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.
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