Gardens by the Bay: Flower Dome: Flowery Fun Times with Nursery Rhymes

We were at the children's playground at Gardens by the Bay when we decided to check out also the ongoing floral display at the Flower Dome.  Actually, it's more to escape the scorching heat by taking respite in the cool conservatory which is perpetually kept at  23 degrees Celsius.  We were thrilled to find out that the current exhibition is that of Nursery Rhymes.  Of course, we were in!

There was a long queue at the ticketing booth and boy was I tempted to sign up for the annual pass.  Anyway, in this heat, I thought it would make good sense to take a short drive from where we stayed and to enjoy the hottest times of the day in the cool conservatory (free!).  Well, until I thought about sharing my private space with loads of tourists, I changed my mind and decided to join the queue.

The Flower Fun Times is the third of six chapters in Gardens by the Bay's storytelling journey in 2015.  The display will be from 22 May - 19 July 2015, 9am - 9pm.  Here are some facts about the conservatory opening hours and ticket prices.



First in, we were greeted by this mother goose prop where we stopped to have a quick photo shot.  I can never get him to put on his best smile nowadays when taking photos.  So, I gave up and he can grumble about it when he grows up in future and see this posted publicly.

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall....

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb...its fleece were white as snow...

Floral displays on our way down to the main attraction of the dome...

Old Mcdonald had a farm..e a e a o...

 Bah bah black white, have you any wool?

 
 There are so many flowers so beautiful and exquisite with names I cannot remember..

 

 

 

 

 

This is taken from a Chinese song, 客人来。

After checking out the nursery rhymes display, we headed for the upper level of the dome for succulent display.  Here we chanced upon a sculpture which means a group of family visit the gardens and loved it so much that they had left a piece of themselves here, while leaving for the airport.

Desert Rose -  a member of the frangipani family.  These are found in Africa, Middle East and Socotra Islands.  All species have stems which are swollen to store water.  So, that's how desert roses look like.  Beautiful, except that the sap is poisonous.

The ghost tree, so called as it is cultivated near tombs in traditional villages.

Stone plant - fooling their predators they are hard as stones,
but are actually soft and juicy with capacity to store water.

Tree grapes

Don't ask me why this is called the Elephant tree, it looks no where like the real thing!

Shaving Bush tree

 

Ask me again if I would consider buying the annual pass after my visit.  I think I would :)  Visiting the Flower Dome, Cloud Forest and OCBC walkway would have set you back by $25 per visit.  Each adult annual pass costs $68.  Visit at least 3 times a year would have yielded you savings!

 Membership highlights:
•    Unlimited entries to the Cooled Conservatories and OCBC Skyway
•    Free parking for the first 2 hours
•    Special invitations to Gardens’ workshops and programmes
•    Exclusive dining and retail privileges

 Find out more here.