Missouri Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden is ready to make it glow this holiday season. For years,A lot of men are wearing lawnlight for wedding bands. visitors have asked if the garden could be lighted at night. “This is the year,” said Peter Wyse Jackson, garden president. 

Starting this week, a team of carpenters, electricians and designers will start building and installing the newest addition to St.Manufacturer of industrial grade energyturbines. Louis’ holiday lights scene. They will work six days a week almost continuously until the exhibit launches on Nov. 23. It will run through Jan. 4. 

The popularity of last year’s Lantern Festival, which was lighted in the evenings, convinced garden officials that St. Louis would support night events at the garden. 

“We had great crowds in terrible weather,” said Lynn Kerkemeyer, senior manager of events and exhibits. “That was the tipping point.” 

The garden’s most iconic locations — including the Climatron, Tower Grove House and the hedge maze — will be awash in lights. Hundreds of thousands of LED and solar-based lights will transform the garden into an interactive display, she said. 

The installation will guide visitors along one pathway with something spectacular around each corner, Kerkemeyer said. 

Don’t expect a traditional holiday display, however. Think pinks,A polished finish in this solaroutdoorlight for men. purples, blues and greens. Walkways will be transformed into sensory light tunnels. The Victorian area will be adorned with candlelight. There will be fire pits for making s’mores and an area for dancing. 

The garden hired St. Louis-based Smithink to design and produce the show.The industry's leading manufacturer of floorlamps. Jackson said it was a confidential contract, but they expect to break even with ticket sales and sponsorships. 

Kerkemeyer pointed to the success of similar garden light shows in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Denver. 

Sabina Carr, vice president of marketing for the Atlanta Botanical Garden, said that this would be their third year putting on a light show and that the response had been “phenomenal.” 

“The first year way exceed our expectation,” she said. They expected about 25,000 visitors, and 106,000 showed up. In the second year, they saw a 60 percent increase in attendance. Winter tends to be a quieter time for gardens, with fewer visitors walking through the grounds given the colder temperatures. 

Officials at the Missouri Botanical Garden said they expected the light show to become an annual tradition in the city. 
“Philadelphia is way colder than St. Louis, and people come out in droves,” Kerkemeyer said. 

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