Each year, the botanical gardens of Denver Colorado come alight with holiday brilliance in their annual “Blossoms of Light”. Most years, we never make it. This year, we did.
Annually, we take a drive around Denver (when we are here) to see Christmas lights. We drive down 17th Avenue and up Monaco to 8th Avenue and past the botanical gardens and Cheesman Park and then past the brilliantly colored Denver City and County building. This year was no exception, except for the fact that we planned ahead, got tickets for the gardens and made a stop.
The tour is about a mile long on a one-way path under tunnels past lit up trees, bushes and man-made structures all choreographed to holiday music. Wander past the candy cane tree, under a garland tunnel and past knitted balls and holiday orbs. Shuffle through the Zen garden with bushes alight around the banks of its stream and into a meadow of blazing grass.
You finish your stroll at the amphitheater, where you witness the grand finale as rods of light dance to the music.
Nearly forty years old, the planning of each year’s blossom takes 13 months including the construction which begins just after Labor Day each year. And every single one of its estimated half million lights is removed by the end of February. Some bulbs need to be ordered 6-8 months in advance, due to limited production runs and supply.
You also have to plan in advance. Shows sell out, so buying tickets before you go is a must. In fact the Blossoms of Light is the Denver Botanical Garden’s largest annual draw. And, if you luck out, as we did, it won’t be bitterly cold.
Sources:
The Traveling Ridleys 
That’s cool! The lighted grass and bushes reminds me of what we found on the planet Pandora.
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