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Garden Tour

Raffles Hotel is accompanied by lush greenery and landscaping around it’s’ premises. Housing more than 55,000 plants, the gardens make up a quarter of the total land area at Raffles Hotel Singapore. To showcase the flora in their gardens, the hotel has introduced a new ‘Garden Tour’ exclusively for hotel residents only.

Resident horticulturist Louie Fong and his team of five gardeners will offer them an insight into the lush landscaping at the hotel.

This garden tour will be made available for hotel residents on every first and third Wednesday of the month. Residents may contact their Raffles Butler for more information.

Palm Court
Raffles Hotel is surrounded by Livistona Palms, the fragrant Frangipanis and the distinctive Traveller’s Palms. The Palm Court provides the perfect setting for residents to relax by the shady verandahs, while the sweet scent of the Frangipani flowers fills the air.

Palm Garden
One of the Palm Garden's main feature would be the tall graceful Casuarina Trees planted in honour of Somerset Maugham who penned his first book of short stories set in the East, aptly titled The Casuarina Tree. The Heliconia, also know as 'Black Magic' is another unique plant at Palm Garden.

Fern Court
In the jungle-like Fern Court, there are a couple of magnificent Bread Fruit Trees which can grow up to a height of 20 metres. The buds of the beautiful pink Torch Gingers growing on the side of the garden, serve as an important ingredient in local dishes like laksa and rojak.

Raffles Courtyard
Raffles Courtyard is a popular alfresco dining venue that exudes immense tropical charm. The lush setting of the courtyard is mainly attributed to the grand looking Cyas, Petunias in its hanging baskets, firecracker-like Heliconias and the large leafed Monstera.

The Lawn
The Lawn is a favorite spot for garden parties and weddings. Graceful Peacock Flowers and Lantana Camara blooms throughout the year in the garden.