Flower Bloom - Rose Romance 2023 @Flower Dome (2023 0611)
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Locate: Gardens by the Bay – Flower Dome
Opening Hours: Fri, 2 Jun 2023 - Sun, 16 Jul 2023 / 9.00am - 9.00pm
Presented in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Singapore. This year’s floral display brings forth the romantic charm of the region of Puglia in idyllic southern Italy, a trending wedding destination famed for its quaint whitewashed hill towns with iconic trulli, or traditional limestone houses with conical roofs that are recognised on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Amidst a landscape of picturesque trulli and beautiful roses, love is in the air!
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The Trulli of Alboerobello
The quaint town of Alberobello is situated in central Puglia, and is well known for its over 1,500 iconic conical roofed stone huts known as trulli, scattered along a maze of narrow streets. On top of the trullo’s cone-shaped roof is a decorative handmade, sandstone pinnacle which represents the trademark of the stonemason who built that particular trullo. There are also white symbols of varying designs (including hearts!) painted on the roof to bring good luck to the inhabitants. This well-preserved site has been given UNESCO World Heritage status.
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Pumo
The most famous decorative item found all over Puglia is the pumo. The pumo takes the shape of a rose bud surrounded by young leaves and symbolises spring, rebirth and new life.
Originating from Grottaglie and considered a good luck charm of Puglia, it used to stand at the ends of balconies, terraces and columns, and in pairs, beside the beds of newlyweds to wish them happiness, prosperity and fertility. It is tradition for a man to give his future wife a pumo as a promise of his love.
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Countryside Wedding
The perfect setting for a wedding ceremony and reception, a masseria is a fortified farmhouse found on the estates of Puglia, typically built in the 16th century. Many have been refurbished and converted into luxurious hotels, big, elegant homes, and ideal wedding venues.
Weddings held in a masseria can provide the couple and their guests an intimate, charming experience and an escape into nature.
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Standard Roses
Standard roses have a single tall stem, topped with leaves and flowers, like a small tree. Hence, they are sometimes known as tree roses. Created by budding at least two shrubs on a stem, they can look quite dramatic, and are ideal for bringing focus to key parts of the garden. They can also be used to define pathways, frame doorways or dress up bare walls. Standards are also useful for adding height to a border or planter bed.
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Shrub Roses
Shrub roses are mostly a result of crossing old-rose types with modern roses, and come in a wide variety of sizes, colours, growth habits and fragrances. Tough and hardy, many can be relied upon to bloom repeatedly and generously from summer to autumn and usually to the first frosts. Shrub roses have an open and spreading shape, with flowers that are single, semi-double or fully double, with their beauty coming mostly from their massed effect.
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Miniature Roses
Perfectly scaled, smaller versions of larger roses, miniature roses have all the colours, forms, substance and often, fragrance of full-sized roses. They can reach between 15 and 120 centimetres in height, and have a bushy, compact, climbing or cascading shape. Miniature roses are just as attractive as their larger counterparts, and in most cases, easier to grow.
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