Enchanted Forest 4:00pm - 8:00pm $10 all persons over 5 yrs
Enchanted Forest trails take you through the light filled swamp with fantastic beasts of all shapes and sizes created by all ages in our workshop series and curated by a team of artists! Also experience the Green Dragon Apothecary, firepit, creative activities & more!
Wear a costume or make a mask at our activity staion
Event includes a wagon ride to the gate. Parking is at the City Auditorium and Police Station
Buy tickets at the gate or online
SCHEDULE
Bewitching Birds Presentation 4:00 - 6:30
Meet live owls and other feathered beasts. Learn more about them with Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation
Enchanted Forest Trails 4:00 - 7:30
Explore mysterious lights, handmade magic and the beauty of a cypress swamp
Green Dragon Apothecary & Sweet Shop 4:00 - 8:00
Sweets, weenie roasting kits, smore kits, live music, full moon photo booth with a firepit
CREATIVE INSTALLATIONS handcrafted with natural and found materials:
The Great Deku Tree and Friends - encounter the wisdom of tree beings, guardians of the forest.
Migrating Forest Trolls - pygmy swamp trolls lurking in the rubble.
Flying Fish - a school of glowing fishes hovering in the cypress trees
Swamp Thing - 12 ft furry swamp beast hiding along the trail (don’t worry, he’s a vegetarian)
Fantastic Fungus - mushrooms with attitude clustered on logs and snags throughout the trail.
Musical Spiders - GIANT spider webs and a musical interactive web
Swamp Lab- meet “mad” soil scientists from the USGS Soil Laboratory in Oxford and peer into their microscopes
UFO - mysterious visitors from another world
Flower Power - huge sunflowers attract huge butterflies
Dr. Shrikes House of Curiosities - explore the mysteries of nature and beyond!
A HUGE thanks to our sponsors and partners!