Gardens by the Bay opened in 2012 and is a free botanical garden (except the covered domes on the left). The 14 hectare site is built on reclaimed land, it filters water through cascading levels of plants and creates its own power from plant trimmings provided by the city of Singapore's street maintenance crews.
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| The metal structures in the center of the park are partially covered with vegetation and built to resemble trees. Two of the tree-like towers are chimneys for a biomass generator that provides all the cooling and AC for the two covered domes that house flower and tropical gardens. |
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| The central 'tree' has a restaurant in it's canopy |
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| Each tree has botanical or park facts etched into the stone benches around the bases of the trees...hence our knowledge of the biomass generator |
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Biggest bee we've ever seen; about 2" long
Lucky they weren't aggressive as we followed
them around trying to capture 'the perfect photo' |
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Seven story waterfall within the tropical dome... so misty your hair
curls just walking out of the airlock.
 View down through the tropical layers
 View up through the outdoor gardens to the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. The infinity pool on the top floor (57 stories up) is a packed on the weekends. The open air bar has a great view over downtown Singapore.
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View down through the tropical layers
View up through the outdoor gardens to the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. The infinity pool on the top floor (57 stories up) is a packed on the weekends. The open air bar has a great view over downtown Singapore.
