Nightly November 19 - January 7, 5 - 10 p.m.
Closed December 24 and 31
Block Tickets & Event Rentals
Contact events@atlantabotanicalgarden.org or 404.591.1585 for information about discounted block tickets or hosting a holiday party at the Garden.
About the Show
Experience a dazzling extravaganza featuring nearly 1 million lights crafted into displays inspired by nature. Highlights include a galaxy of stars in the woodlands; whimsical bees, butterflies, and other lighted pollinators in the Edible Garden; and 200 show-stopping, color-changing topiary forms choreographed to holiday music on the Great Lawn.This intown experience features elegant, traditional elements such as wrapped trees and cones up to 30-feet-tall. Staying true to the Garden’s history of blockbuster art exhibitions, the show design emphasizes stunning, innovative, and artistic light installations as well as fun, whimsical elements.
In addition, the Garden is decked in holiday favorites such as an 18-foot poinsettia tree, holiday displays of unusual plant material (tillandsias, bromeliads, alternathera), and, of course, hundreds of poinsettias!
“It’s going to be a joyful, exhilarating outdoor experience – and so much more fun than being smooshed up against your relatives peering out car windows,” said Mary Pat Matheson, the Garden’s executive director.
Garden Lights Glows Green
Garden Lights is the first major holiday light show to debut with not only the color green but also green principles as well. It glows almost exclusively using nearly 1 million energy-efficient LED lights, or light-emitting diodes, which are illuminated solely by the movement of electrons in a semiconductor material rather than a traditional filament. They not only consume up to 80 percent less electricity than traditional incandescent lights but also have a life span of five years or more, more than doubling the traditional light lifespan.The Garden is also purchasing “green energy” from Georgia Power. This means that energy produced from renewable resources will be added to the power grid in an amount equal to what the light show consumes. Georgia Power green energy sources include solar power and biomass, such as landfill gas
