Just on the other side of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel are the Gardens by the Bay (on Wikipedia). Like many other things in Singapore, the gardens were very impressive. We were initially greeted by the Supertree Grove:

The Supertrees are really neat. In additional to being trellises for vertical gardens, they also mimic real trees by collecting solar energy (via photovoltaic cells), collecting rainwater (for use in irrigation and fountains), and as air intake and exhaust towers. The yellow walkway you can see is the OCBC Skyway. Unsurprisingly (but unfamiliarly), tons of things in Singapore have corporate sponsorship. Including walkways in gardens.

To put the Supertree Grove in context, I grabbed a panorama.

From left to right: the Singapore Flyer (giant Ferris wheel), the Flower Dome, the Cloud Forest Dome, and the Supertree Grove.

Minor fear or heights aside, I decided we had to go up on the skyway. It just looked way too cool.

The skyway from underneath and a supertree up close.

Maximum capacity expressed in kilo-Newtons per meter squared. Not something you usually see.

This is Singapore, and we have rules here.

Just after exiting the elevator up to the skyway.

A view of the Singapore Flyer from the skyway, with a few supertrees in the foreground.

More supertrees!

Grace about one second after she got annoyed with me taking pictures of her.

Skyway selfie!

After the skyway we headed over to the Cloud Forest Dome, seeing some interesting things on the way.

A calabash tree (not to be confused with the vine, which produces the fruit one might be familiar with). The way the fruit grows off the trunk and branches reminded me of cacao, but it's not very closely related at all.

We actually saw a decent number of women getting glamor photos taken. Not sure if it's particularly common in Singapore, or just common in touristy, scenic areas the world over.

Some spiky trees.

More spikiness!

The Cloud Forest Dome was really interesting (and pleasantly cool!). Inside is a 138 ft "mountain" that's covered with all sorts of plant life, has walkways jutting out of it into the air, and even has a waterfall coming down off the top. We were there just as the sun started setting, and the walkways looked really neat when lit up.

The Cloud Mountain and waterfall.

A shot of the walkways, plus all the misters working overtime.

Apparently from East Timor. I'm going to take a wild guess that this guy has something to do with fertility.

More sculptures. I think they're all from East Timor, but I'm not sure.

Moss-covered truck.

Canoes with some fierce passengers (and orchids).

Walkways from above. Pretty serious supports.

The waterfall is lit from below at night.

The walkways are also lit on their undersides at night.

Next was the Flower Dome. Maybe something that we should have done earlier in the day, but still really beautiful at night. In some ways maybe even better. Not the best conditions for handheld photography, though, so we only took a few pictures.

The lighting was really dramatic at night.

One of the tress in the baobab section.

Pretty statue. Not sure where it's from, though there were many from Zimbabwe.

They had some stuff set up for a festival. Seemed like a good place for a picture.

After the Flower Dome we headed back to the Marina Bay Sands. On the way there we stopped at an overlook of the Gardens by the Bay, since they do a light show in the Supertree Grove twice nightly. Pictures (and video) of that below. Afterwards we wanted to go to the top of the hotel and were confronted with the choice of the observation deck or the rooftop bar. We opted for the bar, as it meant free admission (but insanely expensive drinks). Not sure it was the right choice, though drinking on top of the city was pretty cool, and the drinks themselves were very good. Our last night in Singapore ended well.

The Supertee Grove at night.

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel at night, from the gardens.

A view of the Singapore Flyer at night, from the Ku Dé Ta bar atop the hotel.

The bar itself. Pretty crowded.

The hotel from below is pretty imposing. We were on the part jutting out at the top of the picture.

The ArtScience museum at night.