Beautiful Cactus and Succulents in Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay

In Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, you'll see cactus that are as beautiful as the flowers and unique. These cactus are on permanent display at the flower dome and most of them originate in Africa. 

I think this is the prettiest cactus of them all.

 Tiger Jaws from Southern Africa

 Looks and feels like plastics

 Big cactus

Hiking at Mount Faber Park and Henderson Waves

Finally I get to see the Henderson Waves! I realised that I am in love of hiking recently. Being in nature among the verdant greenery made me so inexplicably happy. I love the blue blue sky with the lushly greenery in this city. It is important that we preserve nature park as nature has a way to make people calmer and in tune with themselves. 

You can enjoy free panoramic views of Singapore without spending a cent and you can enjoy fresh air. So when you are free, do come down and enjoy the nature trail. 

My friend and I took about three hours to walk from the entrance near HarbourFront MRT to Alkaff Mansion and back to HarbourFront MRT. In between, we explored the Faber Peak and Faber Point. It is better to explore in the morning before noon as it is not so hot. Now, let's explore the park.

How to get to Mount Faber Park 
Just alight at HarbourFront MRT station

Click here for the walking guide for the HortPark & the Southern Ridge from the National Parks website.

Verdant greenery in Telok Blangah.

 We started the journey near the HarbourFront MRT.

 Trail Etiquette at the entrance.

 Be prepared to climb lots of stairs and steep slope.

A great weather for hiking! 

 Bright orange flowers

View from Mount Faber Park.

 Old cable car on display

 Faber Peak is the place where you travel to Sentosa via the cable car.

 Love this view from Faber Peak 

 Apparently, on weekdays, there are not many visitors to travel to Sentosa via cable car from Mount Faber.

 Lots of photo opportunities at Faber Peak.

 Really posh toilet inside Faber Peak!

Love the colourful stairs.

View of Singapore from Mount Faber Park. These yellow tall buildings are public housing.

 View from Henderson wave of Telok Blangah

Beautiful fluffy cloud amidst the blue blue sky! It kinda looks like painting.

Henderson waves  is an award winning design

What are these tall furry branches?

Finally we reached the Henderson wave

I like this tree with really unique leave.

A replica of Merlion at Faber Point

On this trip, I finally noticed there are actually skybridges in this luxury condominium. 

You don't have to pay a cent to use this telescope to zoom into the view

We decided to just explore Alkaff Mansion which is famous for cafe and bar.

Really beautiful flowers!

French Faire at Flower Dome Gardens by the Bay

One thing I love about Singapore is that in this small island, we get to see plants and flowers from all continents except the Antarctica at Gardens by the Bay. I am also delighted that the flower field display is frequently changed every two to three months at the Flower Dome so that for nature lovers, we always have something to look forward to. I always want to travel to Europe Paris, maybe I'll go next year. 

For Singaporeans and permanent residents, the price is lower at $20 for two conservatories at Flower Dome and Cloud forest. I also enjoyed 10% discount for showing my passion card  thus I paid $18 for two conservatories. For foreigners, it cost $28 for two conservatories. 

Gardens' Address: 18 Marina Gardens Drive
                                Singapore 018953

Cooled Conservatories Timing: 9am to 9pm

How to get there: Alight at Bayfront MRT station

For more information, click the Gardens by the Bay webpage here

Flower of Lily in front of the world most popular structures, the Eiffel Tower, which is a 6-metres tall replica

 The 6-metre tall Eiffel Tower dressed in greenery replica is on display from now till 22nd June this year at the Flower Dome. It is surrounded by the most popular flowers in France like lavender,begonias and lilacs.

Another view of the Eiffel Tower

 French sculptures surrounded by pretty flowers.

Are these roses?

 Lovely  Calla lily

Painting of the Effliel Tower.

 Begonias 

 Pretty Peonies. Did you know peonies were known as the "poor man rose" as people would buy peonies because they couldn't afford roses.

 The "flower of the lily" is a symbol that is traditionally used to represent French royalty. It signifies "perfection, light and life" and was used in historical times on the shields of French kings.

In 1690, Charles Plumier named the 'begonia' in honour of Michel Begon (1638-1710), an amateur French botanist who collected begonias from Santo Domingo while stationed there with the French navy. Begonia cv.

Another beautiful Begonia cv.

Sunny sunflowers outside the cafe

Any idea what is the name of this flower?

The flower dome is behind the Super trees.