Gardenpalooza – Event Canceled
🎃 Pumpkin Fun!
Celebrate fall with a beautiful day in The Gardens — and take home a pumpkin of your own!
⏰ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
🎟️ $10 per person — includes 1 pumpkin + painting supplies!
Children 3 and under are free!
📍 The Gardens of Southeastern North Carolina | 985 Johnson Nursery Rd. Willard, NC 28478
So…What Is Gardenpalooza?
pal·oo·za
/pəˈlo͞ozə/
noun
A large, lively, over-the-top celebration filled with fun, discovery, and delight
Your Family’s Favorite Fall Tradition Starts Here.
Celebrate the season with a relaxing day in The Gardens of Southeastern North Carolina. Wander beautiful garden paths, enjoy delicious seasonal food and drinks, play family-friendly games, paint your own pumpkin, and make lasting fall memories together.
Whether you’re bringing the kids, grandparents, or meeting up with friends, Gardenpalooza is a fall day everyone can enjoy.
The Theme: Pumpkin Fun! 🎃
Celebrate the Best of Fall Together
October is here, and we’re celebrating with pumpkins, gardens, seasonal treats, and plenty of family fun!
October Gardenpalooza: Pumpkin Fun! is all about slowing down and enjoying a beautiful fall day together. Explore The Gardens, grab a wood-fired pizza, play lawn games, paint your own pumpkin, and enjoy everything the season has to offer.
Best of all, every $10 admission ticket includes one pumpkin and painting supplies!
Come for a few hours or spend the whole event with us—there’s something for every generation to enjoy.
Your Gardenpalooza Experience Includes:
🌿 Garden Tours
Explore The Gardens on a guided tour with Karen Root & David Johnson and discover beautiful plants, garden spaces, and seasonal highlights along the way.
⛳ CroqPutt in The Gardens
Step into a one-of-a-kind lawn game dreamed up by the Johnson family! CroqPutt combines the strategy of croquet with the fun of mini golf for a totally unique way to play.
☕ Seasonal Beverages
Sip on seasonal specialty drinks while you enjoy a beautiful October day in The Gardens. Beverages available for purchase.
🎲 Life-Size Lawn Games
Step into the fun with oversized classics like giant checkers—perfect for kids (and kids at heart) to play, laugh, and challenge each other.
🪴 Mixing It Up Class
Create your own custom mixed planter with a little help from our team!
The Mixing It Up DIY Mixed Planter Workshop is available for an additional $65 per participant and can be added when purchasing your Gardenpalooza tickets.
🍕 Wood-Fired Pizza – Yum!
Come hungry! Enjoy delicious wood-fired pizza from Cugino Forno, available for purchase throughout Gardenpalooza.
🎃 Paint Your Own Pumpkin — It’s Included!
🎃 Paint Your Own Pumpkin!
What’s Pumpkin Fun without a pumpkin of your own?
Every Gardenpalooza admission ticket includes one pumpkin and painting supplies!
Pick your pumpkin, find a spot at our painting station, and let your creativity take over. Make it spooky, silly, colorful, classic—or completely your own.
Then take your creation home as a festive reminder of your day in The Gardens!
🎃 1 pumpkin included with every admission ticket
🎨 Painting supplies included
🏡 Take your finished pumpkin home
🎟️ All included with your $10 admission!
🎃 Want Another Pumpkin?
Keep the creativity going! Additional pumpkins can be reserved when purchasing your Gardenpalooza tickets. Add as many as you’d like for even more pumpkin-painting fun.
We recommend reserving additional pumpkins in advance while supplies last.
Garden Members Save 50%
Garden Members receive 50% off Gardenpalooza admission as one of the many benefits of membership.
That means members can enjoy Gardenpalooza — including their pumpkin and painting supplies — for half the regular admission price!
Not a member yet? Become a Garden Member today and enjoy savings on Gardenpalooza plus exclusive discounts throughout the year.
Celebrate Fall With Us! 🎃
Whether it’s your first Gardenpalooza or it’s becoming a family tradition, we’d love to welcome you to The Gardens for a day of fresh air, pumpkins, delicious food, beautiful scenery, and simple fall fun.
Gather your family, invite your friends, and make a day of it.
Saturday, October 10 | 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets are just $10 per person — including one pumpkin and painting supplies!
Children 3 and under are free.
Purchase your tickets today and start looking forward to a beautiful fall day in The Gardens.
Contact & Visit Information
The Gardens of Southeastern NC
985 Johnson Nursery Rd, Willard, NC
Phone: 1‑800‑624‑8174
Email: info@thegardensofsenc.com
