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Singapore’s Supertree-Powered Gardens By the Bay Opens to Public

by  Jennifer Hattam

One of the largest horticultural attractions in the world, Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, opens to the public Friday, June 29, offering a unique fusion of nature and technology.

Since we last reported on the project’s most distinctive element — 18 giant solar-powered, plant-growing “Supertrees” — UK-based landscape architects Grant Associates have released some stunning photos of the £500 million complex.

Built on reclaimed waterfront land, the 101-hectacre gardens comprise three separate landscapes and includes two massive (but energy-efficient) biomes designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects that contain tens of thousands of Mediterranean and tropical plants. Both “cooled conservatories” run on energy generated by the Supertrees and capture and filter runoff water…

(read more: TreeHugger)       (images: © Craig Sheppard / Grant Associates)

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