Photos by Michelle Duplichien.
Post-processing by me: watermarks, borders & rendering the crowd anonymous.
[List of Michelle’s travel post and cat photos]
Welcome Michelle.
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The winter display in the Conservatory & Botanical Garden at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. “A horticulture staff of 120 maintains the Botanical Gardens and the entire grounds of Bellagio.” They have five displays per year: spring, summer, fall, winter & Chinese New Year. Conservatory
Winter 2018, Vegas Changes: Bellagio Conservatory Winter 2018 Display “Majestic Holiday Magic”
Year of the Horse 2014, Vegas24Seven.com: Bellagio’s Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Celebrate Chinese New Year
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Because Las Vegas is more than the strip.
Michelle, explains, “A thirty-minute drive that included the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area took us from the city to flat desert to mountainous desert to Juniper Pine to snow-covered mountains. Quite a fascinating transition. ”
Virtual Brush Box 
seeing the display is sooo ‘Vegas, and the desert photos made for a nice road trip for a holiday. I haven’t been to ‘Vegas, but I did drive through years ago. Thanks for sharing.
Armchair travel. All the sights, none of the hassle.