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Selby tricks and treats with Spooktacular

Families spend Halloween day at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.


  • By Amanda Morales
  • | 2:30 p.m. October 31, 2015
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Guests trick-or-treated their way through the winding paths at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for Spooktacular Saturday afternoon. 

The Halloween-themed event decorated the gardens for a spooky good time. Stations for activities and frightful fun were set up around the lawn and the Ann Goldstein Children’s Rainforest Garden.

Families were also invited to have lunch at the gardens with food vendors dishing up even more treats. 

Allie Chung's costume was inspired by a series of books by Mo Williams about the adventures of a pigeon.
Allie Chung's costume was inspired by a series of books by Mo Williams about the adventures of a pigeon.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens President and CEO Jennifer Romeiniecki and her family Rob, Noah and Luke prove that they aren't afraid of no ghosts dressed up as Ghostbusters.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens President and CEO Jennifer Romeiniecki and her family Rob, Noah and Luke prove that they aren't afraid of no ghosts dressed up as Ghostbusters.
Anna (Belle Babcock) from Disney's Frozen and Harper Finnegan dressed as Anna.
Anna (Belle Babcock) from Disney's Frozen and Harper Finnegan dressed as Anna.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens volunteer Lynn Grow helps Aterious Edwards play a game called Horticulture's Hair-Raising Herbarium.
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens volunteer Lynn Grow helps Aterious Edwards play a game called Horticulture's Hair-Raising Herbarium.
Chase Sugaswa's astronaut costume was out of this world.
Chase Sugaswa's astronaut costume was out of this world.
Gideon Hersh proves that Darth Vader also has  a softer side by posing with his mother Lauren Hersh.
Gideon Hersh proves that Darth Vader also has a softer side by posing with his mother Lauren Hersh.
Jennifer Lampl with Trip, Savannah and Don McEachern
Jennifer Lampl with Trip, Savannah and Don McEachern
Kathleen Siddons and Ella McConnell
Kathleen Siddons and Ella McConnell
Patrick Seidensticker with Sadie and Kim Harden.
Patrick Seidensticker with Sadie and Kim Harden.
Stacey and Payton Stuart both dressed as Minnie Mouse.
Stacey and Payton Stuart both dressed as Minnie Mouse.
Pals Katheleen Siddons and Ella McConnell spin on a swing.
Pals Katheleen Siddons and Ella McConnell spin on a swing.
Reagan Zielger twirls to the music dressed as Cinderella.
Reagan Zielger twirls to the music dressed as Cinderella.
Sofia Jackson and her mother Andrea Jackson
Sofia Jackson and her mother Andrea Jackson

 

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