Come dressed in your favorite costume, grab a flashlight, and go on a nighttime adventure to explore the Spooky Pumpkin Garden’s scarecrow and pumpkin displays.

Visit the Trick-or-Treat Trail to decorate a bag and collect wholesome goodies. Other frightfully fun activities include gourd decorating, mingling with larger-than-life skeletons and costumed characters, and listening for critters of the night..

FRIGHTFULLY FUN ACTIVITIES
Decorate a Treat Bag, Everett Children’s Adventure Garden Entrance
Create your own treat bag to fill up with the goodies you collect throughout the evening.

Giant Skeletons on Parade, Ribbon Gate
Larger-than-life skeletons, specially commissioned by Bronx-based puppeteer Lucrecia Novoa, greet you at the start of your nighttime adventure.

Give a Hoot, Boulder Maze
Examine an owl’s talon and feather to learn more about the owls that live in and around the Garden. Then, investigate an owl pellet to discover new things about the diet of these wise birds.

Chocolate Inspiration Station
Ever wonder where your chocolate treats come from? Chocolate tree seeds! Try your hand at grinding cacao as you learn more about chocolate from an NYBG Explainer.

Going Batty, Victorian Play House
Native bats help out gardeners by eating thousands of insects a night. Learn more about these helpful creatures with an NYBG Explainer.

Spooky Spider Legs, Inside the Discovery Center
Discover the role spiders play in Garden ecology as you count the legs on a spider or play pin the leg on the spider.

Investigate Pumpkins and Gourds, Herbarium Counterz
Observe and feel pumpkins and gourds, then discuss your findings with an NYBG Explainer.

Pumpkin Photo Op, Giant Pumpkin Photo Station
Snap a picture in front of giant pumpkins–some weighing in at more than a ton!

Gourd Decorating & Pumpkin Carving
Decorate a gourd to take home.

Register in advance. Timed entries at 6:30 & 7:15pm.