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Garden Lights Holiday Nights
Bring friends and family to experience the Garden as never before when it is transformed into a twinkling winter wonderland!
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Member Discount Tickets
$14.95 Adult | $9.95 Child age 3-12 | Child under 3 free
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General Admission Tickets
$18.95 Adult | $12.95 Child age 3 – 12 | Child under 3 free
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Tickets are also available in person at Garden Admissions. Advanced tickets are recommended as there are a limited number of tickets available per evening.
Tickets are only valid for show date selected at purchase; non-transferable; non-refundable; no rainchecks. Guest passes are not accepted for this special event.
Know Before You Glow
- Advance tickets are encouraged to speed entry.
- There are a limited number of tickets per evening.
- Purchase tickets at Garden Admissions or atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
- Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Guest passes are not accepted.
- No rain checks. Bring raincoats and umbrellas to see the reflections of the lights enhanced by wet surfaces.
- $5 event parking is available onsite in the SAGE Parking Facility.
- Multi-Visit Parking Passes are accepted.
- Beat the traffic and use the Monroe Drive entrance to the parking facility. Take the elevator to level 5R.
- Dress warmly for this outdoor walking experience!
- Seasonal food and beverage available for purchase.
Refreshments
Plan on a delicious dinner at MetroFresh in the Garden during Garden Lights!
Along with soul-warming soups and chili, the café is serving a rotating menu of hearty casseroles, piping-hot pita pizzas, fresh salads, hot spiced cider, frothy hot chocolate, cappuccinos and flavored coffees.
Plus, don’t miss the “Make-Your-Own S’mores” kits to toast by the fire pits!
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.
Photography Tips
- Turn off the flash!
- Shoot at twilight for better exposures
- Keep camera steady to avoid blurry pictures
- Visit early in the season or on weeknights to avoid crowds
- Dress warmly and wear gloves
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