Winter is here, at the Mall of Medini

Have fun with photos at the Holiday Forest in the Mall at Medini from now till January 4, 2016.

Visitors taking a "we-fie" at the Frozen Forest, complete
with the illusion of falling snow!

This holiday season, the Mall at Medini has collaborated with Johor Green to create landscapes reminiscent of a winter wonderland for everyone to enjoy.

Since the art installations were set up on Dec 19, visitors to the mall and adjacent Legoland Malaysia Resort, have been stopping to admire and capture the winter scenes in photo mementoes.

The Frozen Forest created in the circular lobby of the mall, features four photo booths depicting iconic winter landscapes like a frosty morning, pine forest, snow scene and falling snow.

This little girl is feeling the chill on a frosty morning!

“We want people to engage with the landscape and for kids to understand the seasons,” said Johor Green founder, Chris Parry, who designed the art installations.

While the backdrop scenes were borrowed from the winter landscapes of Hokkaido, Sweden, the United Kingdom and United States, Parry said that all the foliage used in the designs were collected from forests in Johor.

A myriad of tiny, twinkling lights that portray fireflies in the Firefly Forest in the MAP Nusajaya foyer, features an Urban Adventure Showcase with information on local eco adventure destinations.

Visitors at the Holiday Forest on Dec 25 and 26 will enjoy a programme of events that include dance shows, a magic show and Santa Claus and Santa-Rina appearances.

Tiny, twinkling lights in the Firefly Forest in the MAP Nusajaya foyer

The Holiday Forest project is supported by the Mall of Medini, MAP Nusajaya and UEM Sunrise Berhad.

A version of this was published in The Malaysian Insider on 23 Dec 2015