Glowing mushrooms, 120 creepy crawlies among new additions to Heritage Festival发光蘑菇、120种令人毛骨悚然的小虫子等新展品将亮相遗产节。
Held at the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Park over nine days, the annual event will have over 50 programmes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A display of mycelium on Petri dishes seen on the ceiling of Funtastical World of Fungi exhibition held at the CDL Green Gallery at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
Published Sep 04, 2026, 09:58 PM
Updated Sep 04, 2026, 09:58 PM
The 11th Heritage Festival at Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Park features over 50 activities, including exhibitions of glowing fungi and more than 120 insect species.
A new insect species, Ernestinus singaporensis, is also showcased.
Evening events include music performances, movie screenings, interactive quests, and light installations, with some workshops requiring pre-registration.
SINGAPORE – Many may not know that Singapore’s forests are home to glow-in-the-dark mushrooms and a striking red spider with spine-like horns larger than its body.
Visitors can learn more about these and other fascinating critters and fungi at the 11th Heritage Festival at Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Park.
Held at both locations from Sept 5 to 13, the annual event will feature over 50 programmes and activities. These include an exhibition showcasing more than 120 species of Singapore insects, including a new bug species found at both festival venues.
Fort Canning Park’s Hidden World: Creepy Crawlies of Singapore exhibition is one of three new galleries at this year’s event. The others are the Singapore Botanic Gardens’ Funtastical World of Fungi exhibition – which displays live glowing fungi – and an exhibit paying tribute to 100 years of the Fort Canning Centre.
Other free activities include music performances, movie screenings, guided experiences and hands-on workshops.
A Green Baron caterpillar seen in an enclosure during a media preview of the Hidden World: Creepy Crawlies of Singapore exhibition at the Fort Canning Centre. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
A Green Baron caterpillar seen in an enclosure during a media preview of the Hidden World: Creepy Crawlies of Singapore exhibition at the Fort Canning Centre.
The insect exhibit will feature a new plant bug species, Ernestinus singaporensis, which is a black-and-white patterned insect found on the underside of Alocasia leaves.
Just around 3mm long, the insect has been observed at Fort Canning Park along Five Kings Walk and near the Artisan’s Garden.
A member of the media tries to take a picture of Ernestinus Singaporensis, a new-to-science species. ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG
A member of the media tries to take a picture of Ernestinus Singaporensis, a new-to-science species.
The exhibition marking Fort Canning Centre’s centenary will trace its transformation from British military barracks to the world’s largest commercial squash centre in the 1970s and, now, a home for the arts.
On weekend evenings, the Botanic Gardens will hold music performances and movie screenings. These include performances by The Purple Symphony, Singapore’s largest inclusive orchestra made up of musicians with and without disabilities, and an outdoor screening of the 2019 documentary Fantastic Fungi at the gardens’ Eco-Lake Lawn.
Fungi After Dark, a light installation illuminating the CDL Green Gallery lawn, will also run every evening throughout the festival period.
At Fort Canning Park, there will be an interactive quest on weekend evenings during the festival. Participants can experience14th-century Temasek through audio stories and puzzles.
Called “The Heir: An Interactive Projection and Audio Quest”, the programme uses large-scale projections cast onto the park’s trees and terrain, making it best experienced after dark.
A buffet of workshops and guided tours also await visitors, from crafting botanical soap to visiting the National Orchid Garden.
Pre-registration for some activities and workshops is required.
More information about the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Park Heritage Festival 2026 can be found at https://go.gov.sg/sbgfcp-heritagefestival
Shabana Begum is a correspondent, with a focus on environment and science, at The Straits Times.
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新加坡植物园和福康宁公园举办的第 11 届文化遗产节包含 50 多项活动，其中包括发光真菌展览和 120 多种昆虫展览。
文中还展示了一种新的昆虫物种，即新加坡埃内斯汀虫（Ernestinus singaporensis）。
晚间活动包括音乐表演、电影放映、互动探索和灯光装置，部分工作坊需要提前注册。
新加坡——许多人可能不知道，新加坡的森林里生长着会发光的蘑菇，还有一种引人注目的红色蜘蛛，它长着比身体还大的棘状角。
游客可以在新加坡植物园和福康宁公园举办的第 11 届文化遗产节上了解更多关于这些以及其他迷人的小动物和真菌的信息。
这项年度盛事将于9月5日至13日在两个举办地点同时举行，将包含超过50项活动和节目。其中包括一个展览，展出超过120种新加坡昆虫，其中一种昆虫是在两个举办地点都发现的新物种。
福康宁公园的“隐秘世界：新加坡的爬行动物”展览是今年活动的三大新展馆之一。其他两个展馆分别是新加坡植物园的“奇妙真菌世界”（展出会发光的活真菌）展览，以及一个纪念福康宁中心成立100周年的展览。
其他免费活动包括音乐表演、电影放映、导览体验和实践工作坊。
在福康宁中心举办的“隐秘世界：新加坡的爬行动物”展览媒体预览会上，一只绿男爵毛虫被关在围栏内。（海峡时报摄影：MARK CHEONG）
在福康宁中心举办的“隐藏的世界：新加坡的爬行动物”展览媒体预览会上，一只绿男爵毛虫被关在围栏里。
昆虫展览将展出一种新的植物盲蝽物种——新加坡盲蝽（Ernestinus singaporensis），这是一种黑白相间的昆虫，发现于海芋叶的背面。
这种昆虫体长仅约 3 毫米，曾在福康宁公园的五王步道和匠人花园附近被发现。
一名媒体成员试图拍摄新加坡埃内斯蒂努斯蟹（Ernestinus Singaporensis），这是一种科学界尚未发现的新物种。（海峡时报摄影：张马克）
一名媒体成员试图拍摄新加坡埃内斯蒂努斯虫（Ernestinus Singaporensis）的照片，这是一种科学界尚未发现的新物种。
为纪念福康宁中心成立一百周年，本次展览将追溯其从英国军营到 20 世纪 70 年代世界上最大的商业壁球中心，再到如今的艺术中心的转变历程。
周末晚上，植物园将举办音乐表演和电影放映活动。其中包括新加坡最大的包容性管弦乐团——紫色交响乐团的演出，该乐团由残障人士和非残障人士音乐家组成；此外，还将在植物园的生态湖草坪上放映2019年的纪录片《神奇真菌》。
灯光装置“夜幕下的真菌”（Fungi After Dark）将在节日期间每晚照亮 CDL Green Gallery 的草坪。
在福康宁公园，节日期间的周末夜晚将举办互动探险活动。参与者可以通过音频故事和谜题体验14世纪淡马锡的风情。
该节目名为“继承人：互动投影和音频探索”，利用投射到公园树木和地形上的大型投影，因此在夜幕降临后体验效果最佳。
从制作植物皂到参观国家兰花园，游客还可以参加各种各样的工作坊和导览活动。
部分活动和工作坊需要提前注册。
有关2026年新加坡植物园和福康宁公园文化遗产节的更多信息，请访问https://go.gov.sg/sbgfcp-heritagefestival
沙巴娜·贝古姆是《海峡时报》的记者，主要关注环境和科学领域。
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