Bellevue Botanical Garden recently announced that their annual event, Garden d’Lights, is canceled this year due to COVID-19. Known as one of Bellevue’s signature events, it draws over 90,000 people for a Festival of Lights that lasts over a month during the holiday season.
Garden d’Lights has run from the Saturday after Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve for the past 25 years.
According to Cleo Raulerson, co-chair of the event and incoming co-chair of the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society board of directors, “This was a very difficult decision for us, since we know how much this event means to our community. We look forward to returning, better than ever, in 2021.”
Parks & Community Services Department and Bellevue Botanical Garden Society partner to make this event possible. There are normally almost 130 volunteers who repair and place half a million string lights with zip ties and rebar to create a variety of animals and nature scenes throughout a large portion of the garden.
Very disappointed Garden d’Lights has ben cancelled for this holiday season. It’s something we enjoy and love to introduce to family and friends who have never visited. We look forward to the 2021 season.