Fall Festival at The Gardens at Texas A&M runs Saturday morning, with a quiet zone for visitors who need one

The Gardens at Texas A&M University will hold its annual Fall Festival on Saturday morning, a free event open to anyone in the community.

The festival runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, according to the Gardens' event page. KBTX, which featured the festival in its Weekend Gardener segment Friday, listed a closing time of 11 a.m.; the Gardens' own listing gives 11:30.

Organizers describe a morning built around families: seasonal crafts, hands-on activities, educational stations and time to walk the grounds as the plantings turn toward autumn. Visitors who find crowds or noise hard to handle can use a sensory-free quiet zone that will be set up for the length of the event.

Getting there

Parking is free for festival visitors in Lots 97 and 100c, the Gardens says. Its website has a parking and transportation page with more on where to leave a car.

If you cannot make it Saturday

The Gardens has posted a few ways to take part on another day. A printable fall coloring page and a scavenger hunt sheet are on the festival page, so families can make their own visit and check items off as they go. A pumpkin wall in the Gardens is available for photos throughout October.

The page also points to fall recipes from the Dinner Tonight program run by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

The Gardens is asking visitors who share photos on social media to tag @TAMUGardens and use #TAMUGardens.

The Gardens is the university's public garden space on the College Station campus. Earlier this month it dedicated a new teaching garden for gardening classes.

Sources

gardens.tamu.edu

KBTX

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