Nature Trail
Long flights can be tiring. Sit back and relax in the midst of nature at any of our Airport Gardens. Be enthralled by the beautiful butterflies at the world's first Butterfly Garden in an airport. Come stroll through our open-air rooftop Cactus and Sunflower Gardens and take a breather from the hustle and bustle of travel to meditate at the Bamboo Garden. Or watch our beautiful koi swim in our Orchid and Fern Gardens.
Butterfly Garden
Terminal 3
Departure Transit Lounge, Level 2
The world's first Butterfly Garden in an airport is designed as a tropical butterfly habitat with a profusion of flowering plants, lush greenery and a 6 metre grotto-waterfall. You will see different tropical butterflies species during the different seasons of the year. Visit the educational corners within the garden to gain a deeper understanding of butterflies. Individual enclosures let you witness the breeding and feeding of butterflies at close range. You'll be amazed by the transformation of butterflies from pupae, preparing to take their first flight in the Emergence Enclosure! The garden is also home to a collection of 200 carnivorous or insectivorous plants from about 30 species of Nepenthes - tropical pitcher plants from Southeast Asia, especially Singapore. These plants have adapted to growing in nutrient-poor soils by evolving ways of trapping and ‘feeding' on insects and small animals to obtain nutrients.
Cactus Garden
Terminal 1
Departure Transit Lounge, Level 3
This award-winning garden showcases more than 40 species of cacti and succulents from Africa and the Americas. Have an out-of-the world experience in this forest of surreal plants like the Golden Barrels, Silver Touch, Oldman Cactus, towering Prickly-Pear and giant bottle shaped Club-Foot trees. There is also a collection of massive prehistoric Cycads, towering Euphorbia's and tree-like Dracaenas.
Fern Garden & Koi Pond
Terminal 2
Departure Transit Lounge, Level 2
Be wowed by the giant Tasmanian tree ferns - Dicksonia Antarctica, which is probably a survivor of the dinosaur era and are known to live for more than 400 years! Landscaped together with tropical tree ferns from the oldest rainforests in the world, the garden also features a wide range of unique ferns like the Birds' Nest Fern, Elephant Fern, Fish-tail Fern, Rabbit-foot Fern and Staghorn Ferns. Be refreshed by the cool green freshness of ferns and swirling waters of the Koi Pond teeming with graceful koi.
Orchid Garden & Koi Pond
Terminal 2
Departure Transit Lounge (Level 2)
Exploding fireworks of colours greet visitors to the Orchid Garden from the massed display of tropical and temperate orchids; colours also reflected in the bright orange, red and yellow koi in the pond. The garden features Spider Orchids, Singapore’s famous and enduring hybrid Butterfly Orchids and the fabulous Moth Orchids from the Orchid Island of Taiwan, displayed in a natural setting of rocks or cascading from aged driftwood in a lush tropical landscape of towering Foxtail Palms and unique foliage plants. The garden also features a changing exhibit of rare orchids and seasonal display of Singapore's National Flower - the Vanda Miss Joaquim and Changi Airport's very own - the Dendrobium Changi Airport.
Sunflower & Light Garden @ T2
Terminal 2
Departure Transit Lounge, Level 3
It's a sunflower garden by day and then voila! a light-themed garden by night! This is the newly revamped Sunflower Garden at Terminal 2 Departure Transit Lounge, Level 3. Reopened on 16 March 2010 with new design features and walkways, it also boasts new lighting effects and illuminating fixtures to transform the Garden into a Light-themed garden by night (7.00pm - 7.00am, daily).
Some of the new exciting features include:
- Firefly Lights which replicate a "firefly" effect at the garden
- Illuminated Bamboo Walkthrough featuring bamboo-cast structures placed on both sides of the pathway
- Award-winning "Aura Seating System" - Aesthetically pleasing and structurally innovative curvy chairs designed for ultimate comfort
- Custom Designed Lighted Seats placed around the Graden to provide a total visual experience
Come by the Sunflower Garden today and experience the magic!
Fragrant Garden
Budget Terminal
Departure Transit Lounge, Outdoor Terrace
This garden is home to more than 15 species of fragrant trees, shrubs and climbers, such as Frangipani, Pandanus and Gardenia. Residents even include one of the most important ingredients in the perfume Chanel No. 5, the Canaga. All over the world, these fragrant plants are widely cultivated as ornamentals both in tropical countries like Singapore and Malaysia, as well as in temperate regions such as Europe and America.
