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Tucked at the western end of Singapore within the Jurong Lake District and not too far away from both Chinese and Japanese Gardens, is the picturesque family friendly Jurong Lake Gardens. It is conferred as the third 'national' garden in Singapore, the first being the historical and Unesco World Heritage Site english garden theme Singapore Botanic Gardens with its world-class National Orchid Garden , and the second is the newer, the 10 years old Gardens by the Bay with its two thematic conservatories or domes and 18 super trees. Jurong Lake Gardens is a huge garden which resembles more like a park, with its wide-open concept and an array of interesting sections as you will learn below. It is touted as a people's garden to differentiate between Singapore Botanic Garden with its history on research and heritage, while Gardens by the Bay showcased sustainability efforts. In urban Singapore seeing the open vast grassland dotted with rustic looking observatories is such a pleasa...

Where can you find some wildlife apart from the zoo in urban Singapore? Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is located at the quiet remote corner of northwestern part of Singapore. Buloh is a Malay word for bamboo. And Sungei means river. Therefore, Sungei Buloh means Bamboo River. Simply because it is located along Buloh River. Maybe there are many bamboos which grow in the area previously. You certainly can see some bamboos there. The rich mangroves at Sungei Buloh were once used as a spawning location and nursery by prawn and fish farmers. Sungei Buloh Nature Park was designated a Nature Park in 1989 and the wetland reserve was officially opened in 1993 by former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. It was a protected forest reserve in 1890, though after 1973, during the industrialisation of Singapore, the mangroves around Kranji were cleared to make way for prawn, fish and horticultural farms and light industries. But since 2002, the 202 hectares of rich biodiversity of wetlands of mangrove swa...