All Hallows' Eve 2023

Eerie Enchantments: Poe’s Garden of Shadows

Fridays - Sundays October 20 - 29, 2023 | 6 - 9 pm
& Halloween Night | 6 - 7:30 pm

Tickets: $20 for adults | $16 for students, seniors and military | $10 for youth ages 5-17 (under 5 are free)

Listen, watch, and be on guard. Do no harm to the plants and creatures because the house has EYES.

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Have you heard of the Lakewold Monster?

Rumor says it is a creature that evolved as the climate has changed and caused harm to 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 revenge as the days transition from daylight to darkness.

Don’t believe the rumor? Come and see for yourself at Lakewold Gardens. . . if you dare!

Join us the Last Two Weekends of October
for Spooky Fun for the Whole Family. . . if you dare!

Witness the elusive Gravelly Lake Monster's nightly appearance at 7 pm as it patrols the Lakewold grounds

  • Be on the lookout for 8 menacing ravens hidden in our garden scavenger hunt
  • Make a fun or frightening origami bat or color the Monster!
  • Test your nerves by guessing what's contained in the mystery touch boxes
  • "Relax" with a classic monster movie, popcorn & hot cider in the Haunted Movie Theater
    Oct 20: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Oct 21: Dracula, Oct 22: The Mummy
    Oct. 27: Frankenstein, Oct 28: The Wolfman, Oct 29: The Mummy
  • Peek inside Edgar's Lakeside Library and search for hidden objects
  • Take a selfie and upload it to Facebook or Instagram to enter our costume contest (tag @lakewoldgardens and #myLakewoldcostume OR send your photo by Messenger) with a chance to win a prize package valued at $150 (adult and kids categories)
  • Shop for spooktacular seasonal keepsakes in the Gift Shop

Fridays & Saturdays:

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Poe Nocturne
6:30 & 7:30 pm
Heed the words of Edgar Allen Poe as actors from Theater Artists Olympia present short theatrical pieces and dramatized stories of some of his most spine-tingling tales. Directed by John Seremebe

See the full performance schedule >

Sunday, October 22:

Spooooky Storytelling by Creepy Colloquy
6:30 & 8 pm
Two sessions: kid-friendly at 6:30 pm; scarier tales at 8 pm

Pumpkin Carving Party
6 - 9 pm
What's Halloween without a jack-o-lantern? We will provide pumpkins (available for purchase) and carving tools, you bring the creativity!

Sunday, October 29:

Candlelight Concert with Keyboard Artist Elliott Sander
6:30 & 8 pm
Step into the shadowy living room for a concert of haunted tunes.

TRICK OR TREAT AT LAKEWOLD!

Little children trick or treating on Halloween

 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 | 6 - 7:30 pm

Bring the kids to search for the hidden ravens while they trick-or-treat this year!
Find a raven, get a treat!

Free Admission (but donations are greatly appreciated!)

The Lakewold Haunting

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 family who lived in the house abandoned the property. No one is there to mow the lawns, weed the flowerbeds or rake the leaves.

The house, still clinging to the memories of parties, movies 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 family 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!

 

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Lakewold Gardens | 12317 Gravelly Lake Drive Southwest, Lakewood, WA 98499

Mailing Address | Post Office Box 39780, Lakewood, WA 98496

Phone | 253-584-4106

Spring/Summer/Fall Hours | 10 am to 5 pm Wed - Sun

Winter Hours (Nov - Mar) | 10 am to 4 pm Fri - Sun

This page is made possible, in part, by a City of Lakewood Lodging Tax Grant.