{"id":30161,"date":"2021-10-21T20:31:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=30161"},"modified":"2021-10-21T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:36:42","slug":"haunted-greenhouse-open-to-ghouls-and-goblins-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/haunted-greenhouse-open-to-ghouls-and-goblins-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Greenhouse open to ghouls and goblins Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A spooky stroll through Aurora\u2019s Haunted Forest might have to wait for another year, but the Town is scaring up a creepy cavalcade this Halloween with the second annual Aurora\u2019s Haunted Greenhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set to take over the Joint Operations Centre (JOC) on Industrial Parkway North this Saturday, October 23, and again on October 27 \u2013 30, there will be thrills around every corner as organizers flex their frighteningly creative muscles to transform the space for little ghouls, goblins and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery single display is so unique that you will have no idea what is coming up next,\u201d says Shelley Ware, Special Events Coordinator for the Town of Aurora, who has been working with her team for weeks to get this off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year was the first year for the Haunted Greenhouse as an alternative to the long-running Haunted Forest as Sheppard\u2019s Bush. There were a lot of unknowns the first time around and despite some uncertainty still in the air due to COVID-19, having one year under their belt already has helped them fully realize the creative opportunities inside the nurseries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis year the space is more familiar and many of our volunteers have returned and there is a sense that it is definitely stronger right out of the gate,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cOur subject matter is very diverse because you\u2019re going to go from one display theme, snakes and cactuses for instance, to ninjas and ghosts going up an agility ladder. Every single display is so unique that you don\u2019t even know what is coming next \u2013 it\u2019s all about the unknowns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, in the wider world, with rising vaccine rates, there are, to some degree, a few less unknowns to worry about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year, the community was so appreciative that there was something going on because it was looking like nothing all around,\u201d says Ms. Ware of the uncertainty of planning a Halloween event in the early months of COVID. \u201cThat was really rewarding and then this year of not being able to do it in the Bush and knowing we had one more year at the greenhouse\u2026many, many people from the community were already emailing us [on] when to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is nice that people are looking for this now versus not knowing what to expect. We\u2019re excited to see that come to fruition and we\u2019re also excited to go into the forest next year \u2013 and who knows what that might even look like! It could be a hybrid model.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration is open now for the Haunted Greenhouse at aurora.ca\/hauntedgreenhouse.  Attendees must pre-register for one of two time slots on each night the Haunted Greenhouses are open. Time slots are from 5.30 \u2013 7 p.m., and 7.30 \u2013 9 p.m. Admission is $3 per person and proof of vaccination is required for visitors 12 years of age and older, along with government-issued ID and your date of birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Haunted Greenhouse isn\u2019t the only Halloween initiative being spearheaded by the Town. An added attraction this year will be a \u201cTrick or Trunk\u201d event challenging residents to deck out their car trunks on a Halloween theme and register them for display at the JOC to coincide with the Greenhouses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If that is not your thing, try the Town\u2019s new Halloween Scavenger Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Halloween Community Scavenger Hunt is on now and powered by the GooseChase app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will be providing missions in the form of activities and challenges, well over 60 of them,\u201d says Ms. Ware. \u201cFamilies sign up on their phone and missions get released daily. It will help guide a family\u2019s excitement in the build-up to Halloween. It is just doing simple activities like dressing their family pet in a costume and posting a photo. The app is enabling us to connect with the community and get greater engagement without a physical in-person presence because people can do the scavenger hunt on their own time, in their own space, confident of their own safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMake this and the Greenhouse part of your family\u2019s tradition. We\u2019re purposely not holding a Greenhouse on Halloween so you can have your own family tradition, but hopefully you will take advantage of this truly unique experience that is in your own community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir<\/strong>
Editor
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