NEW: This Huntsville holiday light-show won an amazing national award

galaxy of lights Huntsville Botanical Garden light-show — Have you been to the Galaxy of Lights this year? (Audrey Johnson / Hville Blast)

The Huntsville Botanical Garden’s holiday light-show “Galaxy of Lights” won second in the nation for “Best Botanical Garden Light Show” according to USA Today’s 10Best. Voters selected the top 10 best shows from 20 total nominations from across the country.

The 118 acre garden was named the sixth best botanical garden in the nation by USA Today earlier this year.

How the Galaxy of Lights compares to light-shows across the country

Here’s the list of other botanical garden light shows across the country that won:

1. Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden – Richmond, Virginia
2. Galaxy of Lights at Huntsville Botanical Garden – Huntsville, Alabama
3. Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens – Boothbay, Maine
4. Illuminations at Botanica – Wichita, Kansas
5. Nights of a Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens – Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
6. Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum – Lisle, Illinois
7. Holiday Lights at Garvan Woodland Gardens – Hot Springs, Arkansas
8. Enchanted Forest of Light at Descanso Gardens – La Cañada Flintridge, California
9. Holiday Lights at Florida Botanical Gardens – Largo, Florida
10. Lightscape at The Arboretum – Arcadia, California