Rainforest Festival by Banyan Tree
Experiencing The Rainforest
From 29 – 30 November 2025, GREEN-HOUSE and Mandai Rainforest Resort brought the rainforest to life — an experiential marketplace where guests journeyed through six senses: colour, touch, taste, smell, sight, and life.
HangOut: Rainforest Festival
HangOut:
Rainforest Festival
Experiencing the Rainforest
From 29–30 November 2025, GREEN-HOUSE and Mandai Rainforest Resort brought the rainforest to life — an experiential marketplace where guests journeyed through six senses: colour, touch, taste, smell, sight, and life.
Into the rainforest
Ten brands, ten workshops — each one co-created with us to go beyond the marketplace. Not just things to buy, but things to make, learn, and take home. Every session was designed to bring you closer to the people and stories behind what they do.
Ah! GUGU
The Mini Bloom Bar
Create your own miniature flower basket or bouquet with your favourite blooms and bring home a playful creation that stays in bloom all year long. A simple, cheerful craft session for everyone.
ART:DIS
DIY Beads Bar
Guests designed handcrafted keycharm keepsakes at DIY Beads Bar. Each one a unique charm made with care by makers with disabilities from ART:DIS studio.
Happiness Initiative
Thank You, Next!
Guests picked a card, performed a gratitude deed, and added their reflections to a shared wall — a reminder that gratitude grows when it's passed on.
Loaded Gun Kitchen
RAINFOREST RE-IMAGED with Loaded Gun
Guests slowed down to build their own Gado Gado lettuce-leaf wrap — the rainforest reimagined through whole-foods colour and mindful ritual.
Muta. Wear
Fingerknit with Recycled Yarns
Using nothing but their bare hands and recycled yarn, guests fingerknit their own corded bracelet, necklace, or lanyard in minutes.
Pass It On
Personalise Your Plantable Candles
Guests painted their own festive patterns onto signature plantable candles — a meaningful keepsake designed to bloom into wildflowers long after the holidays.
Under The Sun
Leaf Your Mark
Guests stamped their own one-of-a-kind rainforest-themed memento to bring home — colour, texture, and imagination all in one.
Webeings
From Scrap to Charm
Guided by the Webeings team, guests crafted pom-pom bag charms from repurposed textile waste — a joyful, handmade take-home from the art of upcycling.
Wild Dot
Paintmaking with Pigments Made with Plants Found in Singapore
Guests learnt how Wild Dot's watercolours are made from local plants — and made their own pigment to complement the studio's palette.
stillgoods
S(tones) of The Earth: Custom Keychain Workshop
Guests assembled their own gemstone keycharms — up to five earth-toned charms set in stainless steel hardware to wear and keep.
Ghosts Of The Ocean Gin
Gin Masterclass
Discover craft gin through an immersive tasting masterclass. Explore how it's made, taste Azores-distilled gins, and uncover the different flavour profiles in balance.
Guilt Free Food by Joyce
Can you eat this? A different way to experience dessert.
Many of us avoid sugar and dessert. In this guided tasting of reduced sugar, zero sugar, and dietary-friendly bakes, try to tell the difference and shift your perspective on dessert.
rehyphen®
Cassette Bag Charm workshop
Assemble discarded cassette tapes into a trendy retro bag charm, a personal reminder to care for our planet through everyday actions.
Borderlessbutter
Butter Crafting & Personalised Flavour Workshop
Singapore's first and only butter crafting workshop! Get hands-on with flavour pairing and create your own custom compound butter to take home.
Muta.Wear
Stitch It to Fix It
Master 4 critical hand stitches to fix your own clothes through hands-on practice. Exercise your Right to Repair and save your stuff from the incinerator!
Feel Good
Herbal Dehumidifier Making
Craft your very own handmade dehumidifier blend with natural herbs like lavender, lemongrass, and peppermint, and bring home a personalised creation to enjoy.
Gentle Therapy
Skin Serenity Workshop: Build Your Calm Skin Ritual
Discover a soothing skincare ritual! Learn the "Calm, Repair, Strengthen, Protect" approach with hands-on demos, personalised skin analysis, and exclusive discovery kits.
Kimi Kombucha
Be a Kimi Hero!
Brew your own kombucha! Master SCOBY care and fermentation, then take home a starter kit to keep brewing.
Studio MU YU
Awase: Build Your Own Earrings
Create handcrafted wooden jewellery! Sand, finish, and personalise wooden pieces with natural oils or stains, then assemble them into a unique necklace or earrings.
FIN Crafted Goods
A Mend Away: A new beginning for you and your clothes
Give your clothes a second life! Learn essential repair techniques, from fixing rips to reinforcing thinning fabrics, in this hands-on mending workshop.
The Dog Grocer
Pup-Friendly Chendol: A Hands-On Dessert Workshop
Craft a dog-safe chendol from scratch! Take home a silicone treat container and pre-made components to recreate at home.
The PureStitch
An Introduction to Slow Craft & Embroidery
Learn hand embroidery basics and simple stitches in this beginner-friendly workshop! Embroider your own personalised tote bag while discovering the slower, more thoughtful side of fashion.
Terra Nest
Create your own All-Natural Incense
Create your own all-natural incense! Grind herbs, knead dough, and shape cones to bring home and enjoy their soothing, grounding fragrance.
Heirloom Garden
Grow Microgreens Like a Chef with Heirloom Garden
Learn to grow nutrient-dense microgreens on your kitchen countertop in just 7 days, without soil. Get tips on germination, harvesting, and food pairings, and take home two varieties!
The 3 Keys
Kokedama Workshop
Learn how to wrap plants in thread instead of moss, creating your own unique Kokedama masterpiece in this beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop!
&natural
Contours of Ulam: Embossed Ceramic Cup Workshop
Celebrate local biodiversity through embossed ceramics! Press clay into molds featuring native herb motifs to create botanical designs, then apply them onto a ceramic cup.
Nyana Nyana Eco Collective
Circa Beads Workshop
Craft your own marine-inspired bag strap from recycled bottle caps and rescued gems. Choose from handpainted turtles, fish, and ocean-themed beads.
ERTH
Sustainability in Jewelry and its Challenges
Discover how silver jewelry can be both beautiful and sustainable. Explore ethical sourcing, eco-friendly production, and design innovation shaping the industry's future.
Clean and Real Foods
One Ingredient, Many Ways- Reducing Food Waste Through Everyday Cooking
Discover how one simple ingredient transforms into multiple quick, delicious meals! A hands-on workshop on reducing food waste and eating plant-forward.
Singapore Fashion Runway
Fashion for a Social Cause Accessories-Making
E.VOL Studio
Melt and Reshape Recycled Plastic Keychain workshop
Hullabaloo Studio
Flowerscape Workshop