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Have you gotten your tickets to the Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) 2024? 🤩 Asia’s premier tropical garden and flower show will gather the world’s top garden and floral designers under one roof! Be prepared to be blown away by the exquisite garden and floral displays at SGF. 🌷 Singapore Garden Festival 2024 📅: 3 – 11 Aug 2024 📍: Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre 🔗: https://go.gov.sg/sistic-sgf2024 🎟: PAssion Card and SAFRA members can enjoy 15% off ticket purchases. 🎟: For group purchases (min. 20 tickets), enjoy 20% off tickets by contacting [email protected] to make your purchase.

Just like its name suggests, the Water Chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) thrives in water-inundated areas like ponds, swamps, marshes and shallow lakes. Their underground horizontal stems produce edible tubers that can be added to soups, salads or vegetable dishes. Researchers have also found that the tuber’s peel or outer skin may have anti-diabetic properties! 📸: Vicky Lim Yen Ngoh

Just like its name suggests, the Water Chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) thrives in water-inundated areas like ponds, swamps, marshes and shallow lakes. Their underground horizontal stems produce edible tubers that can be added to soups, salads or vegetable dishes. Researchers have also found that the tuber’s peel or outer skin may have anti-diabetic properties! 📸: Vicky Lim Yen Ngoh

NParks Concert Series in the Park: Rockestra® Get ready for an unforgettable night of live music this Sat, 1 Jun 2024! 🎶🎸 Returning with a new theme, “Hits: Different”, catch local acts like Club Mild, Owen Li, Shazza and SuperSonic, perform a mix of cover and original songs while you indulge in a variety of culinary delights! 🙌 📅: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 ⏰: 6.30 pm onwards 📍: Fort Canning Green, Fort Canning Park 🔗: https://go.gov.sg/rockestra

High Rise Syndrome (HRS) is a term veterinarians use to describe injuries sustained by cats when they jump or fall from inappropriate heights. Contrary to popular belief, cats do not always land safely on their feet.   An indoor kitty is a safe kitty! Always secure your windows, with mesh or grill that have gaps small enough to contain your cat indoors. Let’s keep our cats safe! For more information on the Cat Management Framework, visit https://go.gov.sg/cat-ownership

The 13th edition of the Festival of Biodiversity is here and we’re happy to share some exciting updates on our biodiversity conservation efforts! 🤗 Under our Species Recovery Programme, we have implemented species recovery efforts for over 80 plant and 40 animal species, including successful ex-situ conservation efforts for all three of Singapore’s endemic freshwater crabs. 🦀 We have also launched the third edition of the Singapore Red Data Book and revised our Biodiversity Impact Assessment guidelines to aid species conservation efforts in Singapore. 📕 To learn more about our rich biodiversity, join us at the Festival of Biodiversity on 25 and 26 May at One Punggol! Festival of Biodiversity 2024 📅: 25 & 26 May 2024 ⏰: 10am – 7.30pm 📍: One Punggol 🔗: https://fob.nparks.gov.sg/ 📸: Johnson’s Freshwater Crab, Daniel Ng

Not many people get the opportunity to protect the nation's critically endangered sea turtles. And us, we are doing all we can to conserve this species.

Happy World Turtle Day! 🐢 #Didyouknow that Hawksbill Turtles are one of two species of sea turtles that call Singapore home? 🏠 Join Jerome from NParks' National Biodiversity Centre as he shares how his team protects these critically endangered animals. 📝💡 Watch the full video here: www.go.gov.sg/nparks-portraits-hawksbillturtles

The Pelir Musang (Fagraea auriculata) has large tubular, fragrant flowers that develop singly, or in small clusters. Maturing from white to cream to yellow, these flowers can grow up to 30 cm wide! A critically endangered native plant, it grows in coastal forests and on coastal cliffs in Singapore. Come celebrate our flora and fauna with us at the upcoming Festival of Biodiversity! Festival of Biodiversity 📆: Sat & Sun, 25 & 26 May 2024 ⏰: 10am – 7.30pm 📍: One Punggol 🔗: https://fob.nparks.gov.sg