Pets’ Day Out

🐈 Calling all pet cat owners, don’t miss the opportunity to get FREE microchipping for your felines at our next Pets’ Day Out! Register for the limited slots here: go.gov.sg/catsmicrochip-11n12may2024pdo

With two days of fun activities, pet supplies and free chats with vets and pet groomers, don’t forget to mark your calendars this May! 😉

📅: Sat & Sun, 11 & 12 May 2024
⏰: 10am – 6pm
📍: East Coast Park, Parkland Green
🔗: https://go.gov.sg/pdo

Therapeutic Gardens are healing green spaces, specially designed to improve our health and well-being through a restorative environment. ️Head down to one of these Therapeutic Gardens for a great spot to relax, recharge and revitalise in nature. ☺️

Visit NParksSG TikTok for more exciting, nature-related content!

Launch of CITES Global Youth Network
 
We have concluded the CITES Youth Leadership Programme after four intensive days of teambuilding and discussions, interactive activities and immersive experiences across various venues in Singapore! 🥳🙌
 
This inaugural youth-led programme brought together over 40 youths from 31 countries, with diverse backgrounds in sustainable wildlife trade and conservation, to establish the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Global Youth Network (CGYN). 🤩
 
Find out more 👉 https://go.gov.sg/launch-of-cgyn

📸: Shenn Tan

The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation (CWR) opened in 2022 to provide veterinary care and rehabilitation for wild animals in Singapore. 

Join Zebin and Petrina behind the scenes to catch a glimpse of the work that goes into managing wildlife, from the rescue of animals to treatment, rehabilitation and release.

Watch the full video here: https://go.gov.sg/nparks-cwr-video

#Didyouknow that the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) is one of the largest families of flowering plants with over 25,000 orchid species? 

Get tips on caring for orchids and bring home your very own orchid plant in the upcoming workshop at the Singapore Botanic Gardens!

Introduction to Growing Orchids
📆: Sat, 10 May 2024
⏰: 10am - 12pm
📍: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Centre for Education and Outreach
🔗: go.gov.sg/growingorchidsmay24

This month, we will be spotlighting flora and fauna in Punggol as part of the Festival of Biodiversity!

Found in coastal forests such as Coney Island and Pulau Ubin, the Penaga Laut (Calophyllum inophyllum) is a native tree with glossy oval-shaped leaves, sweet-scented white flowers and round green fruits.

Known for its beautiful leaves, its name ‘Calophyllum’ means beautiful leaf, while ‘inophyllum’ refers to the closely nerved or veined leaves in Greek. 🍃

Festival of Biodiversity 
📆: Sat & Sun, 25 & 26 May 2024
⏰: 10am — 7.30pm
📍: One Punggol
🔗: https://fob.nparks.gov.sg 

📸: Ang Wee Foong

SSO Mother’s Day Concert 2024

Looking to create some special MOMents this Mother’s Day? 💖

Celebrate Mother’s Day this year at the Singapore Botanic Gardens with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO)! Enjoy an enchanting selection of classical music and picturesque scenes from the great operas amidst the greenery of the Gardens. 🎶

📆: Sun, 12 May 2024
⏰: 6pm – 7pm
📍: Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens

📸: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Today, the Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS), a cluster of NParks, together with Singapore Veterinary Association, has announced a new set of guidelines on veterinary telehealth, which makes vet care more accessible through the use of technology.
 
These guidelines aim to give pet owners and veterinarians more confidence when they use such services, to ensure animal welfare, health, and safety.🥂
 
Check out the new guidelines at https://go.gov.sg/veterinary-telehealth-guidelines.

Pets’ Day Out

We're letting the cat out of the bag! 🐱 Come on down for a free photoshoot with pet photographer Zulkifi Daud Photography, who will be on-site at the upcoming Pets’ Day Out to snap photo keepsakes for you and your pet! 📷

Take part in pet-themed challenges at our carnival game booths and stand a chance to win exclusive merchandise. Also, don't miss the opportunity to snag adorable limited-edition collar pins by capturing a #PetsDayOutSG moment with our roving Instagram frame! 🎉

📆: Sat & Sun, 11 & 12 May 2024
⏰: 10am – 6pm
📍: Parkland Green, East Coast Park
🔗: https://go.gov.sg/pdo

Gardeners’ Day Out

Calling all gardening enthusiasts…it’s thyme to garden! 😉

This May, explore the power of herbs with our gardening talks and workshops – secure your spot early and find out how to make use of recycled materials to start your own sustainable herb garden. 🌿

📅: Sat, 18 May 2024
📍: HortPark
🔗: https://beta.nparks.gov.sg/visit/parks/hortpark/activities/gardeners-day-out

NParks Concert Series in the Park: Rockestra®

Get ready to rock at the 20th edition of NParks Concert Series in the Park: Rockestra® on Sat, 1 Jun 2024! 🤘🎶

Introducing our local homegrown artistes, Club Mild, Owen Li, Shazza and SuperSonic who will be serving up a mix of cover and original songs to the theme of "Hits: Different"! 🎤 And guess what? Crowd-favorite Justin Dominic Misson is back as your host for the evening!

This edition of Rockestra® is held in partnership with Families for Life, in support of the National Family Festival 2024.

📅: Sat, 1 Jun 2024
⏰: 6.30 pm onwards
📍: Fort Canning Green, Fort Canning Park
🔗: https://go.gov.sg/rockestra

Plans to designate Singapore’s second marine park

Earlier today, Minister for National Development and Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee announced that plans to designate Singapore’s second marine park at Lazarus South-Kusu Reef are underway! 🌊  

The habitats at parts of Lazarus Island and Kusu Island have been identified to be ecologically significant through an Ecological Profiling Exercise in 2022. Designating these areas as a marine park will allow us to better conserve and manage both terrestrial and marine sites, and enhance ecological connectivity. More info at 👉 https://go.gov.sg/secondmarinepark

Launch of “A Garden of Birds” exhibition

A new community photography exhibition, “A Garden of Birds”, is open at the Singapore Botanic Gardens!

Dedicated to the birds of the Gardens, marvel at around 160 photographs shared by passionate birders. Together with illustrations and interactive displays, these photographs are on display at both the CDL Green Gallery and People’s Gallery spaces in the Gardens.

🗓️: 7 May – 31 Oct 2024
📍: CDL Green Gallery, 9am – 6pm daily* (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
📍: People’s Gallery spaces, 5am – 12am daily (Located near the Visitor Services Counters at Botany Centre, Nassim Gate, Tyersall Gate, Gallop Gate, and Bukit Timah Gate [Botanic Gardens MRT Station Exit A])
🔗: www.go.gov.sg/sbg-agardenofbirds  

*Closed on every last Tuesday of the month, except on Public Holidays – the closure day will then take place on the next working day.

The Cat Management Framework was announced today! 🐱

From 1 September 2024, all pet cats will need to be licensed and microchipped to enhance traceability and safeguard their health and welfare. Cats will also be allowed to be kept in HDB flats, with up to two cats for each HDB flat. In private premises, the limit is up to three cats or dogs, or a combination of both.

If you’re a cat owner, don’t worry! There will be a two-year transition period from 1 Sep 2024 to 31 Aug 2026 for you to ease into the changes 😉. You are allowed to keep ALL your cats, as long as you license them during the transition period and are able to ensure their health and welfare are taken care of.

Visit https://go.gov.sg/cat-framework to find out more!

SSO Mother’s Day Concert 2024

Wishing all mothers a Happy Mother’s Day! 🥰

Join us for an enchanting evening at the Singapore Botanic Gardens to celebrate this special day! Experience classical music and grand opera scenes performed by the Singapore Symphonic Orchestra (SSO), with Music Director Hans Graf at the helm. See you there! 😊

📆: Sun, 12 May 2024
⏰: 6pm – 7pm
📍: Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens

📸: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Do these trees look familiar to you? Tolerant of salt and poor soil, the Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia) can grow along sandy beaches and coastal forests, playing an important ecological role in these habitats. Its roots hold the soil together and the tree serves as a windbreak, thus mitigating coastal erosion.

The roots also help to improve soil quality by forming symbiotic relationships with bacteria that can fix nitrogen in the soil.