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Spice
Garden
Located at Fort Canning Hill
The current spice
garden is a small replica of the original 19-ha tract
Raffles established in 1822 as the first experimental
and botanical garden of Singapore. This was actually
the brainchild of Nathaniel Wallich, a Dane who came
to Singapore in 1822 and wrote to Raffles to recommend
that such a garden be set up. Wallich was previously
the Superintendent of the Royal Gardens at Calcutta
in 1815.
From
Bencoolen (Sumatra) where Raffles was stationed, he
sent commercially important spices such as clove and
nutmeg for cultivation in the original spice garden.
Part of the hill was designed as a park with walkways,
18-foot terraces, a brick wall with pillars, and surrounded
by Chinese bamboo fences. The garden was discontinued
in 1829 due to a lack of funding. It was subsequently
revived in 1836 but was closed again in 1846. A third
garden, which was initiated by the Agri-Horticultural
Society in late 1859 is now part of the current Singapore
Botanic Gardens at Tanglin.
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