Christmas Gardens open in Berlin, Dresden and Stuttgart
November 14, 2018
The Christmas Garden is being held for the third time in the Botanical Garden in Berlin-Dahlem. This year the event will also take place in Stuttgart at Wilhelma and in Dresden in the garden of Schloss Pillnitz.
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Christmas Garden illuminates parks
The Christmas Garden take place for the third time at the Botanical Garden in Berlin. This year, Christmas Gardens also open in Stuttgart at Wilhelma and near Dresden in the garden of Schloss Pillnitz.
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Lights dancing in the park
Until January 6, the Botanical Garden in Berlin will be transformed into a glowing magical forest. Under the motto "The magical journey begins at dusk", visitors can be put in a festive mood.
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Nostalgic designs
The play between light and shadow makes an evening walk in the park enchanting.
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Staged architecture
Historic greenhouses and gardens become a kind of walk-in Advent calendar.
24 stars can be seen on the meadow in front of the Great Tropical House in Berlin.
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It rains light from the trees
Modern energy-saving lighting technology enables the extravagant use of fairy lights.
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Winter blooms
Colorful projections transform the trees and bushes into abstract works of art.
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Baroque Garden Art
The austere shape of the historical garden plots with hedges and box balls is accentuated by playful illuminated balls.
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Dreamlike landscape
The lighting designers create a magical atmosphere. As if polar lights like those in northern Europe enchant the sky above Berlin.
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Colorful play
Tree shapes and branch structures are effectively illuminated.
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Fairytale castle in Dresden
Premiere for the Christmas Garden in the park of Schloss Pillnitz
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Floating snowflakes
Light sculptures float on the lakes gently moved by the wind.
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Get in the festive mood
This is where Santa Claus parks his sleigh and reindeer.
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Until January 6, the Botanical Garden in Berlin will be transformed into a glowing magical forest. Under the motto "The magical journey begins at dusk", visitors can be put in a festive mood. The electricity for the over 1,500,000 light spots in the Christmas Garden Berlin is to come 100 percent from renewable energies.Since 2013, the event has been very popular in England as "Christmas at Kew ". In 2016, the concept was brought to Germany for the first time. Cities like Dresden and Stuttgart with their Christmas Gardens want to be as successful as Berlin last year, with more than 145,000 visitors. The ticket for an adult costs between 17 and 19 euros.
Glitter tree in the Botanical Garden BerlinImage: Imago
The venues in Dresden and Stuttgart, like the Botanical Garden in Berlin, have their own special charm. Historic parks and impressive architecture provide the stage for the Christmas illumination.
Pillnitz Palace and ParkImage: picture-alliance/dpa/M. Hiekel
Pillnitz Castle and Park are located directly on the Elbe river near Dresden, surrounded by vineyards and forests. The former pleasure palace of August the Strong combines baroque architecture and garden art.
Pillnitz Castle with atmospheric lightingImage: picture-alliance/dpa/S. Kahnert
The Christmas Garden will take place from November 15, 2018 to January 6, 2019, when the Schlosspark will be open from 4 p.m. for visitors with a valid event ticket only.
Wilhelma in StuttgartImage: picture-alliance/imagebroker/M. Weber
Wilhelma is the only zoological and botanical garden in Germany and unique in the world with its combination of zoo, botanical garden and historical park. The water lilies in the 650 square meter pond in the Moorish Garden can carry a weight of up to 70 kilograms on a single leaf. At the Christmas Garden from November 15 to January 6, Wilhema will be transformed into a fairy tale landscape with light displays in the once royal park, with magical Moorish architecture and illuminated figures.
