AN ARTY initiative that has been illuminating windows across the country has finally arrived in Oxford.

Window Wanderland is a community event that invites people to create window and garden displays in their homes and businesses.

The project will ultimately involve more than 20,000 people and 900 windows and will span across three countries with a total of 28 events.

Last weekend, windows in homes throughout Oxford were lit up as part of the scheme.

Lucy Reeves Khan, the founder of Window Wanderland, came up with the idea after her career as a designer ended abruptly and an accident left her disabled.

She said: “I began taking rehabilitative walks at night and found that the light coming from inside people’s houses made me feel better, less alone and left me feeling uplifted.

“These walks gave me the idea that everyone’s windows could become galleries of expression and so Window Wanderland was born.”

On Saturday, a workshop was held at SS Philip and James Primary School in Navigation Way and people of all ages were invited to try their hand at designing an artistic window display.

Then, that evening and Sunday evening, the creations were brought out and vibrant captivating displays were seen lining city streets.

Two streets where the window displays were particularly prominent were Complins Close and Rosamund Road.

Included in the designs were cats, trees, dragons, flowers, plants and even dinosaurs.

Since creating the first event in North Bristol in 2015, Ms Reeves Khan has developed an online platform which enables events to be run by local organisers who all volunteer their time. T

The Window Wanderland website is now a gallery of more than 2,000 displays across the country and anyone is able to take part by giving their window an artistic makeover.

For more information about the project and Ms Reeves Khan see windowwanderland.com.