A dazzling forest of lights

Descanso Gardens’ ‘Enchanted’ shines a nontraditional spotlight on season.

Chris Medvitz has done lighting and concert visuals for Paula Abdul and Lionel Richie. Right now, however, the focus of his attention is a field of 4,000 illuminated artificial tulips at Descanso Gardens, the 150-acre botanical garden in La Cañada Flintridge that, as of Sunday, became home once again to its annual light show, “Enchanted: Forest of Light.”

“This is driven by a technology called pixel mapping,” Medvitz explains of the tulip display, called “Flower Power,” whose cascading ripples of color set to ambient music are one of “Enchanted’s” most popular (and highly Instagram-

Francine Orr Los Angeles Times “ENCHANTED” is a different kind of winter show, intended to appeal to people of all cultures, says Juliann Rooke, executive director of Descanso Gardens.