Annual Events
Spring Festival
Channel GardenThe Spring Festival is a weekend of fun, food and entertainment for all ages. This year's festival is March 27th and 28th, 2010. There are a variety of activities during the Festival:
  • Gardening Demonstrations and Seminars
  • Fun and Educational Activities for the Children
  • Wine Tasting
  • Artisanal Cheeses
  • Model Train Show
  • Classic Car Show
  • Food, beverages and entertainment
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Fall Festival and Half Marathon
The Fall Festival comes to life on a Saturday early in the month of October, from 7:30 am to 9:00 pm.  The festival is day full of fun, activities and entertainment.

Fall Festival Half MarathonThe day's activities and events include:
  • Half Marathon and 5K Runs
  • Photography Contest
  • Kids Arts & Crafts
  • Scavenger Hunts
  • Pumpkin Painting
  • Pumpkin Golf
  • Live Music
  • Gardening Seminars
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BOOtanical
On October 31st between 4:00 and 8:00 pm, Clark Gardens BOOtanical Park becomes a marvelously fun place for kids of all ages to enjoy Halloween.  The BOOtanical is also a time we participate in a community-wide food drive benefiting our area food banks. Bring a non-perishable food item as a donation and you receive free admission to our Halloween festivities on October 31st. Donations are accepted at the Admissions Office.

BOOtanical on HalloweenThere will be:
  • Activities designed for children 12 and under.
  • Trick or Treating
  • Arts & Crafts
  • Games
  • Ghostly Movies
  • Pet Costume Competition
  • Childrens' Costume Parade
  • DJ Music
  • Food & beverages available from local vendors.
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Holiday Festival
Our Holiday Festival is held the first two weekends in December, Thursday through Sunday each week. Visitors may enjoy the entertainment rain or shine - in our all-weather, heated tent. Nice!

Choir singing in Clark Gardens' ChapelThere are lots of activities and attractions:
  • Horse-drawn wagon hayrides.
  • Thousand and thousands of Christmas lights.
  • Pictures with Santa.
  • Nativity Scene.
  • Caroling.
  • Local Entertainment: choirs, singers, bands, dancers, cowboy poetry readings, scripture readings, drum lines.
  • Hot cocoa is available for purchase.
The entertainment line-up is different each evening. It works out to be a great variety show each evening.
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Half Marathon and 5 K

The starting line.Each year on Saturday morning during our Fall Festival, Clark Gardens hosts a half marathon and 5K run/walk. The run starts and finishes in Clark Gardens. The race is on paved paths winding through beautiful tree lined paths both in Clark Gardens and on the Rails to Trails.

This year the runs are scheduled for Saturday, October 2, 2010. Online registration is now available.

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