Path through Rainforest inside the Singapore Botanic Garden

The Singapore Botanic Garden is a wonderful place, full of greenery and a beautiful place to visit. It has been there for a long time, having been open for almost 2 centuries, open from 1822, closed again in 1829, and then re-opened again in 1859. It is a fairly large place, being a total of 74 hectares. Such a place provides a green lung for the city, and also provides a fabulous place to attract tourists to the place.

Path through Rainforest inside the Singapore Botanic Garden (More photos / Print)

Inside the Botanic Garden, there is an attempt to showcase a rainforest. A rainforest is something that is not found in urban areas (and Singapore is basically a city state, with real estate being at a premium - try purchasing an apartment even at these depressed realty times!). The idea was to preserve a section of the original rain forest of Singapore; it is good for conservation and also provides people with a chance to see how a rain forest original was like. 

Here is a description of the Rain Forest at the Botanical Garden website (link to site):

Few patches of Singapore’s primary rainforests remain, one of which is the 6 hectare primary rainforest within the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Some 314 species of plants can be found in the Rain Forest, forming a multi-layered ecosystem of herbs and ferns, climbers, shrubs, and trees. The Rain Forest has been preserved since the Gardens was established in 1859, and was designated as a Nature Area in 2003.

Some of the most important trees in the rainforest are represented by only one or two individuals, which reinforces the need for a long-term plant replacement strategy to be in place at the Gardens. There have been ongoing measures to conserve the Rain Forest such as with the provision of raised boardwalks to minimise the impact of visitors walking through the forest.