As a Staff

As an internationally recognised botanical institution and major visitor attraction in Singapore, we have a living collection and archival botanical collection built over the last 150 years. Our staff manage the Gardens in areas ranging from Horticulture, Research, Education, Visitor Services to Operations Management. We need individuals who enjoy making their contribution to the Gardens.

If you are interested to be part of the Singapore Botanic Gardens' family, please visit Careers@Gov and submit your application accordingly. 

 

As a Volunteer 

Volunteers are a valued and integral part of us. They enrich and enhance the life of the Gardens and play a vital role in supporting the Gardens. We understand everyone has different skill-sets and aspirations, hence varied positions are available for the volunteer spirit in you.

Tour Guiding

The Gardens runs free tours for the public. There are various tours conducted by our enthusiastic volunteer guides, where you may select one to focus on.

Plant Records

Volunteers are sought to do data entry to build up the plant information database. For this, we would require volunteers to help out during office hours. Volunteers also have the option of doing field surveys, which include stocktaking and photo taking. This can be done during the Gardens' opening hours. Volunteers will gain a working knowledge of plant records management in a botanic institution and get very familiar with plant names and characteristics.

Gardening

Volunteers will have the opportunity to maintain an area in the Gardens. Presently, volunteers are working in our Plant Resource Centre.

As a Gardening Volunteer, you will be involved in preparing the ground, sowing of seeds, pruning, weeding, fertilising and composting to identifying the various plants and labelling them.

Available on 4th Saturday of the month.

Herbarium

Volunteers can contribute at the Herbarium by repairing and mounting herbarium specimens. This involves stitching of specimens onto boards. A minimum of four hours (office hours) once a week is required. 

 

 

Volunteer Recognition Upon completing10 hours of volunteer work, we will issue you with a Volunteer Pass and you will be entitled to the following benefits for a year: Invitation to an annual Volunteer Tea hosted by the Director of the Gardens Subscription to Gardenwise, bi-annual newsletter of the Gardens Volunteer T-shirt Invitation to the SBG Speakers' Series Invitation to special events and previews Discounts at the Gardens' concessionaire outlets

 

Volunteer Application To sign up as a volunteer, contact us here.

 

 

Donations & Sponsorships

Your support in the Gardens' work in research, conservation, education and recreation is important to us.

Contribute to the Give to the Gardens programme. This will help the Gardens to continue to be a leading botanical institution as your support will help the Gardens' research, conservation, education and outreach projects.