Enchanted Garden Holiday Lights Festival

This year, for the first time ever, the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden is excited to be hosting the ‘Enchanted Garden Holiday Lights Festival’, an immersive light experience here in the Santa Ynez Valley.

This event will take place at the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden at River View Park in Buellton, and will help support future development and growth of the Garden.

The Enchanted Garden Holiday Lights Festival is scheduled to take place on December 2nd, 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th and 18th, 2022 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Tickets to the Holiday Lights Festival include entry into the Enchanted Garden during your purchased time slot in addition to enjoying all that the festival has to offer as soon as the gates open at 5:30pm. Admission to the festival is $25 for adults, $10 for children ages 3-12 and free for children 2 and under. To purchase tickets for this family friendly event visit www.EnchantedHolidayLights.com.

This unique immersive lighted experience promises to fill everyone visiting with festive holiday spirit and includes a Holiday Country Market with food, beer and wine, and activities such as Christmas Carolers, falling snow, photos with Santa and live reindeer on December 11th & 18th.

It is the beginning of a new family friendly holiday tradition offered to our local residents, as well as surrounding communities and travelers visiting the area. The planning of the festival has already sparked a lot of excitement and support from the community with sponsorships from The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, Ramsey Asphalt Construction, The Schlinger Foundation, Visit SYV, Rio Vista Chevrolet, SYV Rotary, Buellton Chamber, SYV Pride, Catherine Streegan Dentistry, Vreeland Ford and Nielsen’s Building Supply. It is sure to be a wonderful new seasonal tradition for the entire Valley.

The Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden showcases native plants of Santa Barbara County and is located at the west end of River View Park, accessible from Sycamore Drive in Buellton.

The Garden is open free of charge from sunrise to sunset on 365 days per year. The Garden, founded in 2006, has been developed and managed by volunteers of The SYVBG Foundation, an educational non-profit organization. Since the beginning, the garden has been a place for the community to gather and engage with each other and nature, providing volunteer opportunities, educational workshops and committees and fun and interactive events. This event will help raise awareness of the Garden and support future endeavors of the Garden’s improvements and future projects and installations, while also providing a wonderful new tradition for all.