The Hudson Gardens & Event Center

Hudson Holidays is always a treat. Beautiful light displays and festive Christmas music made the Gardens a fun holiday evening for the family. They served hot cider, hot cocoa with whip cream and other beverages. The giant might up tic tac toe board and light maze were favorites. Lots of great spots to take photos. Short line to see Santa while we visited.

During Christmas time they decorate the gardens with a large amount of glorious lights. The whole family enjoyed walking the loop a couple times! Pick a nice (not too cold) night to explore in December.

I run a local non-profit (Cycling Without Age Littleton) and Hudson gardens has been amazing in their partnership with us. They have allowed us to take our riders through the gardens to enjoy the beauty of the flowers and nature. It is a highlight for many of the passengers. This year they allowed us to bring riders through to see the Christmas light show on a low sensory night. Every passenger had an amazing time and loved it. We are so grateful for a beautiful place like Hudson gardens to partner with us to help older adults and those with challenges have access to the outdoors.

12/21/24- This was my first time here and we went to see there Christmas lights. Things started going wrong as soon as we got there. On their website it said that in person ticket sales started at 4:30pm, but when we got there they told us that ticket sales wouldn't open until 5pm which was the same time the event was supposed to open. Then we went into the gift shop to see if we could use the restroom, but they told us we had to use the port-a-potties back out front. A place should have easy access for restrooms, and they could have easily roped off the restrooms behind the gift shop for people to use before they open for the night. One of the port-a-potties was supposed to be ADA, but ADA ones aren't really that accessible even though the manufacturers try. Not to mention clean issues when compared to normal toilets which can impact people with certain issues. This is a good example of a place "trying" to do the bear minimum to meet customer needs without meeting those needs. I was sad that they didn't have actual tickets for you to keep as a souvenir and they have an app thing which is an issue to download. The lady let us skip downloading the app and called the front gate to let them know we were coming. Too many businesses are going to apps and phones only hold so much. Businesses need to stop focusing on apps so much. Once inside things were ok. For people with walking issues it took us about 1.5 hours to get around the whole thing, but able bodied people could have done it in about half an hour, so this had me question their price to lights ratio which seemed high when compared to other displays around the city. Also there were sections of lights that weren't working. The drinks at the coffee shop were ok priced, but not that good and the brownie was gross. Their alcohol drinks were way overpriced for the super small size. I would say the best part of the event was the make your own s'mores for $5 which let you make 2 stores. I gave this place a try even though my friend had major issues trying to have her wedding there back in 2023. This place has potential, but current is just lacking in everything they are doing.

A great park to get a quick stretch of your legs while taking in some greenery. Plenty of parking, bathrooms, and groomed trails.