Electric Gardens
We took a walk round Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens as we’ve never seen them before. Electric Gardens was the West End Festival’s first winter venture and the walk took about 45 minutes.
We entered by the gates next to the Kibble Palace (above) then followed the lights round to the hothouses.
We passed eerily lit trees to go through the Rose Garden.
We marvelled at the Disco Ball as it changed colour.
Then we shouted into a microphone to see our voices represented – in this picture, it looks to me as if the house behind is screaming. Just round the corner, a spooky row of dresses blew in the breeze.
Here are the hothouses again from the other side of the gardens.
Before leaving, we went into the Kibble Palace. The statues looked quite different by night, almost scary, with the lights from outside shining through the glass.
After taking a final view from outside the railings we headed off for one of Byres Road’s many cafés or restaurants for a warming cup of tea.
I have added this post to Restless Jo’s Monday Walks. It’s a great idea, check it out!
What a cool idea! I love the lighting effects.
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Thanks – it was lovely!
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Thanks for sharing this, as Jo rightly said, I loved it!!
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Thank you! I’m pleased to discover your blog too – the posts about Arizona and Utah are great. We loved both when we were there a few years ago. I’ve never see such incredible scenery.
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Thanks for looking in – and I agree, the US has some incredible landscapes.
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I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blog award because I love your blog:)
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Aw, thanks Birgit! I’ll investigate.
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Great description, great photos! Where is that gorgeous pot of tea from?!?
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That’s in Chow – I didn’t mention we had scoffed a full Chinese meal first!
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What a great place for a stroll and some night photography. I love it!
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Thank you! And for tweeting.
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This is so cool. At first I was thinking Christmas but with the eerie lights against the dresses and statutes and the voice recognition it is better for February since that is Mardi Graz, Fasching(Germany) and all the other festivities in February
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Good point – not sure why they chose January, though it does brighten up a very drab month.
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Fabulous, Anabel! Oh, I wish I could go! 🙂 I spent a day in Glasgow in January last year and of course this event wasn’t running. A day wasn’t enough and I have much more to see, so if it’s on again next year I might just make it. (I did a Clydeside walk and several other posts on the blog) I love Rennie Mackintosh 🙂
Thanks for joining us!
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Oh, I’ll need to check out your Glasgow posts! You’re right, a day is not enough. We often get overlooked in favour of Edinburgh, but I think Glasgow is just as beautiful in a different way.
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I agree! I think I likened it to San Francisco 🙂 I love the roller coaster streets.
I clicked on Glasgow in my sidebar and here you are. https://restlessjo.wordpress.com/tag/glasgow/
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Glasgow has played San Francisco before – Halle Berry was here to film the parts of Cloud Atlas set in San Fran!
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