I spend almost the entire afternoon at the Gardens By the Bay and after dinner at the Gardens, I decided to wait for the light show at the Gardens By the Bay. The OCBC Garden Rhapsody is a twice nightly performance, at 7:45pm and 8:45pm at Gardens by the Bay’s Supertree Grove. The show is free of charge for all to enjoy. Two short videos on the Supertrees at different time of the evening. Sorry for the shaky camera, did not stand in the correct place to video the light show at Gardens By the Bay, think I was too near the trees. Thought they would have fast or lively music for the light show hahaha, the music and lights were slow in coming and I think I wanted to doze off cause I spend so many hours at the Garden hahaha. Perhaps the next time I would come just in the evening to enjoy the slow music and video the light show at another spot.For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch Blog
Lots of baobab Trees and tall palms greeted visitors on entering the flower dome. They are so huge. Fantastic and wondering how they kept the trees survived in here. The grape tree from South Africa, they looked like huge ginseng.Interesting to see the bottle trees in here, lots of benches here to rest our tired feet.Did not manage to find the information for this sculpture showing three women carrying their children.For photos on other parts of the world, please visit Our World Tuesday Meme. Thanks to the team of Our World for giving us the opportunity to share my world with the rest of the world.
In one section of the Flower Dome, lived all these desert plants - cactus. In the Succulent Garden Seascape section there are decorations of fishes, sea urchins or coral reefs in the desert. Strange to have sea creature in the desert hahaha.These cactus looked as if there were growing furs. Close up view of the fur looked so scary. Hahahaha, I was wondering why they display dead leaves in this section till I saw the note accompany the plant.
Love all these beautiful roses. Most of them are not suitable for the weather in Singapore but with the air conditioned dome set in weather similar to colder countries, the roses are able to grown in Singapore. Most of these roses are grown and research done in Hort Park's six prototype glasshouses. A short video showing the roses in the flower dome.
The Flower Dome in Gardens By The Bay was the perfect place to photograph all these beautiful flowers. Looking at all the different colours and species of the flowers made me so cheerful even though I dont know most of the names of the flowers. These hibiscus are really so huge and pretty, they looked like dancing skirts.
The Flower Dome replicates the cool-dry climate of Mediterranean regions like South Africa, California and parts of Spain and Italy. Home to a collection of plants from deserts all over the world, it showcases the adaptations of plants to arid environments. Stop and smell the flowers in the colourful changing displays of the Flower Field, which reflects different seasons, festivals and themes. You can read more about the flower dome from its official website The whole dome is air conditioned and to reduce the amount of energy required in the cooling process, the air in the Flower Dome is de-humidified by liquid desiccant (drying agent) before it is cooled. This desiccant is recycled using the waste heat from the burning of the biomass. You can view the official website to see how the cooling system works.The flowers displays will change very soon according to their facebook posting. I will post more photos of the plants and flowers in coming posts.For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch Blog
Two short videos on the Supertrees at different time of the evening. Sorry for the shaky camera, did not stand in the correct place to video the light show at Gardens By the Bay, think I was too near the trees. Thought they would have fast or lively music for the light show hahaha, the music and lights were slow in coming and I think I wanted to doze off cause I spend so many hours at the Garden hahaha. Perhaps the next time I would come just in the evening to enjoy the slow music and video the light show at another spot.
For other sky watchers, please hop over to Skywatch Blog
