Maymont Garden Glow

“Step into a glowing world of color at Garden Glow where light and a bit of magic take over Maymont after dark.” Join other Hiking + Photography friends to explore the challenge of night photography and light photography all at one time! Garden glow includes paths of lights and intricately designed features such as trees of glowing peonies and illuminated birds. In the Japanese garden, colors light the treetops and are reflected in the pond.

The path begins at the Robin’s Nature Center and winds down to the Japanese Garden providing ample opportunities to stop and photograph along the way. See the following links for more information.

>> Link to Maymont Map <<
>> Link to Garden Glow website <<

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM

Note that because this is a paid event and rain-or-shine, we are keeping an eye on the weather and if it isn’t looking good, we will move our event to Nov 6. Keep your eye out for messages posted here for this event to stay on top of any updates.

Important Ticket Information:

• You must purchase your own ticket and they must be purchased in advance as the event has capacity limitations. (Wait until we have a green light for this meetup event as we are keeping an eye on the weather.)
• The event is rain or shine.
• Tickets are nonrefundable and cannot be transferred to another date.
• Tickets for this date are $20 for adults and you should select the entrance time for 6:00-6:30.
• Click here to buy tickets

Meetup Logistics:

• We will meet inside the entrance at 6:00PM or as soon as the 6PM entry opens up. Go to your right when you get in.
• Parking could be challenging. Leave time to find a spot and get to the entrance. (Note that the event is at the Nature Center entrance and not the main entrance to Maymont.)

Photography Logistics:

• Bring a tripod (or a monopod). Exposure for nights and lights can be tricky. Sometimes your shots can be done hand-held, but often longer exposures are required and a tripod will be needed for the shot.
• For best results, understand how to set the ISO on your camera. Many of us use auto-ISO but for night photography, this makes the images quite grainy. That said, a lower ISO will require more light, so longer exposures or wider apertures are needed.
• Speaking of wider apertures... bring the fastest lens(es) you have, ideally f/2.0 or wider.
• We will be walking about a mile and carrying equipment, so wear good walking shoes. And although we’re hoping we don’t need them, be prepared to wear warm clothes and find those fingerless gloves!

Note: This event is being organized by our group member Kendra, so please direct any questions to her via Meetup messaging, or by posting a comment on this event page.

[Event photo courtesy of Maymont website. Photo credit: Dave Parrish]