10 best botanical gardens with holiday lights this year

10 best botanical gardens with holiday lights this year

Photo courtesy of Nicola Colombo // Getty Images Throughout the holiday season, spectacular light shows brighten up botanical gardens across North America. Instead of spring flowers, visitors find twinkling holiday lights, often accompanied by a range of other festivities. To find the best for the 2022 holiday season, a panel of experts provided 20 nominees, then readers voted for their 10 favorites.  These are the 10 best botanical garden holiday lights events. Photo courtesy of New Mexico BioPark Society No. 10: River of Lights at ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden - Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico’s largest walk-through light show, River of Lights at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, features more than 700 hand-welded light displays, animated and 3D sculptures, and millions of lights.  Photo courtesy of F. Todd Lasseigne, P.h.D., Executive Director No. 9: Magic Christmas in Lights at Bellingrath Gardens - Theodore, Alabama Just outside of Mobile, Alabama, Bellingrath Gardens celebrates the holid…