The
weather around the country may still be a bit unpredictable, but springtime has
officially sprung inside Bellagio’s Conservatory & Botanical Gardens where
it’s always a pleasant 68.4 degrees. The spring display brings a bounty of more
than 8,200 flowers of vibrant colors and floral creations now through May 11.
Among
the thousands of flowers including tulips, daffodils and lilies, guests will
encounter a 45-foot-tall Cherry Blossom tree with a wooden stage nestled in the
branches for nightly musical performances. Visitors are invited to stroll
through the winding pathway of the oversized tree where koi fish below can be
viewed up close on two monitors with live underwater feeds. Forty oversized
raindrops sprinkle spring showers throughout the garden overhead.
Guests
will be entranced by the sight of more than 800 live butterflies fluttering
inside the 36-foot-long greenhouse located in the East Garden. The butterfly
species on display originate from around the world including Costa Rica, the
Philippines and Kenya. The perimeter of the greenhouse is adorned with an
assortment of yellow, pink and white flowers filling out this lush garden.
The
North Garden boasts an explosion of color as five aluminum watering cans stream
into a pond below as 14-foot-tall multicolored tulips and 22-foot-tall yellow
daffodils bloom nearby. Fresh flowers complement the oversized flora creating a
storybook setting. Two floral ladybugs embellished in red carnations rest
throughout the Garden and 50 butterflies, made from organic materials including
green crushed Manzanita leaves, orange carrot flakes, lentils, radishes and
rice, flutter overhead.
Flowers
in the South Garden peer up at a 22-foot-tall neon green gardening shovel and
oversized hand-painted flower pots. Two caterpillars wiggle around a
performance stage, the second in the Conservatory, through rows of shrubs
including gardenias, hibiscus and bougainvillea. Eight-foot long caterpillars,
covered in colored moss and hand-painted faces, greet guests visiting this
Garden.
In
conjunction with the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art’s new exhibit “Painting
Women,” the Conservatory has created a floral interpretation of Polly Thayer’s
“My Childhood Trees” with 1,200 mixed flowers. Located in the Giardini corner,
the recreated painting is fitted within a 6-foot-tall elaborately carved frame.
The
spring display within Bellagio's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens is complimentary
to the public and open daily, 24 hours a day.
Spring
Display Facts
Display
dates: Through May 11
Total
flowers on display per week: 8,283
Total
flowers on display for duration of the exhibit: 82,830
Total
shrubs on display:
805
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