sd-me-lightscape-opens. On Friday, the San Diego Botanic Garden will open Lightscape, a one-mile walking path lined with more than 1 million twinkling lights. The large-scale lighting spectacle which has been produced at public gardens around the world will run Nov. 18 through Jan. 1 at the 37-acre property in Encinitas.
On Aug. 1, the San Diego Botanic Garden hired Ari Novy, chief scientist at the Leichtag Foundation and former executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., to take the helm from Julian Duval.
San Diego Botanic Garden hosts its second annual spring orchid showcase, "World of Orchids," from Saturday, May 7 through Sunday, June 12. The Garden will stage the exhibition, which kicks off Mother’s Day weekend, in its state-of-the-art, 8,000 square foot, glass-enclosed facility – the Dickinson Family Education Conservatory. On select days, the show will feature sales of plants, potting materials, reference guides, and other merchandise by vendors, conservation organizations, and local orchid societies.On Sundays and Mondays from 9 - 10 a.m., Garden members can enter the "World of Orchids" exhibition for a private "Member Hour," during which other visitors are permitted to roam the rest of the Garden.“This exhibition invites visitors to enjoy the vibrant colors, elegant shapes and intoxicating scents for which orchids are so well known, but it also surprises visitors with flowers of unexpected sizes, shapes, and scents,” said SDBG President and
San Diego Botanic Garden is considered one of the world's top ten botanic gardens. Host Nan Sterman meets with the Garden's executive director, Ari Novy, and members of the Garden's professional staff.