We are resuming weekend public tours as promised after Qing Ming from 21st April to May 13th. Our committed band of volunteer guides who will guide in pairs will be conducting tours over the next 4 weekends with standard times from 9 am – 11 am, meeting at the ‘ole raintree just as you enter the gates of Bukit Brown Cemetery. Please look out for updates on this page. The only exception is the tour on Saturday 28th April which […]
Please note that there will be no public tours conducted during the weekend leading up to Qing Ming and the weekend following it. Qing Ming begins 4th April, and ends about 10 days after. The reason for this is to allow families paying their respects some privacy. Please check back to this page after April 15 for information of heritage and nature tours. Check our posts on Qing Ming for your interest. At Bukit Brown for week ending 25 March […]
Hill 4 (photo Catherine Lim) This Sunday, we conquer Hill 4, not quite as indomitable as you think. A leisurely stroll of between 15-20 minutes from the Cemetery gates will take you to Hill 4 . Chat with with volunteer guides: Peter and Catherine, as they take you there, to open minds and hearts. Hill 4 is not on the usual tour but it offers the life and times of the poet and revolutionary who coined an early name of […]
New activity for this Sunday, Eco Stations with Beng Chiak of Nature Society, hunt down ants and insects and understand their relationship to plants and trees, how trees host other living things and nature’s self help system! Check out more details here Family Day, we did it last Sunday on March 11 and we now know we can do it even better. Up sized buffet of activities from guided tours to treasure hunts, to arts and crafts, haiku composing for […]
