Gallery: Bellagio's Conservatory Debuts 'Hopeful Holidays' Display
By Anna Gallegos
December 7, 2020
The Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens is now a winter wonderland with its "Hopeful Holidays" display.
This year the gardens have transformed into the imaginary world of Queen Bellissima that's split up into four different scenes. In the middle there is a 42-foot-tall Christmas tree decorated with 7,000 lights and 2,500 red and gold ornaments, and topped with a Swarovski crystal star.
The queen wears a white gown decorated with roses and crystals, and is joined by two Coca-Cola polar bears made out of white carnations and hydrangeas. It takes 2,300 flowers to create each polar bear, according to the Bellagio Conservatory.
The display also includes two giant cardinals inside of an ornamental egg, and three more polar bears playing in a pile of gifts. It also includes elves decorating as a nod to the 75 people who put together the flower filled display.
“For our final display of 2020, we wanted to deliver a sense of joy and beauty to every person who visits, hoping each guest heads home with a beautiful new memory to share with loved ones as we head into a promising new year," designer Ed Libby said in a statement.
The most eye catching part of the display is the life-sized European style carriage that's pulled by four 12-foot-tall white stallions.
"Hopeful Holidays" is free to see and will be up until January 9, 2021.
Photos: Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens