Spring Comes To Las Vegas

Southern Nevada, specifically the city of Las Vegas is one place in America where you can only experience one season for the whole year. Even during the seasonal changes one can only see that its always sunny therefore warmer temperatures in Las Vegas. Occasionally, there are snowfall during winter, thunderstorms on spring and monsoon rains during summer but generally this place is always dry or receive very little precipitaion throughout the year, to the fact that we are in the middle of a desert.

The only time where one can generally witness the changing of the season is when you visit the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens inside the Bellagio Hotel & Casino. In here, one can admire the essence of every season recreated with exceptionally gorgeous plants, flowers and trees thoughtfully arranged to inspire full splendor. Specially designed lighting spotlights every flower to accentuate its best features. To ensure the Conservatory & Botanical Gardens maintains magnificence 365 days a year, 140 expert horticulturists theatrically arrange gazebos, bridges, ponds, and water features uniquely for each season. One can immerse himself in the beauty and splendor of the exhibits' ever changing scenes during the Holidays, Chinese New Year, Spring, Summer and Fall.

This Spring time the theme of the exhibit is "Gardens From Around The World" and its open to the public for free until May 16, 2009. So, walking through the huge venue you can see "Jardin a la Francoise" featuring different varieties of tulips, the "English Garden" complete with huge watering cans, a "Greenhouse", home to 35 species of butterflies, an "Italian Garden" with Igor Mitoraj sculpture and a "Japanese Garden" with a tea house. I was able to capture some images with my camera and hopefully I was able to give justice to the grandeur of this unrivaled attraction.