Huntsville's Galaxy of Lights vies for USA Today 10Best crown

If you have lived here in the Rocket City during Christmas time, you know how awesome the Huntsville Botanical Garden’s Galaxy of Lights display is. And apparently, so does USA Today, because for the fourth year in a row, the publication has nominated Galaxy of Lights for its Best Botanical Garden Holiday Lights list.

Galaxy of Lights is one of 19 nominees, and the 10Best list is determined by audience preference. So, that means from now through November 30, 2026, you can vote for Galaxy of Lights once a day to make sure it makes the cut!

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Galaxy of Lights has some stiff competition

Huntsville Botanical Garden has some competition around the country. (Hville Blast)

USA Today asked a panel of experts to nominate their favorite light displays at botanical gardens throughout the U.S., and now it’s up to the readers and audience to crown the winners.

While we all know Galaxy of Lights is the best on the list, check out the other botanical garden light shows across the country that were nominated:

Blossoms of Light at Denver Botanical Gardens
Dazzling Nights at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens (Los Angeles)
ENLIGHTEN at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Galaxy of Lights at Huntsville Botanical Garden
Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis)
Garden Lights at Atlanta Botanical Garden
Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (Boothbay, Maine)
Holiday Lights at Garvan Woodland Gardens (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Holiday Lights at Florida Botanical Gardens (Largo, Florida)
Illumination at The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, Illinois)
Illuminations at Botanica (Wichita, Kansas)
Johnsonville Night Lights in the Garden at Naples (FL) Botanical Garden
Las Noches de las Luminarias at Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix, Arizona)
The Luminary Walk at the Overland Park (KS) Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
Night Lights at New England Botanic Garden (Boylston, Massachusetts)
Nights of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina)
Redding Garden of Lights in Turtle Bay Exploration Park (Redding, California)
Winterlights in The Garden at Newfields (Indianapolis)