Bellagio Conservatory, Las Vegas

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This bell at the Bellagio garden might not be there if you don't head to see it this season. As I have posted before, the Bellagio Gardens are constantly being changed by the management with different decorations depending on the occasion and depending on the season and availability of displays.

But, in the month of August 2011, they brought in this huge bell. Check it out while you are there. Not sure what's the name of it. I am sure, it is one of the historic U.S. collection.

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At the center of the Bellagio Garden is a small glass roofed house containing spectacular orchids as pictured here. Oddly, there are no references to this feature either in the hotel literature or the internet and very few passer-bys enter through the narrow stone pathways (image 5) beneath arches of water cascading overhead. One need not be an expert on orchids to appreciate the beauty of these specimens.

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The Bellagio Gardens and Conservatory is deservedly one of the most visited attractions on the strip. Occupying 13500 square feet of the hotel lobby, it is filled with up to 1500 potted plants, whimsical figures occasionally made of flowers, fountains and water features, and decorative trees. Many specimen plantings are imported from around the world for this display. Over 100 staff creatively offer five presentations per year - winter, Chinese New Year, spring, summer, and autumn. The ceiling is 50 ft high and glass so that illumination is by natural light ( unlike most hotel garden displays ) and ceiling spotlights highlight the most important specimen plantings.

Our visit coincided with the autumn display - grotesque figures for Halloween, a Vermont covered bridge crossing a pond with autumn color flowers meant to evoke the turning of the leaves, a gigantic Venus flytrap, and a massive faux pumpkin. Spectacular, definitely worth a detour.

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The Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and entry is free. The area is located just off the lobby of the hotel and has 140 horticulturists working on its displays of flowers, plants, water features, bridges and gazebos.
Displays change throughout the year and the current exhibit is "Chinese New Year" (as of 19 Feb, 2010). It is nice to walk through the area and admire the workmanship of the horticulturists. To view photos of past and present exhibitions go to: "Amenities/Botanical Gardens/View Exhibitions" on the Bellagio website (listed below).

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Another part of the Bellagio that I liked was their Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. We visited it in November, so they had their autumn/thanksgiving exhibition.

Upon entering the Conservatory, we were welcomed by this friendly looking scarecrow surrounded by pumpkins and beautiful foliage and plants with autumn colors. A few steps and to the right we found a big trunk tree with a smiley face, and eyes that opened. This tree sort of made me feel a little bit like being in a mixed movie featuring "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz".

The Conservatory and Botanical Gardens are open 24/7, have free admission and usually change theme according to the seasons or special activities going on.

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The Bellagio Conservatory and Botanical Gardens are awe-inspiring and very, very beautiful. Each season they are changed out and never repeated. You must walk through the lobby and see for yourself.

This last trip was the summer season. Enjoy the Ferris Wheel and flower animals...so pretty!!! And, we even had birds/parrots in the exhibit.

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Each season, the Bellagio Conservatory changes its motiff. When we went to the Bellagio Conservatory this year (March 2009), the hotel has a display of the Spring flowers which consists of a collection of different tulip flowers with different colors and daffodils.

The last time we were there, it was a display of the Easter Season so they had some birds hatching and some easter eggs...

This spring time, they have great flowers to see- they have probably have all the different classes of tulips and daffodils. It was very beautiful inside. Also, they have a Japanese garden. The little fountains are also beautiful where it rainbows to a walk-way...

The butterfly collection is also nice to look at but the butterflies were not flying at all when were were there. The collection of flower bells inside the greenhouse are nice, too.

There is also a beautiful shape of a lady bug which was actually made from red roses flower buds!

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There are so many things to look at inside Belagio. Besides the water fountain show Belagio has, the hotel also has this fascinating decoratons inside the hotel like the glass-blown flowers at the ceilings of the hotel. Also, the beautiful decorations inside the hotel which the hotel changes depending on the season. One year that we were there, it was in April so they have decorated the Conservatory with huge birds. There are also water fountains inside the hotel.