It’s reported that GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia will use more than 18 miles of LED strands in its 500,000+ light display.
Replacement GardenFest lights with LEDs occurred last year. LED holiday lights are slightly more expensive than incandescent, yet pay for themselves in the first year through electricity savings, that means 13 to 17 cents to light a holiday tree per season with LEDs compared to $6 to $10 for incandescents.
This year's theme is Nature's Beautiful Web, inspired by the children's book Cobweb Christmas. The GardenFest of Lights is open through Monday, January 12, 2009, from 5 pm-10 pm.