At the end of November, I headed over to Leonardslee Gardens to see Leonardslee Illuminated. I've never been to Leonardleee Gardens, and this was the first time at Leonardslee Illuminated. Leonardslee Illuminated kicked off at the end of November and will be on display until early January. I got the earlier slot and spent some time looking around the Christmas market that they had. I was really impressed with the light trail at Leonardslee, and below are my photographs that I captured on the day.
Along with the Christmas market near the entrance, they also had some food trucks, but I'd just eaten. However, I did get a stick of jumbo marshmallows and cooked them over a fire pit.
After the marshmallows, I started off on the illuminated trail. There were some illuminauted trees in different colours, disco balls shooting out lights, and some people dressed up in costume.
There was a miniature greenhouse with snowflake and ice projections on it too.
Next up was a field of coloured orbs and an illuminiated art sculpture.
The trail winded down a hillside, and at one point, I crossed through a walkway with streaming horizontal lights and illuminated trees on the other side, which led further down a hillside.
These lit-up birds looked magical.
Next was a patch of illuminated snowdrops.
On the other side, going down the hill, I glimpsed what was to come - illuminated trees that switched colour and hanging lit-up stars of different colours.
This led on down to a pond or lake with lanterns hanging in the trees.
Over the pond was the moon illuminated whilst the projections of light on the moon and trees behind glew different colours.
On the other side of the lake opposite the moon were more illuminations, including dragon flies. These also turned different colours.
There were a couple of illuminiated frogs too.
A light projection with some fog was next up with glimpses of another orb. This time, it was Earth but during darkness or night-time.
The trail climbed another hill, and there was another pond on top. At the very top pond was the Earth during daylight. The trees behind had a glow that changed colour, and a smoke machine created a mist.
After walking through this and down another hill to another part of the lake or pond, I was treated to a magical fountain display set to music.
On the other side of the lake now, I caught more glimpses of the Earth at dark.
Then, the trail ascended up back through the woods. There were illuminiated mushrooms and illuminated cocoon objects that looked alien all hanging from trees.
We also had more snowdrops and illuminated flowers and acorns.
That concludes Leonadslee Illuminated, and I had fun seeing this different trail.
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