“Winter Cathedral”: classic holiday lights tunnel made with 100,000 lights (best photo op!!).“Global Collection Lights”: colored lights through the tropical plants of the Houston Botanic Garden.“Mother”: neon lights recalling the connection between Mother Earth and maternal figures.It’s hard to chose just one favorite installation at Lightscape, but I do have several that brought me particular joy: Visitors were not required to wear masks. Benches are sprinkled throughout the gardens if you do want to relax or soak in the sights at a particular installation. I wore white heeled boots and was fine but definitely would recommend comfortable walking shoes as you are on your feet for about an hour.
The one-way path was mostly paved with some gravel sections (and mud!). We had timed tickets which was nice so the park staff could maintain the crowd flows and there weren’t too many people navigating the loop at a time. Social distancing & accessibility at Houston Botanic Garden While we skipped the s’mores stand halfway through the trail, I was certainly tempted by flavors like dark chocolate with strawberry, peanut butter and honey, and pumpkin spice. They also serve a “Candy Cane” with vodka and peppermint schnapps, a selection of beers and wines. I loved their “Hot Blitzen” aka spiked hot chocolate. Filter for “Houston” to see which ones are in town! Food & drinks at LightscapeĪt the beginning of the trail and about 1/3 of the way through you have the option to grab alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and snacks.
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I found that rather refreshing! To me, it felt like artists brought to life their creations through a series of pop-ups that happened to be in nature and happened to be in the weeks leading up to Christmas.Ĭlick here to read about some of the artists. While there are several evergreen light trees and riffs on traditional Christmas music accompanies some installations, the general vibe isn’t particularly holiday-y. It took my family and I about an hour to walk through them all. The Houston Botanic Garden has about 15 light installations and art pieces that are woven throughout the garden.
What should I expect at Lightscape? About the Lightscape trail It has 2.5 miles of walking trails and 2 miles of waterfront along Sims Bayou.Ĭlick here to read about the opening of the Houston Botanic Garden. During the day, it’s a great space to explore. After opening in 2020, the garden features 132 acres of horticultural displays, natural ecosystems, walking trails and hundreds of plant species from around the world.
The Houston Botanic Garden is located in southeast Houston about 20 min drive from Downtown on I-45. Lightscape hosted similar sold-out shows in Chicago and London, so it’s particularly exciting that we’re getting our own Houston version!Ĭlick here to get your tickets to the Lightscape. Each installation is accompanied by its own set of curated music by Sony Music. Local and international artists created installations sprinkled throughout a 0.8-mile long trail in the Houston Botanic Garden. Lightscape is an immersive art, sculpture and light experience at the Houston Botanic Garden that runs Friday, Nov. Here’s everything you need to know about visiting Lightscape at the Houston Botanic Garden. The vegetable patrimony is formed by over 5,000 examples with several very old trees, some of which, such as the Taxus baccata, planted by Micheli himself round 1720, a very large cork oak planted in 1805 and never stripped, several examples of Coniferae like the Araucaria, Torreya, Sequoia and a beautiful example of Metasequoia glytostroboides, a species originally known as fossil and rediscovered in China only in 1941.Īre those comprising Cicadidae, Tillandsia, Orchids and ferns.A new immersive holiday light show has made its way to Houston! Be sure to add the Lightscape at the Houston Botanic Garden to your holiday lights exploration list. The structure also has its own greenhouses and hot houses for the cultivation of special plants. The Gardens currently take up an area of 2.39 hectars, divided into smaller and larger avenues. The orchard that was known with the name of " Giardino dei Semplici", because of the fact that it was used to cultivate and raise medicinal plants, is the third oldest botanical garden after those of Padua and Pisa. The Botanical Gardens of Florence were founded on December 1st, 1545, when Grand Duke Cosimo dei Medici purchased the land from the Dominican sisters.