WEEKEND OF WONDER
Saturday, October 11 through Monday, October 13, 2025 | THIS EVENT HAS ENDED

Thank you for joining us for a weekend full of whimsy this autumn as the Garden transformed into a realm of imagination and wonder. The weekend featured fantastical crafts, workshops, and entertainment for all ages. Celebrating the magic of the season with brews and local fare at our beer garden, our magical marketplace, and otherworldly dreamscape of unusual plants through our Stranger Plants exhibit along the way.

For more information on Stranger Plants, please click here.

This event has ended.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

All Day Activities

  • Face Painting with Wahi Creations $
  • Children’s Crafts: Flying Butterflies
  • Blast-Off Builders Station
  • Cosmic Book Nook
  • Scavenger Hunts
  • Bubbles
  • Lawn Games
  • Magical Marketplace Vendors
    • Breathe in Good(S)
    • Spellbound Candle Company
    • Taproot Treasures
    • Seven Energy
    • New England Carnivorous Plant Society
    • Bayberry Pottery
    • Black Jungle Exotics
    • Stratton Hill Pottery

Timed Activities

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | DIY Alien Rings Drop-In Workshop
11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Alien Encounters with Big Nazo
11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Space Pony Rides ($ – pre-registration required)
11 a.m.–3 p.m. | Live Music with The K Fingers Band
11 a.m.–4 p.m. | Beer Garden
1:30–3:30 p.m. | DIY Alien Rings Drop-In Workshop
2–3:30 p.m. | Extraterrestrial Terrariums (Ages 6-12) ($ – pre-registration required)

All Day Activities

  • Live Owl Meet & Greet with Eyes on Owls
  • Face Painting with the Pixie Painters $
  • Children’s Crafts: Flying Butterflies
  • Blast-Off Builders Station
  • Cosmic Book Nook
  • Scavenger Hunts
  • Bubbles
  • Lawn Games
  • Magical Marketplace Vendors
    • Breathe in Good(S)
    • Spellbound Candle Company
    • Seven Energy
    • New England Carnivorous Plant Society
    • Bayberry Pottery
    • Black Jungle Exotics
    • Stratton Hill Pottery

Timed Activities

10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | DIY Nature Masks Drop-In Workshop
10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. | Carnivorous Plant Pals (Ages 7-10) ($ – pre-registration required)
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |  Live Owl Presentation with Eyes on Owls
11 a.m.–2 p.m. | Alien Encounters with Big Nazo
11 a.m.–3 p.m. | Live Music with The K Fingers Band
11 a.m.–4 p.m. | Beer Garden
1:30–3:30 p.m. | DIY Nature Masks Drop-In Workshop
2:30–3:15 p.m. | Live Owl Presentation with Eyes on Owls

All Day Activities

  • Live Owl Meet & Greet with Eyes on Owls
  • Face Painting with the Pixie Painters $
  • Children’s Crafts: Flying Butterflies
  • Blast-Off Builders Station
  • Cosmic Book Nook
  • Scavenger Hunts
  • Bubbles
  • Lawn Games
  • Magical Marketplace Vendors
    • Breathe in Good(S)
    • Spellbound Candle Company
    • Seven Energy
    • New England Carnivorous Plant Society
    • Bayberry Pottery
    • Black Jungle Exotics
    • Stratton Hill Pottery
    • Love, Cyn

Timed Activities
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |  Make-Your-Own Strange Plant Drop-In Workshop
11 a.m.–3 p.m. |  Live Music with The K Fingers Band
11 a.m.–4 p.m. |  Beer Garden
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |  Live Owl Presentation with Eyes on Owls
1:30–3:30 p.m. |  Make-Your-Own Strange Plant Drop-In Workshop
2–3:30 p.m. |  Spider Plant Monsters (Ages 8-14) ($ – pre-registration required)
2:30–3:15 p.m. |  Live Owl Presentation with Eyes on Owls

Pliny Allee during the fall
vendors in the Milton Gallery of New England Botanic Garden

Past images from previous Fall events at New England Botanic Garden