The tulip exhibit is made out of 4,000 illuminated tulips, which change colors throughout the experience. The Flower Power exhibit for example, which is the first exhibit that guests see when they enter the forest, is a tribute to the 40,000 tulips that guests flock to Descanso Gardens to see during the spring. And each exhibit is created with the garden in mind, as the Enchanted Forest as a whole serves as an homage to peak season at Descanso Gardens. The Enchanted Forest of Light features 12 different exhibits, with new additions getting rolled out every year, keeping things fresh for returning guests. As soon as people go on Christmas break, every one of those nights becomes a sold out situation.” “Before Enchanted, our daytime attendance was about 250,000 visitors a year and now it’s half a million a year. “In the first year, 70% of the people who came to the show had never gone to Descanso before,” she says. Rooke knew that the holiday attraction would bring in visitors who were visiting the park for the first time, so they wanted to use the Enchanted Forest as a way to get people excited about the gardens.
“I was looking for a way to attract visitors to the garden during a slower time of the year, and I know that gardens and museums across the country were doing things for the holidays to inspire guests to come to their facilities,” says Rooke.
In this episode of In The Know: All is Bright, we explore how Descanso Gardens, a botanical garden near Los Angeles, transforms into a captivating, Enchanted Forest of Light for the holiday season! In The Know sat down with Juliann Rooke, the executive director at Descanso Gardens, to learn the history and process behind the magical exhibition.Īccording to Rooke, the Enchanted Forest of Light is the garden’s most popular special event.
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