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Strange Garden
DATE: Oct. 27 - 28
TIME: 5:30 - 9 p.m.
PRICE: Included with Garden admission or membership
Get spooky at the Garden with more treats than tricks! Dress up in your Halloween best, enjoy a night filled with mad botanists, peculiar plants and photo ops. All kids get to take home a free pumpkin from the patch, while supplies last.
Entertainment
- Dance the night away at the Monster Bash with DJ Muchacho Mike.
- DJ Dana on Sunset Plaza
- Experience hands-on demonstration from Dr. T-Rex and learn to propagate your own succulent.
- Phoenix Herpetological Society
- Arizona Circus Center
- Free books from Friends of the Library for Children and Adults
- Pumpkin carving demonstration by local artist Brett Laub
- Food and beverage available for purchase.
Oct. 27
Food Vendors:
- The Queen’s Corn
- 2FG Grilled Cheese
- Flying’ K BBQ
- Pearls Mini Donuts
Oct. 28
Food Vendors:
- The Queen’s Corn
- 2FG Grilled Cheese
- Kingpin BBQ
- Pearls Mini Donuts
ADD-ON TO YOUR EXPERIENCE
Botanical Candles: Celebrating Strange Garden
Oct. 29 | 2-4 p.m. | Members $61.95 General Admission $74.95
Enjoy an interactive candle-making experience at the Garden. Explore the benefits of paraffin-free soy wax, talk about candle care, then dive into the properties of fragrance and essential oils to create a custom scent blend before mixing and hand-pouring your candle with dried botanicals cut from the Garden. Instructed by Tristen Barker. Garden admission is included with purchase.
Click here to purchase class
Costume Guidelines:
- Costumes must be family-friendly and may not be offensive, objectionable or violent.
- Costumes may not contain any weapons.
- Costumes may not contain sharp objects or materials that may accidentally strike another guest.
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