You don’t have to be a garden lover to enjoy these Christmas events centered around garden lights that are out of the ordinary, yet still keep the holiday spirit alive. Keep in mind, these are not Christmas lights you can see everywhere you go. The Christmas outdoor lights used to awe visitors year after year are set up in ways that use their surroundings as well as lights making you feel like you have stepped into a fairytale land.
Garden Lights Christmas Event
Step into a magical land full of flowers, spiders, waterfalls, trees, birds, a tortoise and many other amazing creatures, all constructed from more than 500,000 outdoor Christmas lights. You’ve only thought you knew what garden lighting was all about. Plan on an experience like no other when you visit the Garden d’Lights Christmas event at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens in Bellevue, Wash.
Put together by a group of volunteers working thousands of hours over the years, the garden lights display is scheduled to go on the weekend after Thanksgiving and will be open nightly from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. until Dec. 31. Plan on visiting the garden early because no tickets will be sold after 9:30 p.m. Children 12 and under do not need tickets and can enjoy the Christmas lights display for free.
Many visitors ask how they make such beautiful garden light displays. Each month from March through September, the Bellevue Botanical Gardens offers classes to teach garden Christmas lights enthusiasts how to make the delicate looking lighted flowers. As an added bonus, the flowers made during the classes will be used in the Garden d’Lights Christmas light display during the holiday season. Each class lasts for two to three hours and costs $15 per person. For more information about taking classes, call 425-451-3755.
Garden Christmas Lights Displays
The Enchanted Garden of Lights on 1400 Patten Road in Lookout Mountain, Ga., is home to an annual Christmas event that incorporates more than 1 million Christmas lights and more than 30 different holiday scenes. The thing that sets this Christmas event apart from other events is its use of the natural rock gardens.
Opening the weekend before Thanksgiving, the Enchanted Garden of Lights will be open daily from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with the exception of Christmas Eve. Prices for the garden lights displays range from $11 to $23 per person with an option to upgrade to a daytime ticket for $5 to $10 extra. Children under 3 are admitted free of charge.
At different times throughout the Christmas event, children can visit with Santa and his elves, decorated gingerbread cookies, drink hot chocolate, enjoy face painting and much more. Visit Rock City and walk the trail with family and friends, all while taking in the beautiful scenery and garden lights.