Grant Associates releases short film of Far East Organization Children’s Garden

Landscape architects produce film of creative imaginative play at Gardens by the Bay

27 JUNE 2014, BATH, UK AND SINGAPORE
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Grant Associates, the landscape architect practice responsible for the acclaimed Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, has released a short film showing local children enjoying the recently opened Children’s Garden at Gardens by the Bay.

Grant Associates, the landscape architect practice responsible for the acclaimed Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, has released a short film showing local children enjoying the recently opened Children’s Garden at Gardens by the Bay.

The Far East Organization Children’s Garden provides a one-hectare mix of play experiences for all ages, including water play, rainforest tree houses, ridge top trails and topiary pergola arches all in a special garden setting overlooking the Marina Reservoir. The space encourages playfulness by giving children the liberty to explore, imagine and create within a garden setting that sparks the child’s imagination and appreciation for nature and the environment.

Watch the film Playtime at Gardens by the Bay

Since opening in June 2012 Gardens by the Bay has received over 10 million visitors including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The project has been acclaimed worldwide for its remarkable blend of nature, technology, environmental management and imagination and is a showcase of horticulture and garden artistry that brings the world of plants to Singapore and presents Singapore to the World.

Highlights of Bay South include 18 Supertrees(25-50 metre vertical gardens that light up at night); two giant Cooled Conservatories (designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects), housing Mediterranean and Tropical climate plants; and a rich variety of Horticultural Gardens, designed around the themes 'Plants and People' and 'Plants and Planet'.

Led by Grant Associates the team responsible for the Far East Organization Children’s Garden includes PMLink (Project Manager), Langdon & Seah Singapore Pte Ltd (Quantity Surveyor), LPA Inc. (Lighting Consultants), WET Pte Ltd (Irrigation Consultants), Swee Hong (Main Contractor), Play Point Singapore Pte Ltd (Play Equipment), Carve (Treehouses), Howeler & Yoon (Original Concepts for Water Play), CT-Art Creation Pte Ltd (Water Play), Candy Floriculture Pte Ltd (Topiaries Contractor).

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About Grant Associates

Grant Associates is a pioneering international landscape architecture practice. Our work reconnects people with nature in insightful, delightful and distinctive ways whilst addressing the global challenges of urbanisation, the climate crisis and biodiversity extinction.

Our design process is underpinned by a knowledge of human behaviour, nature and ecological science combined with innovative design technology. We bring original thinking, creative collaboration and are exploring what regenerative design and the circular economy means to landscape architecture.

Our varied portfolio includes ambitious large-scale, landmark projects through to small, local ventures.

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