Please note that beginning Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, visitors should use the new garden entrance, located slightly farther south on South Milledge Avenue.
Please note that beginning Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, visitors should use the new garden entrance, located slightly farther south on South Milledge Avenue.
This winter, visitors can experience the State Botanical Garden of Georgia at the University of Georgia as it transforms into a wonderland of lights for the sixth year of Winter WonderLights.
Winter WonderLights, presented by the UGA Office of the President, has become a beloved Athens tradition. For the fifth year in a row, it was named the best local event in the Athens Banner-Herald Community’s Choice Awards. The show attracted over 67,000 visitors last year.
The show will run on select evenings from Nov. 19 through Dec. 30. Visitors will travel through a Winter Wondercave, along Jingle Bell Lane, into the Northern Lights and through a Frosted Forest, among other dazzling features.
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