Let it Glow! Enjoy an unmissable after-dark spectacle of lights at RHS Gardens this festive season
Winter needn’t be doom and gloom. The snow can be a hazard for travellers and people living alone or in isolated places but it also brings its own beauty and even quietness.
The Royal Horticultural Society at its 5 Gardens, Wisley, Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall, Bridgewater, Rosemoor are brightening the winter evenings with ‘Glow’ Festivals.
Light displays around the gardens and illuminations on and in trees bring a magical beauty. A reminder that light arrangements penetrate the winter cold and gloom. In frosty (even snowy!) weather the combination with coloured lights is, for many of us, a cheerfulness which delights.
(Sorry if you don’t agree!!)
The photo above was taken by my friend Gill Henwood at a visit to the Glow Festival at Harlow Carr Garden, near Harrogate, Yorkshire. There are variable dates at the Gardens, some not ending until 30th December. If you live nearby any of the gardens, look up the Royal Horticultural Society website for further details.
Meanwhile, my friend Heather Upfield has sent me a photo, from the West Coast of Scotland,
of her garden and trees beyond, clothed in snow and breathing tranquility. So peaceful!
Both photos are aspects of Advent.
The expectation of Light from God coming into the world, and the quietness and gentleness with which, in the birth of Jesus, He does it.
[Mr G. 3rd December 2023]
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