Singapore Botanic Gardens

The Botanic Gardens in Singapore are large and beautiful and we walked through from the railway station to see the orchid garden in particular. 

We shared the path with chooks, including a noisy rooster or two, but this was the home territory of Red Junglefowl before they were domesticated so I guess they're allowed to be there.

I didn't really enjoy the walk though. Singapore is way too hot and humid for me. 

An orchid-covered archway must be a popular place for wedding photos but inconvenient because of constant interruptions from visitors. (And look at the messy background because of garden maintenance workers! Maybe the photographer will photoshop them out.)

A garden in the city

On a hill in the centre of Zurich we found the Gessner-Garten. It's a botanical garden named after Conrad Gessner (or Gesner) who lived in the town in the 1500s. He was a naturalist and he published Historiae animalium (in five volumes) that is considered the beginning of modern zoology, He also established a herbarium and part of the Gessner-Garten is based on Gessner's own, with 50 medicinal plants (herbs and shrubs), used by 16th century's healers. We were shocked to see a Variegated Thistle Silybum marianum in the garden! It's a nuisance weed on our farm.