Karen Pawlak

Review of Boerner Botanical Gardens

I visited 10/13 for China Lights. Event was stunni...

I visited 10/13 for China Lights. Event was stunning, but parking was extremely, poorly organized. Since weather stoped many from participating earlier in the week, an overflow crowd should have been expected on what turned out to be a perfect evening for an outdoor event.
Lot attendants were left standing in front of barriers marked "lot full", but could give no guidance to direct event goers on how to proceed, even though they had walkie talkies which could have been used to let drivers know where to go. The only reply to where is the next lot was "keep moving, your holding up traffic".
One hour later, once a spot was found, and finding the display well worth the aggravation, I was thankful I was not alone returning to the car in complete darkness, in an unfamiliar area. Any concern for safety was not taken into consideration. I would not recommend anyone doing this alone.