{"id":367719,"date":"2026-10-08T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367719\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:20:35","slug":"queens-botanical-garden-is-hosting-a-halloween-candy-trail-live-shows-and-a-harvest-bar-for-just-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/367719\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Botanical Garden is hosting a Halloween candy trail, live shows and a harvest bar for just $10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource \/ Queens Botanical Garden<\/p>\n

A trick-or-treat trail for the kids, harvest cider for the adults, and a storytelling spider leading the way through an outdoor art exhibition. <\/p>\n

Queens Botanical Garden<\/a> has a fairly convincing case for spending Halloween<\/a> in Flushing<\/a> this year!<\/p>\n

The 39-acre garden has announced its Halloween celebration for Saturday, October 31, with crafts, live performances, a vendor fair, and an afternoon candy trail running from noon to 5 pm. <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHalloween at Queens Botanical Garden 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\t31 October 2026 12:00\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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\t\tQueens Botanical Garden\n\t<\/p>\n

And yes, costumes are most certainly encouraged, and the festivities finish early enough to leave your evening plans untouched so don\u2019t worry!<\/p>\n

But the most intriguing part isn\u2019t the candy alone. A special curator-led walk will pair outdoor artworks with storytelling and treats, adding something distinctly different to the usual neighborhood Halloween circuit. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what\u2019s planned!<\/p>\n

\"\"Source \/ Queens Botanical Garden<\/p>\n

Halloween takes the garden route<\/p>\n

Rather than sending little ones from apartment buzzer to apartment buzzer, the garden\u2019s trick-or-treat trail gives them an outdoor route to explore, with candy available while supplies last! <\/p>\n

There are Halloween crafts and \u201cspooky plants\u201d to investigate, plus face painting, a magic show, storytelling, and live performances slated for the afternoon.<\/p>\n

The grown-ups haven\u2019t been relegated to holding coats, either!. <\/p>\n

Harvest beers and ciders will be available alongside a local vendor fair and Halloween photo opportunities. Food and drinks cost extra, but admission includes a setting considerably prettier than the lobby where you usually supervise the candy negotiations.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a seasonal shopping stop, too: the QBG Farm stand will be selling the last of its harvest and the garden\u2019s own bottled honey.<\/p>\n

A storytelling walk with treats along the way<\/p>\n

One of the afternoon\u2019s more unusual additions is a guided walk through the garden\u2019s outdoor art exhibition, with stories and treats at each stop.<\/p>\n

The exhibition, The Art of Storytelling<\/a>, brings together installations by six local artists in partnership with AnkhLave Arts Alliance. Instead of hanging on gallery walls, the works sit among the garden\u2019s plants and pathways, drawing on the artists\u2019 cultural backgrounds and turning different corners of the landscape into places to pause, look, and listen.<\/p>\n

For Halloween, curator Darlene Deloris will lead visitors through the artworks while taking on the role of Anansi the Spider. According to the garden\u2019s PR team, she\u2019ll use storytelling to explore the cultural origins behind each installation, with a traditional treat offered at every station.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s plenty to catch your eye along the route. <\/p>\n

In the Unity Garden, Marco DaSilva\u2019s monumental mosaic dress shoe has a plant emerging from it, combining Brazilian cultural references with the familiar imagery of NYC shoe-repair shops. At Cherry Circle, Haksul Lee\u2019s 25-foot-wide musical installation, Sympathetic Resonance, invites visitors to activate it together. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Cecile Chong\u2019s stacked ceramic forms occupy the Bee Garden, while Dara Ojugbele\u2019s basket-like head, made from fallen twigs, branches, and bark, sits in the Deconstructed Wetlands. It\u2019s a chance to discover the stories behind some wonderfully unexpected sculptures, with something sweet to accompany the journey.<\/p>\n

The exhibition stays on view through December 6, so you can return for another look long after the Halloween candy has disappeared!<\/p>\n

\"\"Source \/ Queens Botanical Garden<\/p>\n

Stay for the autumn garden<\/p>\n

Queens Botanical Garden existed long before anyone proposed adding a Halloween candy trail.<\/p>\n

It grew out of \u201cGardens on Parade,\u201d a five-acre exhibition at the 1939\u20131940 New York World\u2019s Fair. Residents helped preserve the plantings after the fair, and the garden eventually moved to its current Main Street home. Today, it spans 39 acres. <\/p>\n

That history still has a living presence: two blue atlas cedars brought over from the original World\u2019s Fair site frame the tree-gate sculpture at the Main Street entrance.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019re inside, leave time for a proper autumn wander. <\/p>\n

The Wedding Garden is known for its fall foliage displays, while the garden\u2019s October plant guide highlights pin oaks in the Oak All\u00e9e and Arboretum. The Pinetum offers a quieter change of scenery among evergreens.<\/p>\n

Tickets and essential details<\/p>\n

When: Saturday, October 31, 2026, noon to 5 pm.<\/p>\n

Where: Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street, Flushing.<\/p>\n

Tickets: $10 for non-member adults and $8 for children ages 4\u201317, plus applicable Fever booking fees. QBG members enter free!<\/a><\/p>\n

Extras: Food, drinks, vendor purchases, and farm-stand goods cost separately.<\/p>\n

Weather: Rain or shine, with possible cancellation in extreme weather. Check the garden\u2019s updates before traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source \/ Queens Botanical Garden A trick-or-treat trail for the kids, harvest cider for the adults, and a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-367719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}