Sipping hot chocolate or hot chocolate with something in it is always a delight at Holiday Wonders at the Garden, which continues to enchant children and adults at the Memphis Botanic Garden.
Cathy Strong, and Anthony Strong
Ted Werthmuller, Wayne Parr, and Lily Parr
John Boykin
Helen Stritzel and
Chris Cullum
Lela Garlington,
Finn Herrington, and
Steve Herrington
Olivia Wall, director of marketing and communications, describes the attraction as “an outdoor seasonal exhibition. It includes acres of light displays, photo ops.”
Igor Bosim, and Kirill Dryn
It also includes concessions and fire tables, Wall says. “We have costumed characters every night we’re open. Snow queens, gingerbread men, elves.”
Jay Threlkeld, Joseph Threlkeld, and
Lindsey Garner
Katherine Johnson, and Jarrod Bivens
Anna Vo, Gina Harris, Patti Berry, and
Peg Parish
Wonders, which closes December 28th, traditionally opens the day after Thanksgiving. “We’ve been doing it for 12 or 13 years. It was originally much smaller. In a very small area garden. And it expanded from there.”
Wonders originally was called “Snowy Nights” and took place at Memphis Botanic Garden’s “My Big Backyard,” notes Wall.
Some dates during this season’s event could have been dubbed “Rainy Nights.” But, with the exception of some of the wet stuff, Wall says “Holiday Wonders at the Garden” 2024 will go down as successful.
