NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Botanical Garden's Million Bulb Walk has once again been named one of the best holiday light displays in the country!
After a nationwide contest, the Dominion Energy Million Bulb Walk was voted as one ofUSA Today's Top 10 Best Botanical Garden Holiday Lights, coming in at #6.
The Top 10 winners are as follows:
- A Longwood Christmas - Longwood Gardens - Kennett Square, Penn.
- Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden - Richmond, Va.
- Nights of a Thousand Candles - Brookgreen Gardens - Murrells Inlet, S.C.
- Gardens Aglow - Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens - Boothbay, Maine
- Illuminations - Botanica - Wichita, Kan.
- Dominion Energy Million Bulb Walk - Norfolk Botanical Garden - Norfolk, Va.
- Galaxy of Lights - Huntsville Botanical Garden - Huntsville, Ala.
- Lights in Bloom - Marie Selby Botanical Gardens - Sarasota, Fla.
- Garden Glow - Missouri Botanical Garden - St. Louis, Mo.
- River of Lights - ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden - Albuquerque, N.M.
In 2018, the local display cinched the #2 spot.
The Garden's Million Bulb Walk began its run this season on November 12. They told News 3 the first weekend was a success,with "thousands" coming out to see the lights — specifically more than 3,000 that Friday and Saturday.
This year's show features 1.5 million lights, with new displays and a new, roughly mile-long route. The new "Wall of Light" highlights the garden's NATO Tower.
2021 also marked a return to the traditional concept of walking through the garden. Last year, the garden kept the show "drive-only" due to COVID-19.
