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Review of Boerner Botanical Gardens

Went here for the China Lights event last night. P...

Went here for the China Lights event last night. Parking was a sheer nightmare. There is absolutely no coordinate to say where the parking is available. We parked a mile away, and had to walk in the pitch black. No lighting whatsoever on the roads leading to the gardens. With the walnuts dropping on the ground, I almost broke my ankle without the lights. Upon arrival to the Garden, people were milling in every direction trying to figure out where the entrance was. No signs, no people directing the mass crowd and shuttle bus people of where the entrance is. The ticketing area is an absolute joke. There's approximately 4 booths, and nobody directing the mile long line of where they should be going. Ticket holders had to wait in the same lines, making no sense at all. Inside the gardens there were only a couple of port-a-pottie's, and 1 building with a mens/womens restroom. Directions inside of where the flow of people should be going was not well displayed. The signage throughout the bridge path was sagging, so you couldn't read what the vinyl signs said. Food vending area was decent, pricing is what was to be expected. I won't be back until the management can get the logistics of this event worked out, and known to not be pure chaos.