ARTISTS
To create our trails we work with international and UK-based, award-winning artists from across a range of different media, including lighting, sculpture, fire, and landscaping.
Fairytale Wicker
Fairytales come to life with scenes from Goldilocks and the three bears and other favourites created for the trail.
Fish are Jumping
An ode to the little simple surprises in life. “Fish are Jumping” is an interpretation of fish that sometimes catch our attention by jumping above the water.
Ombre
This new artwork by French lighting studio TILT will premiere at Kew this Christmas. Ombre (Shadow) is a flower that unfurls its petals to open up to the sun and feel the warmth of its rays. Its six petals offer a captivating play of light and shadow and visitors can sit and shelter under its petals.
Candy Lane
A fun, festive installation of oversized candy, that brings back childhood memories of old-fashioned sweets.
Singing Tree
Singing Trees wrapped with strings of light react to the sound of music. Crescendos building from the bottom of the tree's trunk to the tips of its branches.
Threshold
A world premiere of new work by UK artists Studio Vertigo. Threshold is a large-scale immersive artwork. Its sweeping curves are highlighted with a sequence of high-resolution blended and coloured light that slowly flows through the artwork as visitors walk around it.
Firelight Harmony
Chicago's very own Fire Island. Candles and flame effect lamps cover the bank that heads down to the water and continue across the Lake to Horajima Island.
Arch of Lights
Beams of light move and swirl in front of you as you walk through this large-scale arch which covers the path.
Cascade Tree
Cascading light tubes are suspended from the branches of the trees in a multitude of different colours, giving it a vibrant and dynamic appearance.
Arch of Light
Beams of light move and swirl in front of you as you walk through this large-scale arch which covers the path.
Neon Network
Strings of neon cord stretch between the trees and overhead, creating geometric patterns in the dark.
Star Avenue
These super bright giant animated stars standing over 5m high shine brightly under the night sky.
Night Lilies
The Night Lilies elegantly rest on the water's surface, their lights giving them a warm gentle glow.
Flame Skimmer
A new commission by artist Michael Young. 10 magnificent large flame skimmers that represent dragonfly insects, land on the surface of the water.
Enlightenment
Mirror balls bounce light from each stem of bamboo which has a long line of light vertically attached.
Winter Galaxy
Twelve super bright giant animated stars standing over 5m high shine brightly under the night sky.
Sea of Light Show
Sea of Light is a large-scale installation that covers the ground with thousands of individually controlled balls of LED light animated to a bespoke soundtrack. Here they surround a huge contemporary star tree.
Airquairium
A shoal of large fish appear to have jumped effortlessly out of the water in the Japanese Gardens.
Chandelier Christmas Disco
This elegant new commission of 11 large-scale chandeliers 2.6m high suspended above the ground premieres at this year's spectacular LIGHTSCAPE trail in Fort Worth.
Bright Ideas
2-D light bulbs made from neon are linked by what appear to be pulsing cables and connected the trees at the side of the path.
Interlace
Lights move in patterns between the circle and surrounding landscape in this spectacular show.
Alumine
Five large-scale flowering plants soar to over 23 feet in height above the heads of passers-by.
Halo
Outlined in neon the trees and surrounding area will radiate a warm glow from the 100 spheres on the ground through the trees and on to the lawn beyond.
Enchanted Waters
Light, music and water shoots into the air in time to the music to create a spectacular show. The fountains are dynamic and create the shape of flowers as they spray outwards across the surface of the pond.
Love Love Love
This dynamic light show colours the path and surrounding trees with a wash of different colours against a festive soundtrack.
Sparkly Happy People
Cristina Ottonello is an artist and designer specialising in public art and in the creation of large-scale temporary installations with a strong visual impact and wide-reaching public involvement.
Belton House Christmas Show
The magnificence of Belton House is the backdrop to this year's Christmas light show.
Dandelions
Delicate dandelion heads appear to catch the breeze as they line the trail, beautifully lit.
Spiral Trees
The cone shape of the spiral tree reflects the shape of the conifer Christmas tree whose branches slop downwards to help them shed snow and withstand strong winds.
Winter Flowers
Striking large scale Winter Flowers outlined in Neon stand proud against the silhouetted shapes of the trees in the garden.
Fireworks
New installation of self illuminating firework lights that appear to sparkle like fireworks.
Cyclamen and Snowdrops
Large Cyclamen and Snowdrop plants glow in the darkness along the edges of the paths.
Light and Laser Show
A large-scale Christmas themed light and laser show on the front of the house.
Edison Walk
The lights incongruously hang in the trees connecting electrical bulbs with the nature outdoors.
Carriage Lanterns
The carriage lanterns on the grass glow brightly and create a fitting connection with the garden of Belton House
Supernova
A Supernova is a transient astronomical event which causes a star to quickly increase the strength of the light it emits.This dramatic process takes place when a star reignites after lying dormant for many years.
Castle Show
Lasers, lights and everything festive brings Leeds Castle to life with this spectacular show.
Kaleido Walk
Ever-shifting layers and shapes of colour are projected onto the path using kaleidoscopic lenses and moving light.
Lightsphere
This huge sphere of light is over 3.5m high an created from a multitude of metal hexagons and pentagons.
Hot Air Balloons
Miniature Hot Air Balloons suspended overhead rise and fall against the backdrop of the night sky.
Gingerbread Dance
Cristina Ottonello is an artist and designer specialising in public art and in the creation of large-scale temporary installations with a strong visual impact and wide-reaching public involvement.
Winter Forest
Eight trees frozen in a winter landscape, shimmer and light up in ice cold colours.
Luminosi Trees
A Luminosi Tree is a six metre high metal structure. A trunk with twelve branches curving down radially from the top. Each branch has a large sphere on the end. At night they transform with moving patterns of light synchronised to a soundscape. Their organic shapes like giant illumimated pulsing jellyfish.
One Small Thing
One Small Thing by NOVAK was originally commissioned by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in London as part of the Kew 2023 light trail.
Neon Trees
The leafless branches and trunk of the tree are lit with strips of neon. From the base of the tree to the farthest tip outlining its stark magnificence in winter.
Pixel Tree Show
Trees made from thousands of LEDs create a magical animated light show with lots of sparkle.
Permafrost
Three large geometric creatures face the visitors. Each creature is shrouded in smoke giving them a mysterious appeal.