Chicago Botanic Garden

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lightninglightningTrains, Tricks & Treats:
Enjoy a Frightfully Good Time
in the Model Railroad Garden!

Saturday, October 30, and Sunday, October 31, 2010
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PHOTO: girls in halloween costumes.Families are invited to come in costume and trick-or-treat throughout the Model Railroad Garden to celebrate Halloween and the end of the railroad's season at Trains, Tricks & Treats on October 30 and 31.

The Model Railroad Garden will be decorated with spider webs, spiders, ghosts, goblins, and pumpkins, as well as seasonal plant materials. Visitors will see figurines of trick-or-treaters on Main Street, bats and crawly creatures, a graveyard, and more, all tucked among miniature scenes of America's best-loved landmarks and beautiful gardens planted to scale.

An array of small treats and treasures can be picked up throughout the Model Railroad Garden. Children will have the opportunity to pot up a Halloween plant.

The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3 to 12. Members save $1.

Standard parking fees apply. Event is held weather permitting.