When you think of Singapore, you don’t think of cacti, and an airport is pretty much the opposite of a garden, right? Yet Changi Airport boasts a cactus garden.
How do cacti even survive outdoors in Singapore? My guess is they’ve worked out the right kind of soil to drain water away from the plants, but what do I know. My thumbs are about as green as a fire engine.
Below are 10 photos I took of the cactus garden at Changi Terminal 1 while waiting for the gate to open for our flight to Phnom Penh.
Don’t make fun of the “wildlife” tag on this post. Obviously, this garden is the opposite of wild. I guess I’m just using the tag as shorthand for “plants and animals (and mushrooms, which aren’t even plants)”.
Okay, so it’s not just a garden, it’s a restaurant in a garden.
Amazing purple leaves.
Purple!
Like frozen fireworks.
Barrel cacti look like sea urchins.
I don’t care how good aloe is for sunburn, these plants scare me.
Wide variety here.
The pub area.
A peaceful path.
Keep up the good work, tropical cactus gardeners!
