Floral display ushers in the Lunar New Year

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Gardens by the Bay is showcasing a display called "Asian Tales" in the Flower Dome. The inspiration for the display comes from Chinese brush paintings of scenic mountains and valleys.  Large mountains feature in the display surrounded by fields of flowers that have significance to the Lunar New Year. As 2015 is the Year of the Goat - goats have been sculpted out of wood and also chrysanthemum and marigold flowers and are scattered throughout the display.

The mountains

The goats

Looking down

Keeping watch

Yuan bao - good luck coins

Marigold goats

Fire crackers

Celosias are popular during Chinese New Year

Marigolds

The goat - made out of painted moss

Marigold and chrysanthemum goats

Information signs around the display

Chrysanthemums

Dahlias feature throughout the display as they signify good luck and prosperity

Jonquils beginning to bloom

Goat amongst dahlias

Gardens by the Bay CNY decorations

The Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a colourful display dedicated to the Year of the Horse. The display features sculptures of horses inspired by a Chinese painting of "100 horses" amidst a bright and colourful flowering chrysanthemums, camellias, orchids, cumquat and cherry blossoms trees.

Posters at the Gardens by the Bay

Twig horses amongst "Orchid trees" 

Silver Horses
 

Cymbidium orchids

Wooden horses in the flower field

One of the 3 horses

The sculptures looked lifelike

Orchids, Cherry blossom and Chrysanthemums featured throughout the display

Horse waiting to be ridden

Chinese knots hanging from the garden seats

Lion amongst the Orchids and Chrysanthemums

Gold coins and Phalaenopsis orchids

Chrysanthemums and Celosia

Cherry blossom tree

The main display

Lion amongst the drums

The colourful display

Gardens by the Bay- Chinese New Year decorations

Gardens by the Bay has got into the festive spirit of the Lunar New Year with fantastic floral displays in the Flower dome as well as in the outside gardens. Many of the blooms are Spring flowering plants and also feature the Snake to celebrate this years Chinese zodiac.

Lanterns and Celosias decorate the pathways

Large tubs of Cumquats (represent gold nuggets ) 

Snakes and Pussy willow decorate the poles

Decorated pagoda

Celosias and Chrysanthemum display

Shaped Cumquat tree

Chrysanthemum and Torch bromeliads

The Flower dome

Phalaenopsis orchids

Coralberry

The head of the snake

Cymbidium orchids

One of the many Cumquat snakes

Decorated garden seats

Cherry blossom

Chrysanthemum tower

Decorated garden bench

Lanterns hanging in the trees

Lanterns in the archway

A snake amongst the Palm trees

Pussy Willow which represents the coming of prosperity

Torch bromeliads

One of the many floral displays

Snakes amongst the Cherry trees