FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/20/14 SAN DIEGO BOTANIC GARDEN 230 QUAIL GARDENS DR. ENCINITAS CA, 92024 760-436-3036 SDBGARDEN.ORG Family Fall Festival Hamilton Children’s Garden Saturday, October 25 10 am –2 pm Celebrate the season at the Family Fall Festival this Saturday, Oct. 25 at the San Diego Botanic Garden from 10 am – 2 pm. Enjoy live, kidfriendly entertainment and fall-themed activities including pumpkin carving, hay wagon rides, a petting zoo and fall arts and crafts. This year, kids can build and take home their own hydroponics unit, complete with a vegetable plant, funded by a Time Warner Cable STEM grant. In addition San Diego favorites, Hullabaloo, will play live music from 10:30 – 11:30 am. All of the activities will take place in the Hamilton Children’s Garden at the San Diego Botanic Garden. FAMILY FALL FESTIVAL EVENTS 10 am – 2 pm Hay wagon rides, petting zoo and crafts 10 am – 2 pm Build Your Own Hydroponics Unit funded by a Time Warner Cable® STEM grant 10:30 am – 11:30 am Hullabaloo 11:45 am – 1 pm Pumpkin carving 1:15 pm – 2 pm Children can wear their favorite Halloween costume and are invited to participate in a costume contest (No adults in costumes please!) Cost: Free with paid admission or Garden membership About San Diego Botanic Garden The San Diego Botanic Garden is a beautiful garden oasis nestled on 37-acres in the midst of Encinitas. Visitors enjoy restful vistas, flowering trees, majestic palms, and the nation’s largest bamboo collection. Thanks to our mild Southern California climate, plants from all over the world thrive here. Our diverse topography provides a wide variety of microclimates giving visitors the sensation of strolling through a tropical rainforest to hiking in the high-desert. Four miles of trails wind through 29 uniquely themed gardens including the nationally-acclaimed Hamilton Children’s Garden. For more information please contact: Lisa Reynolds Marketing and Public Relations Manager lreynolds@SDBGarden.org