Your Visit (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07; URL retrieved and confirmed to belong to the named operator.
address.formatted: Gardens by the Bay - Plan Your Visit (Primary) — checked 2026-09-07

Operational details last checked 2026-09-07. Facts of this kind are treated as current for 120 days.

The coordinate is the official address point for 18 Marina Gardens Drive. The previously held point lay 157 m away within the gardens; the address point is the more useful arrival location for a site of this size.

Official information

Address: 18 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018953
Access: mixed
Setting: mixed
Admission: Not verified — see official website
Status: active

Official website →

Point: 1.28459, 103.86466 · venue location · known to about 25 m
Verified: Verified against an official geospatial source, 2026-09-07
Source: Singapore Land Authority

Replaced the Phase 1 discovery-tier point, 156.8 m away, with an authoritative one. Both describe the same place; the difference is a change of source and of recorded role, not a correction of a wrong location.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Visit information

Checked 2026-09-07

Hours: Published per date rather than as a weekly pattern
Booking: Booking needed for some visits
Access: mixed · arrival point is the venue location
Worth knowing: The outdoor gardens and the ticketed conservatories keep different hours, and the site publishes each separately rather than as one timetable. The Flower Dome and Cloud Forest were both shown as 9.00am to 9.00pm daily on the date read.

Satay by the Bay: Satay by the Bay is closing from 1 October 2026; the operator notes other dining options remain available.
Bay South-Bay East Bridge: The Bay South to Bay East bridge is under construction, with works published as running from 4 May 2026.

Checked against Gardens by the Bay on 2026-09-07. Operational details can change — confirm with the operator before travelling.

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