A Longwood Christmas

November 21, 2025–January 11, 2026
Two decorated Christmas trees stand amid green foliage in a glasshouse.
Becca Mathias

Our Most Magical Moment Yet

This holiday season, experience the magic of A Longwood Christmas as you never have before. Brand new spaces—from our sprawling new West Conservatory to imaginative new outdoor landscapes—decked out for the holidays give way to wondrous new ways to experience the season … and incredible new memories to make. Revel in hundreds of thousands of lights … marvel at astonishing feats of horticulture, ingenuity, and creativity … and delight in beauty at every turn, all as we welcome you to our biggest—and most magical—A Longwood Christmas yet.

Make the most of your visit to A Longwood Christmas.

Check out our visiting tips before you visit

November 21, 2025–January 11, 2026

Gardens Open
10:00 am—11:00 pm daily

Timed Admission Tickets required.

Timed Reservations required for Members every day from open to close during A Longwood Christmas

Reservations not required for Gardens Premium Members and Innovators

Experience the Magic

Closeup of curving tunnel of multi-colored lights.

A tunnel of elegant, otherworldly warmth awaits, illuminated by nearly 20,000 bulbs. Many outdoor lights begin to come on at 10:00 am daily.

Lit trees and hanging baskets viewed from the outside of a glass conservatory looking in, with a color palette of blue, white, and green.

More than 1,000 Hippeastrum 'Mystica', floating trees in gold and white, towering columns of Echeveria, and 40 white Phalaenopsis baskets grace the new West Conservatory.

Stately bonsai trees are displayed outdoors atop dark brown wooden stands, with the pointed arches of a large glass conservatory in the background

The new Bonsai Courtyard greets its first A Longwood Christmas with artfully placed bonsai and an icicle-inspired tokonoma display.

Fountains of light mimic water and flame in the foreground, with an expansive and warmly lit conservatory complex in the background, against a dark blue sky.

In our Main Fountain Garden, festive lights and music begin at 2:00 pm daily, weather permitting. Please note: Main Fountain Garden fountains have been turned off for the season.

A lit tree shaped from strands of white cord reflects in a flooded conservatory floor, surrounded by greenery.

A 33-foot-tall translucent tree featuring more than 900 hand-tied geometric shapes stands tall in our Exhibition Hall.

Two red thrones topped with pillows and bejeweled crowns are flanked by gold dogs, red and white poinsettias, with a table of decorated cakes and an ornate Christmas tree and garland to the left.

Our lavishly decorated Music Room rolls out the red carpet, complete with a gingerbread house facade.

a garden railway lit for Christmas

Our miniature model trains rumble through a beautifully landscaped setting during regular Gardens hours, weather permitting.

colorful fountains shoot in the air surrounded by decorated Christmas trees

Open Air Theatre fountains dance with holiday color and classic Christmas music, daily at 10:15 am and every 15 minutes starting at 12:00 pm, weather permitting.

From Our Blog

Creative Magic, Just in Time for Christmas
The Ballroom at Longwood Gardens willed with Christmas trees.

Creative Magic, Just in Time for Christmas

By Katie Testa, on January 1, 2025
Meet the Music Room Magic-Makers
Faux-peppermint cand decorations in red and white swirls.

Meet the Music Room Magic-Makers

By Katie Mobley, on December 18, 2024
A Translucent Tree, A Work of Art
White strings with geometric shapes in them, put together to look like a white lit Christmas tree at Longwood Gardens.

A Translucent Tree, A Work of Art

By Katie Mobley, on December 11, 2024
Holiday Magic, From Our Kitchen to Yours
A person plating a whole roasted chicken on top of a bed of flowers.

Holiday Magic, From Our Kitchen to Yours

By 1906 Executive Chef George Murkowicz, on December 4, 2024
Our Most Magical Season Yet
An indoor conservatory featuring Christmas trees in white lights, on pedestals, in shallow water.

Our Most Magical Season Yet

By Katie Mobley, on November 27, 2024

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