A series of beautiful hand-sculpted lanterns are being created exclusively for visitors to The Alnwick Garden, to celebrate Valentine’s Day and love. Some of the lanterns will be installed along the sinuous curves of the majestic and specially illuminated Grand Cascade, to bathe The Garden in a romantic glow.
On Valentine’s night the beautiful Alnwick Garden will become the perfect romantic retreat. Visitors can take a stroll around The Garden, lit by their very own artist-made lantern which they will receive on arrival and can keep as a memento of their special evening.
Local artist, Elaine Porter is producing 50 hand-made ‘love lanterns’ to be sold to visitors for £35 per lantern, which can then be used to light their walk around The Garden on either the Saturday ‘Passions and Potions’ Party night or the ‘Lanterns and Lyrics’ Valentine's night itself.
These lanterns will cast a beautiful glow in the Pavilion, and you can either collect your pre-ordered lantern with its personalised message or purchase one on the day and have the message added to the lantern while you wait. Then carry your lantern as you walk around The Garden, and light your way on the torch-lit ‘Potions and Aphrodisiac’ tour of the Poison Garden.
The lanterns reflect the beautiful patterns found in the 16th century Venetian gates at the entrance to the Ornamental Garden. They are made using centre cane and bamboo and decorated with a black laser-cut silhouette pattern. The lanterns are of an extremely high quality and professional finish and are lit by battery-powered LED lights and carried on a dowel handle.
Dimensions will be approximately 50cm x 40cm x 12cm.