GARDEN BY THE BAY, Introduction

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Gardens by the Bay.

Gardens by the Bay is an ultra-high-tech natural park spread over a square kilometer and looking onto Marina Bay, in the center of Singapore, featuring sci-fi biospheres, huge greenhouses, bizarre sculptures and the famous Supertrees: artificial, high-tech mushroom-shaped trees.

Over six million tourists a year visit the three splendid gardens that make up the park: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden.

Bay South Garden, opened to the public on June 29, 2012, is the largest of the three, and its aim is to show off tropical horticulture and the art of gardening.

The design of the garden was inspired by an orchid, a symbol of the tropics and of Singapore. The Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid is the country’s national flower....