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Scarecrows

✨🌼 From tiny dancers to creative characters, Scarecrows in the Garden is serving up handmade fall magic through Nov. 1. Which one is your favorite?

Bestie, drop everything! We need some whimsy. ✨ Scarecrows in the Garden is sponsored by huntingtonbank.

Fall break fun is 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 in the Garden! 🍂 Come meet our crafty, colorful scarecrows, explore the Children’s Garden and join us for weekly favorites like Storybook Time and Garden Grooves. Little memories, BIG fall vibes. 🧡

Piles of pumpkins! 🎃 Our fall displays are looking 𝘨𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘥, as always. Come get your seasonal fix of scarecrows and fall feels through Nov. 1.

𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 + 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗼𝗳-𝗔𝗹𝗲 is tonight! 🎃🍺 Grab a brew and catch a view of this year's Scarecrows in the Garden as @robplatnertrio takes the mic after 5 p.m. Your Thursday plans just made themselves.

🍂 Hello, October! From colorful scarecrows and pumpkin-filled displays to family fun and festive fall evenings, there’s plenty to discover at the Garden this month. ⬇️ 🎃 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 | Oct. 1-Nov. 1 🍺 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐨𝐟-𝐀𝐥𝐞 | Thursdays in October 🍁 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐮𝐧 | Weekends in October 👻 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 | Oct. 18 🎃 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐤𝐢𝐧-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 | Oct. 22 🍂 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 | Oct. 26 🌱 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐄𝐚𝐭. 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭. | Oct. 7 & 10 👨‍🍳 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬 | Oct. 3, 10, 24 & 31 🍽️ 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 | Oct. 8 & 29 🌿 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 | Oct. 14 🌱 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 | Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon 📖 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 | Wednesdays, 10 & 10:45 a.m. 🎶 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 | Thursdays, 10 & 10:45 a.m.

🎃 They’re here. They’re watching. They’re ready for you. 👀 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 is officially YOURS! Come explore a Garden filled with community-created kooky scarecrows and larger-than-life crafty creations celebrating our 50th anniversary. 🍂✨

Spooky szn is otw 🎃. Scarecrows in the Garden is back Oct. 1!

Oct. 12-14, fill your kids' fall break with scarecrows, pumpkins, spiders and Garden exploration at our 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩. 🕷️🍂🎃 Ages 6-8. Registration ends Oct. 4. Learn more and sign up today with link in bio!

Fall is 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 here—and there’s a lot to look forward to. 🍂🎃 From pumpkins and scarecrows to after-dark fun and fall festivities, the Garden is ready for the season. ➡️ Save this post and plan your fall with us.

🌎 + 🌬️ + 🔥 We all remember what happens on the 21st day of September! These archival scarecrows are on to something. This year's crop debuts Oct. 1. 🍁 BRING. ON. FALL.

🌸 MEMBER GIVEAWAY 🌸 September is Member Appreciation Month, a time to thank our members with games, giveaways, discounts and more, including FOUR ADDITIONAL GUEST PASSES! Your second member challenge: Fall in the Garden is on the horizon: Scarecrows, Fest-of-Ale, Goblins in the Garden and more. 𝙏𝙖𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨!We’ll draw the winner at random from the answers and award them four additional guest passes, the easiest way to share your daytime complimentary admission with friends and family. Current Garden members only. The winner will be selected Friday, Sept. 11. Winners will be notified via email.

Time is running out on Earth Goddess's 2026 blooming season. ⏰👀 Visit before Sept. 26, when her blooms quickly become bulbs and she transforms into Ice Goddess, the DIVA of 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰. Psst! Member tickets are on sale now. ➡️ Link in bio!

Shelly’s got a new home! 🐢🌿 Our radiated tortoise is settling into her new digs, complete with sturdy new cave, rocks to explore and other upgrades made just for her. Come say 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙤 in the Desert House! ✨

✨🌿 85 years of iconic 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 and 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴. Happy Birthday, Dale Chihuly. Today, we toast to the masterworks blooming in our permanent collection, from the Visitor Center to the Glade Garden, Parterre to Longleaf Restaurant. 🎂💚 #CelebrateChihuly

🍽️👩🏾‍🍳Sept. 17, Experience Southern cuisine through a contemporary lens as @thenewsouthatl brings its collaborative dinner series to the Outdoor Kitchen. The all-Black Atlanta chef collective celebrates culinary talent, culture and community by reimagining Southern ingredients and traditions. Up this week: Chefs Christan Willis, Charmain Ware-Jason, Dene Lynn, India Johnson and Jaye Smith. 🎟️ at link in bio!

Fire helps this forest flourish. 🔥 The Garden's Southeastern Center for Conservation is conducting prescribed burns at @nokuseconservation to restore longleaf pine ecosystems. In just a few weeks, today's ash will be replaced by new shoots, wildflowers and a healthier forest. 🌳

🌸 The rain didn’t stop this parade! Garden team members brought the smiles while blooming with pride in the 2026 @atlantapride parade.

Back for another round of pumpkin surprises with Audree! 🎃🍂 Part 2 is giving 𝑔𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒹-𝑔𝑒𝑜𝓊𝓈 variety. 👀

Aries, y'all good? 👀🎃🍂 Peer-review the first half of our scientifically significant 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 star sign archive, register your own creation by Sept. 14, and join us to see this year's crop Oct. 1- Nov. 1. Part two coming soon!

You won’t find this at your pumpkin patch… 🎃👀 But you will find it at Fall in the Garden. 🍂 YOU ready!?

✨ Caviar, crisp bites and a garden full of blooms? A Longleaf snack completes your late-summer stroll – weekend plans worth savoring. 🥂

Garden stroll on a Monday? Say less. 🎃🍂 The Garden is OPEN on Oct. 12, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.

🎉Happy 100th anniversary to our friends at the @highmuseumofart ! Frog Baby, the Perennial Garden’s beloved bronze statue by Edith Parsons, shares a special history with the museum. The sculpture was originally given to Mrs. Hunt Chipley by the Atlanta Art Association, which later became the High, and was placed on extended loan to the Garden in 1979. Now back after months of restoration, Frog Baby is ready for visitors, just in time for our 50th and the High's centennial!

What happens to all the pumpkins? 🤔 Compost and donations! 🌱 The day after Scarecrows in the Garden ends, our horticulture team removes pumpkins, mums and hay bales. Donations are set aside for community partners and the rest to go in the Garden’s compost bin.

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