Gardens by the Bay (GBTB) – Republic of Singapore

by Albert Videt Jensen

Gardens by the Bay is an urban nature park situated in Singapore’s Central Region.', covering 101 hectares and home to nearly 20,000 plant species, it comprises three waterfront gardens: Bay East Garden (32 hectares), Bay Central Garden (15 hectares) and Bay South Garden (54 hectares), the largest of the three.
The park w'inscrit dans la stratégie du gouvernement singapourien visant à transformer la « ville-jardin » en « ville dans un jardin ». Annoncé par le Premier ministre Lee Hsien Loong en 2005, conçu à l'issue d'n international competition in 2006 (with over 70 entries from 170 companies in 24 countries) and opened to the public in June 2012. Highly popular — with 50 million visitors in 2021 — it was named the world’s most beautiful garden in 2022 according to an English-language ranking, ahead of the Majorelle Garden in Marrakesh and the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris.
Bay South Garden, which opened on 29 June 2012, showcases the ‘'horticulture tropicale et l'art du jardin ; son plan s'inspire d'’ – an orchid and the national flower – alongside conservatories, themed gardens and Supertrees. Bay East Garden, which opened in October 2011, offers breathtaking views over the city’s rooftops from the banks of the Marina Reservoir. Bay Central Garden, with its 3-kilometre waterfront promenade, will link the two gardens.