A new, long-awaited holiday show will close out the Gainesville Garden’s 10th anniversary celebration, bathing the woodland setting in the warm glow of luminaries, lanterns, cone trees and more.
Gainesville Glows: Lanterns and Lights is open on select nights November 20 – January 4 and features displays of lighted woodland animals and other décor designed especially for the Garden.
Romantic luminaria will line pathways, creating an elegant walk along the Promenade. The surrounding trees will be uplit with colorful spotlights, and other trees in the woodland will be wrapped with warm white lights to outline the majestic beauty of their shapes. And look for tall metal lanterns with intricate cut-out patterns to cast enchanting patterns on the meandering walkways.
In addition, a light tunnel wrapped in warm white and champagne-colored lights will provide fun photo-ops and lead to a large cone tree and family fun area on the Glade Lawn. There, kids will revel in the Decoration Station and lighted Fairy Forest. The Forest Pond adjacent to the Visitor Center will feature pink lighted floating lotuses, providing a tranquil backdrop for music and jellyfish lights on the Terrace.
The Event Lawn will offer s’mores pits as well as fanciful giant plant sculptures wrapped in colorful holiday lights. And guests will be mesmerized by lighted globes on the amphitheater lawn, accompanied by music.
Gainesville Glows will be open on limited nights until December 18, when it will remain open nightly through January 4.
Discounted member tickets will be available for purchase online beginning September 1. General admission tickets can be purchased beginning October 1.
Dates:
• Nov. 20 – 30
• Dec. 4 – 7
• Dec. 11 – 14
• Dec. 18 – Jan. 4
Time: 5 – 10 p.m.
