diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html b/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html
index 8270e20..eed76e7 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
   <div class="homepage-block-bg" style="background-image: url('{% static "images/website-background.svg" %}');"></div>
 
+  <div id="hills"></div>
+
     <section id="content_body">
         <div class="container">
             {% include "_messages.html" %}
diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html
index daefc0c..e1ee85f 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/homepage.html
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
     <div class="homepage-block-bg" style="background-image: url('{% static "images/website-background.svg" %}');"></div>
 
+    <div id="hills"></div>
+
     <div class="container homepage-block-content">
 
       <h1>North Bay Python</h1>
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@
         <h4><strong>2017 conference:</strong> 2 &amp; 3 December</h4>
         <h4>Talk submissions close 29 September</h4>
 
+        <div style="height:0.5em;"></div>
+
         <div class="btn-group">
           <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/dashboard">Submit a proposal</a>
         </div>
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e10c7d
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+++ b/static/images/hills.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
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diff --git a/static/scss/custom.scss b/static/scss/custom.scss
index 34f925b..7e9a1d4 100644
--- a/static/scss/custom.scss
+++ b/static/scss/custom.scss
@@ -147,3 +147,20 @@ body.reviews.voting-status {
 .navbar {
   box-shadow: $box-shadow;
 }
+
+
+
+#hills {
+  background: url("../images/hills.svg");
+  background-size: 100%;
+  background-position: bottom;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  width: 50%;
+  height: 100%;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  z-index: -9999;
+  opacity: 0.3;
+  background-blend-mode: multiply;
+}