A Longwood Christmas

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

This holiday season, wander the paths outside through hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights … warm your hands and your heart inside our conservatories ... marvel at our how-did-they-do-that displays … and enjoy spectacular beauty at every turn throughout our Gardens.

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. 

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.

Enjoy festive lights and music in our Main Fountain Garden. 

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. 

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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