Katie Cristobal

Review of Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

I am really sad to give a low rating but I am supe...

I am really sad to give a low rating but I am super disappointed after visiting the garden today. Last year I went with some friends and my oldest son to see the holiday lights. It was magical! So this year when my family from Florida came to visit they wanted to go after hearing me go on and on about how amazing it was last year. We had four children with us and 6 adults and the price really is ridiculous. I was very disappointed. There weren t nearly as many lights as last year and the kids section was closed!! I had been telling my nephews about it and they were so excited as was my oldest son because he remembered it from last year. All of the staff were very nice and helpful. I asked one of the staff members if they were going to be putting any more lights up or opening the children s garden and and she said no. The reasons given for why things are different were in my opinion stupid. One of the areas was closed off and not decorated was because she said no one was looking at it last year...well I did and I loved it. This coupled with a bad experience at the Chinese lantern festival has assured we won t be going back. It s really too bad, I can tell it s a beautiful place during peak times and during the day. If you aren t going to put on as big of a display then you should charge less. I feel bad for dragging my whole family out there and hyping it up so much.