FALL-O-WEEN NYBG

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) becomes the region’s pumpkin headquarters during NYBG Fall-O-Ween, offering a fun and engaging array of activities, programs, and photo opportunities for all ages, Oct 11th – November 30,  2025

Experience hundreds of pumpkins and gourds on display; food and beverage talks, demonstrations, and tastings; and two family-friendly Spooky Garden Nights, offering Halloween-themed entertainment for adults and children alike. Fan favorite Adam Bierton returns to NYBG to create his intricate and nature-inspired pumpkin carvings and to host a master carver competition.

Once again, the Botanical Garden is the place to see giant pumpkins during the last two weeks of October, culminating in the exciting Giant Pumpkin Carving Weekend. At the “pumpkin patch” at NYBG Shop, pick and purchase the perfect pumpkin to take home for decorating or eating, and on select weekends, get a mini- pumpkin to paint either at the Garden or at home. Fall-O-Ween concludes with two Fall Forest Weekends, with programming celebrating the colorful spectacle of autumnal foliage in the Thain Family Forest.

WICKED Broadway Garden

October 11–November 2, 2025

Annual Pumpkin Carve-Off

October 18, 2025; 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

Pumpkin Carving with Adam Bierton

October 19, 2025; 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Meet the Giant Pumpkin Growers

October 19, 2025; 1 p.m.

Giant Pumpkin Carving

October 23–26, 2025; 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Fall Forest Weekend

November 1 and 2, 2025; 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

Thain Family Forest

Kiku: Spotlight on Tradition

November 1–16, 2025; 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Nolen Greenhouses for Living Collections

Join us on November 8, 2025, for a taiko drumming performance celebrating this seasonal favorite display.