2011 Goblins in the Garden

 

When:

Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9

Time: 11am- 4:30pm

Where:

Corning Visitor Center

Cost:

Members: $10 per car
Nonmembers: $15 per car


Celebrate Halloween at The Holden Arboretum. Bring your costumed children and trick-or-treat during the daylight hours in our decorated garden setting. Other activities include: wagon rides, leaf trail, cornstalk maze, straw pyramid climb, face and hand painting, live entertainment, and free apples and cider! Dogs on leashes and in costume are welcome as well. Rain or shine event.

 

New This Year: Scarecrow Row

 

Scarecrows have long held a traditional place in the gardens and at fall celebrations. This year, Holden's Goblins in the Gardens will include a a Scarecrow Row, and we invite area clubs, teams, classes, organizations and families are encourage to enter the competition and create a scarecrow. Each scarecrow accepted for the display will earn 10 complimentary passes to our Goblins in the Garden event.

 

Submit your idea to Peg Weir by Sept. 15, 2011.

 

Download the competition guidelines and entry form.

Scarecrows must be complete and at Holden on or before Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 for installation. You will be encouraged to assist in the set-up of your scarecrow at designated locations. If your design is somewhat site-specific, please make that clear when you submit your scarecrow entry.


Scarecrows will be subject to the weather for up to two weeks, so construct with weather-resistant materials. Following the event, you may pick-up your scarecrow for other uses or donate it to Holden for future use.

Scarecrow example