Detail: Time: 6.30pm. Admission is free!

The Singapore Botanic Gardens will conclude the celebration of its 150th Anniversary with a spectacular and fun-filled Botanical Party to be held at the Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage and Palm Valley of the Singapore Botanic Garden on Saturday, 5 December 2009 from 6.30pm. This special Botanical party consists of a unique concert of bird songs, and the lighting of 150 trees in a themed “Trees of the World” Light-Up. Admission to this event is free and it’s open to all.

Birdsongs

Treat your ears to an enchanting melody of songs, as modern classical composer Robert Casteels leads a group of Singapore’s finest jazzmen, world-music performers and the Philharmonic Youth Winds to perform a unique concert of bird songs. Enjoy the lush flora and fauna surroundings of the Botanic Gardens as the performers serenate you with jazz classics, Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and Lullaby of Birdland, while familiar tunes such as Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wings, The Beatles’ Blackbird and Maurice Ravel’s Three Beautiful Birds from Paradise are re-interpreted and re-harmonised specially for this concert.

Trees of the World Light-Up

Witness a visual spectacle as the Botanic Gardens gets lighted up via 150 specially decorated trees in the Botanic Garden’s Trees of the World light-up. The trees, specially decorated by embassies, schools and community groups, will provide a unique atmosphere to the Gardens in conjunction with the festive season.