The American Public Gardens Association would like to congratulate the top 10 botanical garden holiday light shows that were chosen by USA Today. Each year USA Today’s editors and readers independently select what you see on USA TODAY 10BEST.  Botanical gardens across the country light up around the holidays with spectacular light shows and other seasonal festivities.

USA Today asked a panel of experts to nominate their favorite light displays ay botanical gardens throughout the U.S., and then readers voted for their top picks.

Please see USA Today 10Best listed below:

  1. Night Lights at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts
  2. Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia
  3. Enlighten at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  4. Garden Glow at Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri
  5. Galaxy of Lights at Huntsville Botanical Garden in Huntsville, Alabama
  6. Night of a Thousand Lights at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
  7. Illuminations at Botanica in Wichita, Kansas
  8. Holiday Lights at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas
  9. Luminary Walk at Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Overland Park, Kansas
  10. Redding Garden of Lights at Turtle Bay Exploration Park

Photo courtesy of the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill