

More than 200 candles made daily in a wax room at the garden, with a crew on hand to keep them lit throughout the night. “It's beautifully done, the colors, the music, the arrays of different things at every turn,” said Zuckerman.Īmong the features that will surprise and delight is the Fire Garden. Her friend Susan Zuckerman of Westchester was visiting for the first time. "It's magical,” said visitor Gale Cantor of Brooklyn, who says she has never quite seen the garden this way before. There are plenty of light sculptures, but also the garden's natural works of art – trees, are illuminated by artists. The show originated in England nine years ago at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and features works by artists from all over the world and from New York. "What we have done here is taken a place that is normally cold and empty on winter nights and fill it with life, giving people something fun to do at night time,” said Adrian Benepe, President and CEO at the garden. It’s all part of Lightscape, an illuminated extravaganza featuring one million lights over a mile long trail through the garden, with a curated soundtrack along the way.


Lightscape is an illuminated trail for the holidays at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
