LIGHTING
Left: Edward Sanchez and Dinnay Seung, former lighting technicians with California Outdoor Lighting, construct decor for Glow’s second year in 2021.
Right: Mike Holland, former lead technician with California Outdoor Lighting, prepares an octopus made up of pink lights for Glow’s first year in 2020.
Trilled with the turnout, South Coast Botanic Gar-
den asked California Outdoor Lighting back for a sec- ond year, fully giving Bogdanovich and his team creative rein on design and music selection. Completely redesigned and elevated, this most re-
At the core of the team’s design was color, with a focus on how certain colors and hues could highlight the plants.
cent Glow, open from Nov. 20, 2021, to Jan. 17, 2022, spanned about 30 acres with 2,400 low-voltage fixtures, 10 miles of holiday lights, individually addressable LED- lit scenes, 11 projectors, 60 transformers and 10 different zones of music, as well as bar and food service. “Because this first year was so successful, we wanted
to add some additional emphasis,” Bogdanovich says. Te team brought in projection mapping across the
garden, something completely new to the lighting pro- fessionals. In the desert garden, they used projection mapping to develop a psychedelic look with bouncing orbs as music from Pink Floyd and Carlos Santana cir- cled around cacti and agaves. Lining the entrance coming down the promenade
were bubble machines, plants splashed in rich hues and 110 glowing, color-changing spheres of varied size. Te banyan grove received a warm tone makeover,
illuminating the trees in swathes of scarlet and amber. Using three structures the team built combined with projection screens and wave washers, the lighting team forged three waterfalls. Paired with the acoustic melody of “Autumn Leaves,” the banyan grove emitted a spring- time vibe. A crown jewel of Glow’s second year was a rainbow
effect able to be seen across the garden. Tis was com- pleted to solve the lighting team’s concerns about mixing
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too much color. By using additional fixtures with more narrow beam spreads, it allowed for separation between the color, concocting a flurry of rainbows. “It made us step out of our comfort zone a little bit
and just made us more excited for all the different aspects of lighting that we can actually use,” Bogdanovich says.
GLOW’S NEVER-ENDING LIGHT
For Bogdanovich, Glow was more than just a holiday lighting display. It was where he saw fathers twirl their giggling daughters and nervous boyfriends get to one knee. Beneath the shimmering lights that he and his team spent months preparing, attendees could enjoy the garden without the worries of the outside world. “Tis project means so much to me in so many differ-
ent ways,” Bogdanovich says. “Tis opportunity goes well beyond just creating lighting scenes; we created some- thing that people could truly feel.” Carrying the success of Glow’s two years, Bogdanovich
says that a third Glow could be in the cards. If it does make its return, he wants to incorporate more interactive pieces to get visitors more involved with the lighting. “Tere’s still a lot of discussions that need to be had,”
Bogdanovich says. “But we really are hopeful that we’re going to have the opportunity to create something spec- tacular again this year.”
McKenna Corson is the digital content editor for Irrigation & Lighting and can be reached at
mckennacorson@irrigation.org.
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