Botanics

Fire Dancers is inspired by Christmas table-top chimes and happy memories of celebratory gatherings. The installation symbolises joyful expression, human unity and gentle optimism.

Like the familiar spring-time flowers these one-metre high crocus are bursting with light and colour.

The world-renowned beech hedge at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is awash with all the colours of the rainbow.

The purity of the white rose glows around the world.

Ever-shifting layers and shapes of colour are projected onto the path using kaleidoscopic lenses and moving light.

Light Lines spreads waves of colour across hundreds of pixel battens through the trees to create a dynamic light show.

Inspired by a world of natural light these glowing flowers sparkle against the darkness of the garden in winter.

A fun animated projection onto the front of Inverleith House, inspired by plants associated with the festive season.

Make a wish before you blow the fluff from a dandelion into the air – everyone knows this game. OGE Design Group’s Light a Wish visualises the moment the seeds disperse in the air, taking your wish with them into the world.

These organic features have been created to bring art, technology and creativity to the outdoors using light as a medium and the night as a canvas.

This immersive, welcoming tunnel of warm light is equally spectacular when viewed from the inside or out. Inspired by arched church windows and appearing from a distance to be a single solid shape, the Christmas Cathedral is illuminated by tens of thousands of LED lights.

1.5m Giant Letters landmark each of the locations of our Christmas trails.

Grass of the pampas plants are gathered in groves to create new green spaces around which the passers-by can wander. The groves, when lit at night become an amazing luminous tableau animated with bright colours.

Like spun glass the tracery of dragonfly wings enchants us as they dance among leaves and over water.

The award-winning Walking Theatre Company create innovative theatre anywhere.

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.