What’s better than a beautiful garden full of strange cacti and succulents? How about when they’re decked out with lights and glowing apparatuses, looking like a Christmas-tree farm imported from an alien and radioactive planet?
Once again it’s time for the Garden of D’Lights at Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft Garden, a 3.5 acre parcel that – so it happens – last year ranked the most beautiful garden in the world on Tripadvisor. Running on select nights until Jan. 11, the annual show offers the chance to see desert-adapted plants turned into spiny silhouettes by the force of visible-from-space holiday lights.
“See the garden and plant collection transform into a dazzling, water-wise wonderland illuminated with thousands of colorful lights, sculptures and lasers,” write the Bancroft staff. “The nursery will be open for evening shopping, with hot cocoa and spiced wine available to enjoy as you wander through the lights.”
The evening show features three entry times, available rain or shine: 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tours are self-guided, so visitors can take plenty of time basking in the radiance and examining the sculptures and installations, which are largely built by local artists.
Details: Open on select nights through Jan. 11 at 1552 Bancroft Road, Walnut Creek; adult admission is $29 plus fees, ages 5-17 is $16 and children under 4 get in free. For information and tickets visit ruthbancroftgarden.org
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