RonnieAdventures: RonnieAdventure #0682 - 2025 Summer Bellagio Conservatory Arrangement, Las Vegas, Nevada

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The 2025 Summer Bellagio Conservatory Arrangement is titled "Glam Menagerie," which the design team describes as where "baroque elegance meets whimsical fantasy, and luxury collides with imagination."

At the conservatory entrance, a placard states: "Step into a dreamlike escape with Glam Menagerie: A surrealist Summer. Inspired by the splendor of European marble and the lavish drama of Baroque design, this immersive installation brings fantastical artistry to life. Intricate trompe-l'oeil illusions dance across the space, delighting the eye and challenging perception, while baroque-inspired flourishes evoke a sense of elegance, excess, and wonder.

"Wander through this magical realm and encounter whimsical animal figures resting in luxurious beds, each adorned in fanciful costumes inspired by the French Renaissance. There surreal characters invite guests to step into a world where fantasy and refinement collide."

A different placard states: "Pulsing with the splendor of enchanting topiary artistry, the landscapes of our summer exhibit incorporate intricate patterns, geometric shapes, animals, mythological figures, and imaginative motifs. Like a timeless tale come to life, the garden whispers whimsical stories of triumph and adventure into the jasmine scented air."

At the Conservatory's east entrance are flamingos standing in front of a gazebo that has Corinthian-style columns supporting a wrought-iron dome adorned with flowers. The gazebo was inspired by the classic Baroque structures found in Europe.

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At each end of the north display are Renaissance and Baroque art fixtures and childlike celestial beings that are often associated with innocence and purity. Between the two statues are sisters Marie and Emma (22-foot tall topiary giraffes) holding a swing for Bellagio's Tigress Chloe.

Tigress Chloe is dressed in a black-and-white garment that was inspired by a "renowned haute couture archival opera costume...[that] honors high fashions of the French Renaissance."

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Located in the center of the west bed is a large chessboard with moss-covered chest pieces. On the left side of the chessboard is Conservatory's pink cockatoo Duchess Arabella swinging through the air while she watches a chess game. The Duchess was inspired by French painter Jean-Honore Fragonard's masterpiece The Swing.

On the right side of the chessboard is a 30-foot tall gazebo that contains Bellagio's Garden Table, offering guests a culinary experience with "artful allure" in the Conservatory.

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The south bed features the Conservatory's Sir Pierre, who is gazing "lovingly upon Lady Colette as she lays in quiet repose upon a plus chaise lounge." Above the display are "luminous antique-style lanterns adorned with the Bellagio B."