2012 Goblins in the Garden

 

When:

Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7

Time: 10am - 4pm, daily

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.

 

Activities

From 10am-4pm

 
Trick-or-treat Trail .......................................  Display Garden
Scarecrow Row ........................................... Picnic Area
Wagon Rides ............................................... Blueberry Pond/Ponderosa Pines
Leaf Trail ....................................................   Map available at the Holden Membership Tent
Cornstalk Maze ............................................  Holden Hedge Collection

Straw Pyramid Climb ....................................      

 Across from Hedge maze
Free Apples (while supplies last) ....................  Between Holden Hedge Collection and Display Garden
Live Entertainment  ....................................... Visitor Center Lawn
Face and hand painting ................................. Corning Visitor Center
Family crafts  ............................................... Corning Visitor Center Lawn; Holden Shelter House
Duct Tape Art demos by Forest Walker Davis ..   Corning Visitor Center Lawn
Police Safety Site ......................................... Near Holden Shelter House

                     

11am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm – Live family-friendly entertainment by the band Upriver, crossing generations by passing on the musical culture of Celtic, Appalachian, Bluegrass and American Folk Music.  A variety of instruments are used such as guitars, piano, Irish whistle, alto recorder, mandolin, upright bass, fiddle, banjo and more to bring both music and education to their performances.

 

Noon each day -- Like the Pied Piper, the Cat in the Hat knows how to entice kids to follow along. Join our parade, led by the Cat in the Hat and other favorite Dr. Seuss characters from the Willoughby Fine Arts Association’s upcoming production of  “Seussical.”

 

Food Concessions 

  • Culinaire Pavane
  • The Reserve House
  • Bakers Rack
  • Woodfire Pizza (Sunday only)
  • Girl Scout Troop #70441  (beverages, popcorn, GS candy)

 

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 again include a Scarecrow Row, and we invited area clubs, teams, classes, organizations and families are encourage to enter the competition and create a scarecrow.

 

Come and see this year's crop of scarecrows during Goblins in the Garden and vote for your favorite.

 

 
Scarecrow example