Longwood Gardens Named USA Today's 'Best Botanical Lights'

KENNETT SQUARE, PA — The awards keep rolling in for Longwood Gardens.

Longwood has been named the nation's best botanical garden holiday light display through USA Today's 10Best Reader's Choice awards.

More than 500,000 lights are strung around some 150-odd trees throughout the horticultural grounds.

The contest put Longwood atop a list of 10 of the nation's most unique light displays. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond placed second.

It marks the fourth time Longwood has won this distinction, following victories in this same contest in 2014, 2016, and 2018.

The full list can seen here and below:

1. A Longwood Christmas - Longwood Gardens - Kennett Square, Penn.
2. Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden - Richmond, Va.
3. Gardens Aglow - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens - Boothbay, Maine
4. Nights of a Thousand Candles - Brookgreen Gardens - Murrells Inlet, S.C.
5. Million Bulb Walk/Dominion Energy Garden of Lights - Norfolk Botanical Garden - Norfolk, Va.
6. Fantasy in Lights - Callaway Gardens - Pine Mountain, Ga
7. River of Lights - ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden - Albuquerque
8. Illumination: Tree Lights - Morton Arboretum - Chicago
9. Lights in Bloom - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - Sarasota, Fla.
10. Illuminations - Botanica - Wichita, Kan.

Longwood is located on US Route 1 near Kennett Square.