Bellagio’s Conservatory & Botanical Garden welcomes new season with ‘Springtime Celebrations around the world’ display. The beautiful floral creations represent springtime celebrations in The Netherlands, England, Thailand and the United States.
Check out the video behind-the-scenes of Bellagio’s team creating the new 2021 Spring display
As guests enter the Conservatory, they will arrive in England, where the West Bed pays homage to the famed Chelsea Flower Show, a beloved annual spring event. Framed by two oversized hummingbirds, the garden bed is replete with roses, daffodils and clovers – the United Kingdom’s national flowers.
A large custom-built greenhouse is home to hundreds of live domestic butterflies while artistic butterfly sculptures soar overhead. Symbolizing a new voyage into spring, a boat floats nearby in a bed of water carrying pink, purple and blue floral arrangements, while oversized garden lanterns delicately light the scene.
The South Bed features a recreation of the Keukenhof Festival in Holland, Netherlands. As the centerpiece of this bed, a large windmill turns gracefully, symbolizing strength and a promising future. Colorful tulips, daffodils and fragrant hyacinths line the garden alongside large artistic flower sculptures created out of brightly colored preserved roses. Playfully positioned within a bed of flowers is a pair of hand-painted wooden clogs, a Netherlands staple, branded with the iconic Bellagio “B.”
Only steps away, the journey continues, this time to the United States, represented in the East Bed by the Cherry Blossom Festival held annually in Washington D.C. Ten cherry blossom trees with their distinctive beautiful white and light pink buds fill the garden. A walkway surrounded by hundreds of blooming roses, the nation’s flower, leads guests through an architectural element reminiscent of Washington D.C.’s history. Flying high above the scene a stylized replica American flag made of red, white and blue flowers and white butterfly sculptures represents the stars.
The North Bed pays tribute to Thailand’s Songkran Water Festival, a unique celebration where people take to the streets and splash water on each other, purifying themselves for the beginning of the Buddhist New Year.
In this display, Thai umbrellas hang over an opulent temple with a Buddha statue at its center. The stunning water fountain is surrounded by hand-blown blue glass flowers with copper stems and a golden elephant, paying tribute to important elements of Thai culture.
Bellagio’s Conservatory & Botanical Gardens is complimentary to the public and open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “Springtime Celebrations Around the World” will be on display through May 22, 2021.
“Springtime Celebrations Around the World” Display By The Numbers
- 30,000: Flowers and plants on display throughout the exhibit
- 75: Team members involved in the display’s assembly
- 11: Number of hanging butterfly sculptures
- 18 feet x 28 feet: Height and length of the butterfly greenhouse
- More than 100: Live butterflies in the greenhouse
- 12: Cherry blossom trees
- 3: Number of hanging seven-tiered Thai regal umbrellas
- 20 feet: Height of the highest point of the windmill
- 9,000: Gallons of recirculated water used throughout the display
- 2: Oversized jewel-toned hummingbirds made of botanical materials
- 8: American flags
- 2,000: Dusty Miller plants lining each of the four beds
- 4: Hours of music specially curated for the exhibit
