Elana Shap | Israel21C

Snow or icy weather is rare in Israel, yet the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens has its own spectacular Winter Lights Festival patterned after those at botanical gardens in colder climes such as Vancouver, New York and Berlin.

The illuminated winter wonderland, designed by lighting artist Gil Teichman and the Botanical Gardens’ art unit director, Gabi Fima, will start every evening after sundown from December 12 until the end of January.

Visitors will walk a 1-kilometer (a little more than half a mile) pathway lit up by 2.5 million small LED lights and other lighting in various shapes and sizes — including deer, flowers and butterflies — draped over the foliage.

Along the route, music from the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will be piped in, and 30 shimmering floating balls are floating over the lake.

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