Gardens by the Bay

In central Singapore, there is hundreds of acres of land, devoted to what can be referred to as the garden of the future. The Gardens by the Bay is made up of three water front gardens, Bay South, Bay East, and Bay Central Gardens. Each garden is an indoor botanical garden that is supporting plants and wildlife from every continent except Antarctica. The largest garden, Bay South, holds most of the main tourist attractions in terms of indoor gardens. The Flower Dome, which hosts the Mediterranean plant life is the larger of the two conservatories and the changing flower field display, is what interests me in this particular dome. The field displays flowers from the continents, Africa, America, Europe, Oceania, and Asia. The Cloud Forest is the higher but smaller conservatory, and houses and indoor waterfall which may not have the magnificence of the Iguazu Falls, the fact that it is the worlds largest indoor waterfall certainly ups its’ cool factor, as does the Cloud Walk, which allows you to be level with the falls.

Gardens By the Bay

Though, the three main gardens and Bay South’s conservatories aren’t the only attraction, and most certainly aren’t the most impressive architecturally. Eighteen ‘super trees’ are described as vertical gardens. The range anywhere from 82 feet to 160 feet, and if you’re a fan of heights, you can eat at the top of the highest of the trees. To receive the best views of these giants, there is a walkway between the trees, to better view the gardens below and the true masterpiece as a whole. But the true pull I have to these incredible infrastructures is the light show held nightly for those who have stayed into the evening while enjoying the beauty.

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I wish I could say I had plans to travel to Singapore in the future, but for now I’ll have to settle for watching the light show through Youtube. Below I’m going to link two different videos, one being the nightly light show, and the other  a visual walk through with one of the designers of the gardens. I’d highly recommend the second if you were going to chose between the two.

Light Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpkruNkfQH0

Walk through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geKHBz8JUhE

 

Works:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_by_the_Bay#Bay_South_Garden

http://www.yoursingapore.com/content/traveller/en/browse/see-and-do/nature-and-wildlife/stroll-among-trees/gardens-by-the-bay.html?cpn=in_thythwy

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