Mandai Orchid Gardens: Where beauty is rare

Flora is a beauteous object that many people desire, an object often synonymous with happiness. The Mandai Orchid Gardens brings to light the beauty that orchids are, with its bounty flourishing in the setting of the gardens found in Singapore.

With copious amounts of unique and rare orchid flora found all over the gardens, this wonderful attraction is surely one of the most breathtaking of those found all over the land. With greenery all around you, it’s as if you have entered a niche of paradise on Earth.

The Mandai Orchid Gardens was instigated in 1951 in the Mandai Lake Road area, by the founder of the Orchid Society of Southeast Asia, the late John Laycock, who gathered 5 acres of land to exert his passion for orchids. With the Singapore Tourism Board recognizing the gardens as a grand tourist attraction, the Mandai Orchid Gardens has become a local and international icon in the world of flora and foliage, with approximately 200,000 visits annually.

In the year 2002, the management of the Mandai Orchid Gardens changed hands, and with it came many changes which have added to its presence. These changes are none other than the inclusions of the likes of a diner Vanilla Pod, a shopping outlet and other facilities. But those are not the reasons why people visit this Garden of Eden. It is because of the rarity of the orchids that reside here. With the likes of the Vintage Garden which is home to a grand range of over 200 orchid varieties; the Water Garden which was built atop a marsh and has a stream that flows through it; the Tropical Garden which is home to various tropical foliage; along with other forms of flora and fauna apart from orchids that can be found in various regions of the gardens, the flora takes the prize at the Mandai Orchid Gardens.

Be sure to visit this marvellous attraction, and be awed by the different varieties of orchids and tropical flora and foliage found here. Visit the grand Mandai Orchid Gardens whilst staying at a charming hotel in Singapore such as Copthorne Orchid Hotel Singapore, which presents elegant lodgings together with comfort and warm hospitality.