Gallery: Descanso Gardens
By Farida Saleh
Nov. 21, 2017 9:54 p.m.
Red lanterns line the “Garden of Good Fortune,” designed by Eijiro Nunokawa to be a Japanese garden.
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Visitors make their way through the 10 installations in this year’s enchanted forest at Descanso Gardens.
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Lanterns and ornaments featured in the installation, as well as souvenirs, are available for purchase at the store located near the entrance/exit of the enchanted forest.
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The white bark of Southern California’s native sycamore tree make it the perfect canvas for a pallet of colors.
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Usually filled with living tulips during the spring, this “Flower Power” Garden is otherwise filled with plant installations of changing colors to represent the different seasons.
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The installations welcome the interaction of visitors for an engaging experience of all the senses.
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“Celestial Shadows” are large scale artworks by HYBYCOZO creating geometric patterns through a manipulation of light and shadows.
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Originally installed as a way to store irrigation water , the “Lightwave Lake” is now illuminated with changing colors that can be manipulated by onlookers.
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Couples, families and friends enjoy the holiday ambiance created by the variations of light installations as they make their way through the gardens.
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The gardens are a popular spot for photos. This women stands for a photo under one of the exhibits.
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A couple stands for a photo under a dome of lights in the “Fantasy Forest” installation.
