Gardens-A-Glow lights about 250 community-decorated trees at Singapore Botanic Gardens from Friday 5 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027. Little Day Out, 21 October, says the trees are lit 7pm to midnight every night of that run. The official SBG page, last updated 19 October 2026, is the one to use for donations and the new name. Trees of the World is the old title. This year the Gardens call it Gardens-A-Glow. Decorating sign-up closes Friday 30 October. That is five days from today.
Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road. Botanic Gardens MRT (CC19/DT9) or Napier (TE12). The Gardens are open 5am to midnight. Official page: sbg.nparks.gov.sg/events/gardens-a-glow. Register to decorate at go.gov.sg/gardensaglow-reg. Donate through Garden City Fund at go.gov.sg/gardensaglow-donate.
Decorate in November, walk in December
Free decorating sessions run 14 to 29 November 2026. Little Day Out says slots are limited and the form closes 30 October. You can still register interest without a donation. SBG says it will invite those names if a tree comes free. A donation of $800 or more to Garden City Fund, NParks' IPC charity, lets you decorate one of the 250 trees with family, colleagues, a school, or a charity group. $10,000 or more adopts a cluster and includes an ornament-making workshop for up to 30 people. Bring your own decorations. The guidelines PDF on the official page asks for reusable, recycled, or upcycled material where you can.
After 3 January the trees are planted in parks and green spaces around Singapore. That is the point of the donation, not a rental Christmas tree you take home. Light installations, themed displays, exhibitions, and other activities run across the Gardens through the same window. The official photographs on the 2026 page are from Trees of the World 2025, including the Bukit Timah Gate Oceania display and families hanging photo ornaments. Recurring civic, same lawns, new name.
How to walk it at 7pm
Main Gate Road and the Tanglin Core take most of the decorated trees in past years. Bukit Timah Gate has held the larger themed cluster. Enter from Nassim Gate if you come off Botanic Gardens MRT. Enter from Tanglin Gate off Napier. The Gardens are free. You do not need a ticket to walk the glow. 7pm to midnight is the lighting window Little Day Out printed. The official SBG page does not repeat the clock in the body text I fetched. I am using LDO for the hours and SBG for the dates and the $800 figure. If NParks posts a different lighting time, follow the Gardens page.
Eat before you enter if you want a table. Halia and the visitor-centre counters wind down on their own hours. Dempsey and Cluny Court sit outside the Tanglin Gate. Inside the Gardens you are walking, not booking. Weeknights after 9pm are quieter than the first weekend in December. 25 December and 1 January will be packed. If you only want to decorate, ignore December for now and hit the form by 30 October. The 14 to 29 November sessions are the work dates. The December lights are the public walk.
Practical details
- Dates: Display 5 December 2026 to 3 January 2027. Decorating sessions 14 to 29 November 2026. Registration closes 30 October 2026.
- Time: Trees lit 7pm to midnight daily, per Little Day Out 21 October 2026. Gardens open 5am to midnight.
- Venue: Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road.
- Nearest MRT: Botanic Gardens (CC19/DT9) or Napier (TE12).
- Price: Walking the display is free. Donate $800 or more for one tree, $10,000 or more for a cluster and a workshop for up to 30. Decorating sessions are free with registration.
- Website: SBG Gardens-A-Glow, Little Day Out, 21 Oct 2026
中文要点
新加坡植物园 Gardens-A-Glow 2026年12月5日至2027年1月3日点亮约250棵由公众布置的树。往年叫 Trees of the World，今年改名。Little Day Out 10月21日写明每天晚上7时至午夜亮灯。植物园官网 10月19日更新，认捐和报名以官网为准。布置报名 10月30日截止，距离今天只剩五天。表格 go.gov.sg/gardensaglow-reg。捐款 go.gov.sg/gardensaglow-donate。地点 1 Cluny Road，地铁 Botanic Gardens（CC19/DT9）或 Napier（TE12）。入园免费，公园早上5时开到午夜。
免费布置场次 11月14日至29日。不捐款也可以先登记兴趣，有空档公园会再邀请。向 Garden City Fund 捐 800 元或以上，可认一棵树，和家人、同事、学校或慈善团体一起布置。捐 10,000 元或以上认一组树，并有最多30人的饰物工作坊。尽量用可重复、回收或改造材料，细则在官网 PDF。活动结束后，这些树会种到全岛公园。12月的灯是给走路看的。想布置，先在10月30日前填表。圣诞和元旦晚上会很挤，平日晚上9时后比较松。
