Day 3 Part Two - Gardens by the Bay - Flower Dome and Floral Fantasy

The artwork created from driftwood and fallen trees amazes you at many turns throughout the day.

FLOWER DOME

A special exhibit was installed. I never knew there were so many different dahlias on which to feast your eyes.  And, of course, Celebrating the Lunar New Year presented us with an installation at the entrance to this scent-filled dome.

Besides the dahlias, keeping to their design plan, many different flowers and art interspersed the Flower Dome.

fuscia

Pushing forth a bloom

Pansies

Masks and giraffes

The Owl Tree

The Children's Garden added whimsy and a fanciful exhibit surrounded by flowers.

At first I thought this music wafting throughout the Flower Dome was prerecorded background music until I climbed a flight of stairs to discover these wonderful professional musicians.

Erhu, a two-stringed bowed instrument also known as the Chinese or Spike Fiddle

Guzheng or Chinese zither is more than 2500 years old

Keyboards, guitar, erhu and guzheng instrumentation

FLORAL FANTASY

Scenes created from fresh-cut, live and dried plants welcomes you into a different world.

Cotton stems adorn the ceiling

Reishi mushrooms for medicinal purposes as a tea or to make a tincture or other extracts.

Monkey ladder vine

Woods' Troll

Tiny Poison dart frog

Poison dart frog the size of your thumbnail

Root entry into the underground exhibit

Waterfalls give a calming influence and invite you to sit, relax and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Floral Fantasy.

Flower baskets dance from the ceiling to a tune only they can hear.

Upon exiting, you are treated to an art exhibit on Dragonfly Lake. In the evening, these egg-shaped spheres emit different colored lights. You can touch them and they turn a different hue and emit a tone which corresponds to its color.

As I've said before, Singapore is a walking society and this day I was able to amass 6,282 steps. This should prepare me for my Thailand tour coming next week.