The marvel named Garden by the Bay

I recently had an opportunity to visit Garden by the bay located near Marina Bay in Singapore.

The garden has  over 500,000 plants. The two cooled conservatories the Flower Dome and the Cloud Forest, feature rare and unique plants from around the world.

The Garden has an amazing collection of flora and fauna. The beautiful flowers are just astounding. The architecture of the domes them self are superb. 

Flower Dome

The Flower Dome replicates the cool and dry Mediterranean climate and shows off nine different gardens including Baobabs and Bottle Trees, Succulent Garden, Australian Garden, South African Garden, South American Garden, California Garden, Mediterranean Garden, Olive Grove and the Changing Flower Field Display from 5 continents namely Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

The dome has a Footprint of 1.2 hectares (approx. 2.2 football fields). It has an overall surface area f 16,000 m² and is built by 3,332 glass panels of 42 varying shapes and sizes. The Height of the structure from floor to top is 38m and the volume is 195,000 m³ (approx. 75 Olympic swimming pools). The temperature inside the dome is 23°C to 25°C and humidity is maintained at 60% to 80%. The dome has a capacity of 1,400 people.

Cloud Forest

The Cloud Forest, is entirely different from the Flower Dome. A 35-meter tall mountain covered in lush vegetation shrouding the world’s tallest indoor waterfall showcases plant life from tropical highlands up to 2,000-meters above sea level.

You can ascend to the mountaintop by lift before descending via two walkways in the clouds for an aerial view of the canopy and mountainside below. 

The dome has a Footprint of 0.8 hectares (approx. 1.5 football fields). It has an overall surface area f 12,000 m² and is built by 2,577 glass panels of 690 varying shapes and sizes. The Height of the structure from floor to top is 58m and the volume is 153,000 m³ (approx. 60 Olympic swimming pools). The temperature inside the dome is 23°C to 25°C and humidity is maintained at 80% to 90%. The dome has a capacity of 1,200 people.

The complete gallery of my photographs shot there can be found here on Google plus and here on Facebook.