Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
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Nov 16, 2011

Marina Bay Gardens

The Marina Bay Sands Gardens are still under construction and mostly closed. However, due to an orchard exhibition this week we were able to see the finished parts and witness some gorgeous flowers/fauna!

Colorful flowers that reminded me a bit of Keukenhof. Yes, because all Dutch citizens should have visited that natural Dutch heritage site once.

Inside a huge dome there were dry, cold climate trees and flowers. Most notable were the bulbous trees you see in this picture. They are from Australia and are bulging at the bottom, narrow at the top.

Me in front of an olive tree. This tree, transported to Singapore from Spain, is more than a thousand years old!!!

Singapore's national emblem is the orchard and there was an orchard garden present in the flower dome. I went to the park with Kirsty (Canadian) and Christopher (American).