Pumpkin Days at Tyler Arboretum is a long standing local tradition, and this year the celebration is better than ever. This annual fundraising event benefits the Arboretum and is the quintessential fall festival, held in a beautiful natural setting!
Pumpkin Days Celebration
Saturday & Sunday, October 16 & 17, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday, October 16 & 17, 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Sing along with Makin’ Music: Rockin’ Rhythms Band. New this year, Native American Performers, Toni Seaflower & Bart Standing Elk, accompanied by We Dubi Cung Drummers. Local favorite, Penncrest High School Band (on Saturday), Go Pound Sand! Say these words and Master Sand Sculptor, Chuck Feld, and he will do just that as he creates a Tyler masterpiece. Get spooked in our always-popular Haunted Barn-a teenage favorite; tour the Arboretum in our Hay Wagon and have your cheek painted. Bounce around all day in our Wizard’s Castle Moon Bounce and Bungee Trampoline. Paint your favorite Pumpkin Patch pumpkin; enjoy ongoing pumpkin contests, games and activities. Plus: Roving stilt walking juggler, clowns, Wally Goose, Stubby the Helicopter and more!
Pumpkin Days offers ongoing make-&-take crafts and activities, such as Scarecrow making, and games for kids of all ages. Come hungry and sample delicious festival fare. Pumpkin Days Food Court features hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, snacks and yummy home-baked goodies.
No pre-registration required. Member admission:$4 for adults, $2 for children ages 3 to 15; Not-yet-member admission:$9 for adults, $6 for children ages 3 to 15; kids under 3 are FREE.
This year’s festival includes our wildly successful Nature’s Enchantment: Totally Terrific Treehouses, which closes for the season on Sunday, October 31. Be enchanted by the 29 whimsical and unconventional tree houses, displays and structures, laid out on a comfortable one-mile loop through Tyler’s beautiful grounds.
Please Note Visitor Parking for Pumpkin Days is only at Penn State Brandywine Campus, down the road, on Rt. 352. Continuous shuttle bus service brings visitors to the Arboretum’s admissions area. Strollers welcome!
For more information: www.tylerarboretum.org
Location: 515 Painter Road in Media, Pa.
This event is appropriate for: the whole family
Cost: Member admission:$4 for adults, $2 for children ages 3 to 15; Not-yet-member admission:$9 for adults, $6 for children ages 3 to 15; kids under 3 are FREE.
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