Each year as the days grow darker, the mysterious creature returns to its native land on the grounds of what is today Lakewold Gardens. According to legend, it evolved as the climate has changed and harmed Lakewold’s native flora and fauna. Displeased with the treatment of its home by humans, the monster is said to emerge from Gravelly Lake to seek its revenge.  

 

Feeling adventurous? Come to All Hallows' Eve at Lakewold Gardens October 25-27 and see if you can catch a glimpse of the mysterious monster!  

 

Activities and surprises for thrill seekers of all ages are on tap at All Hallows’ Eve. Search the foliage for hidden surprises in a nighttime scavenger hunt—but be alert! The Gravelly Lake Monster is expected to make its nightly appearance. If you’re lucky, you might be able to snap a selfie with it! 

 

Then come inside and warm up in Wagner House. While you recharge with popcorn and a hot beverage, take in a classic monster movie in the haunted theater, enjoy live music and performances, and get creative with a spooky craft. Don’t forget to stop by the Garden Shop to browse a selection of curious baubles. 

 

All Hallows’ Eve festivities are scheduled from 6 to 9 pm Friday, October 25 – Sunday, October 27. Tickets are $20 for adults, $16 for students, seniors and military, $10 for youth 5-17 and free for kids under 5. Visit lakewoldgardens.org for the full schedule and to purchase tickets.  

 

Trick or Treating at Lakewold Gardens 

Halloween Night, 6 to 7:30 pm  

There’s one last opportunity to spy the monster before it returns to its hidden lair—bring the kids for trick-or-treating in the gardens on Halloween night at this free community event. 

 

 

 

SIDEBAR: 

The Haunting of Lakewold 

In a faraway land of lakes stands an especially beautiful home encircled with acres of lovely gardens and abounding in great trees and mysteriously fragrant rare plants. Over the years, as the climate changed and the weather became unpredictable, the caretakers who watched over the house abandoned the property. No one is there to mow the lawns, weed the flower beds or rake the leaves.   

The house—still clinging to the memories of parties and picnics—longed for companionship and threw open its doors to the garden. The plants slipped indoors so silently that only the garden creatures could hear their green tendrils crawling across the floor and up the walls. One by one, leaf by leaf, greenery of every kind, embraced the house. Little creatures scurried under the floorboards, and great fierce birds and bats perched on the beams of the great room admiring their new jungle habitat.   

Slowly, other strange beings entered through mysterious new portals. The house sighed as ghostly spirits flitted from room to room. The plants and the creatures were very sad because their human friends had abandoned their home and had done nothing to counter the changes in the climate. The caretakers had left the plants and garden creatures to fend for themselves. This made the whole garden community angry. The plants promised to use their long green tendrils to exterminate any human intruder, and the tiny creatures swore they would chew human invaders into garden mulch.  

BE WARNED! Enter the garden at your own risk. Listen, watch, and be on guard.  Do no harm to the plants and creatures because the house has EYES. The plants have deadly tendrils and the animals have tiny, very sharp teeth!  

This is for if you need to recreate the featured picture:

All Hallows' Eve at Lakewold Gardens

Enter at your own risk!

Listen, watch, and be on guard.

Do no harm to the plants and creatures because the house has EYES!