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Keep the route inside the blue.

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Longwood Gardens archive: 836330 Meadow%20Boardwalk%20Lights Gross %20Carol
The Meadow Garden boardwalkBlue light on the trees, small lights at the edge of the boardwalk.Photo: Carol Gross / Longwood Gardens

On the Meadow Garden boardwalk, cool light on the trees sets the mood and small edge lights show where to walk.

From the project

Along the boardwalk, Longwood set light shards 12 to 25 feet tall, synchronised to the sounds of wind, chimes and owls1.

More from the project

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Longwood Gardens · the lawn by the West ConservatoryRows of small coloured lights across the lawn in front of the glasshouse.Photo: Duane Erdmann / Longwood Gardens
Longwood Gardens archive: 832498 Christmas%20Install 20251118 1032.jpg DeGuiseppi %20Carol%20 Longwood%20Volunteer%20Photographer
The Small LakeBlue-lit trees and stars reflected in the lake.Photo: Carol DeGuiseppi / Longwood Gardens

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from these public pages. Open the original to check it, or to see more of the project.

  1. Longwood GardensLongwood Gardens — A Gem of an Outdoor DisplayDec 10, 2025 · checked 2026-09-28

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Leave some dark.

This story is from the October 2026 Toronto issue of Dazzle Digest, a free monthly magazine about lighting and life after dark.

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