Each year the botanical garden in Richmond hosts a Gardenfest of Lights. The grounds are decorated with lights with a botanical theme. Instead of water in the fountain, the frog here looks at a pot of glimmering gold and jewels. Note the great greenhouse in the background. Floating around them are huge butterflies and lights created to look like lilac bushes. Through candycane shaped red and white lights is a children's garden. Instead of rows of grapevines is a maze of muliticolored lights which the children run thorugh. Parents carefully monitor the games while sipping hot chocolate or toasting marshmallows for s'mores.
Wander past the pond and there are lights shaped as trout and notherns diving through the air. Further down are a flock of flamingos and alligators. In front of the great greenhouse is a peacock. This picture was taken using nighttime option on the camera. It is not as good as Emily Law pictures, but it does give you an impression of the lights.
In addition there are roses with lights climbing up arbors and lights highlighting plants still in bloom.
