

Secondly, forty oversized tulips in flower beds between the boxwood hedges in the Helen and Richard Thomas English Walled Garden are colorfully illuminated. Firstly, there is a canopy of fifty-two crabapple trees along the Lakeside Gardens “bloom” thanks to twinkling lights. developed new art installations for the Chicago Botanic Garden.

describes Feast of Light as a “large, immersive walk-through experience with suspended strands of light to create feelings of presence and movement.” Thousands of points of light “dance” to music in Field of Light.įurther, artists from the U.K. The trees light up as they “sing.” The C.B.G. This air in this area is fragrant with frankincense.With Singing Trees, ten large trees are festooned with over a half-mile worth of L.E.D. Fire Garden is filled with fire-filled sculptures. Cathedral of Light is a cathedral (arch)-shaped 110-foot-long tunnel of 100,000 lights.

and Australia: Cathedral of Light, Fire Garden, Singing Trees, Feast of Light, and Field of Light. This the American debut of the following art installations produced by artists from the U.K. The sponsors are ComEd, North Shore University HealthSystem, Lakeshore Beverage, and UL. For more information about Lightscape, go to.

It works in a variety of fields, including art, sport, heritage, tourism, festivals and events. Figure 1 Credit: The Chicago Botanic Garden Caption: This is Christmas at Kew, held at Royal Botanic Garden, Kew.įigure 2 Credit: Chicago Botanic Garden Caption: This is the Feast of Light, where visitors walk through suspended strands of lights, as seen at Christmas at the Botanics, at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.įigure 3 Credit: Chicago Botanic Garden Credit: This is the Cathedral of Light, as seen in Edinburgh, on December 29, 2018.įigure 4 Credit: Chicago Botanic Garden Credit: This is the Cathedral of Light, as seen in Edinburgh, as seen on December 29, 2018.Ĭulture Creative is a British creative project and production management company. The Light Trail arm has worked with the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew Blenheim Palace the National Trust the Forestry Commission and the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Founded by impresario Raymond Gubbay in 1966, the company also produces and promotes operas, concerts, ballets, and other events in the U.K. Raymond Gubbay, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Music, produces and promotes “Light Trail events” around Christmas in the U.K. is mounting Lightscape in partnership with Sony Music, creatively produced by Culture Creative, and promoted in partnership with producer/promotor Arny Granat of WAD Entertainment. The Woman’s Board of the Chicago Horticultural Society raised $325,000 with its Lightscape preview fundraiser on Thursday, November 21, 2019. If you like Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden, you should also like Illumination at The Morton Arboretum and vice versa. More than 1,000,000 saw Lightscape in the United Kingdom. Lightscape is coming to the Chicago Botanic Garden directly from London. Visitors take a one-mile-long path through art installations and are able to toast marshmallows over a fire and drink hot chocolate, apple cider, or eggnog at stations along the trail. Lightscape is held nightly from 4:30 p.m. It started on Friday, Novemand will run through Sunday, Janu(the Twelfth Day of Christmas). Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden (C.B.G.) is sold out through Decem(the Third Day of Christmas).
