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Strange Garden

DATE: Oct. 21-22
TIME: 5:30-9:30 p.m.
PRICE: Included with Garden admission or membership


Trick or treat yourself to a spook-tacular Strange Garden. Experience jaw dropping performances, encounter mad botanists, peculiar plants and creepy-crawlies of the desert. Stop for a photo-op and take home a free pumpkin from our patch!

  • Admissions
    Sanderson Sisters
  • Amphitheater
    Pumpkins Patch
  • Sunset Plaza
    Food Trucks-
    DJ Audrey-
    Double Bar
  • Ullman Terrace
    DJ Katy
    Bar
    Glow Bar
    Monster Bash
  • Patio Café
    MISGIF & MUMMY
  • Steele Herb Garden
    Jungle Jill
    Mad Botanist –
  • Light Lounge
    Children’s Activities
    Buggy Entomologist
    Dr. Trex
  • Marley Horticulture Learning Lab
    Planting Laboratory
    Curiosity Counter
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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