Gardner Village has to be one of my very favorite places to go in the month of October. It is one of the most unique places around to begin with. It is an old mill from the 1800's that was owned by a man named Archibald Gardner. Archibald was a polygamist who had 13 wives. Because of the size of his family and farm, he had a house for each of his wives. Gardner Village has taken each of those houses, plus the other "houses" that were used for various things around the farm, and turned them into shops. They are mostly all original, renovated for current times. Each store there is truly unique in and of itself. Some of my very favorites are "Posh Frippery" (a store with random stuff but mostly way cute wrapping paper, owned by one of Brett's high school acquaintances), "The Christmas Village Store" (Christmas all year round with every type of ornament, village, nativity and stocking you could imagine), and "Elsa Belle" (a baby boutique with the best baby bling that has a touch of French). But, the best thing about Gardner Village, is what they do during different holidays: Eggs and bunnies for Easter, Witches for Halloween, Elves for Christmas. Hands down, my favorite holiday they do is, obviously, Halloween. The witches come out, and they are everywhere. They are cute, they are funny, they are scary, they are hairy. They have every kind of witch you can imagine. A witch in an outhouse: witchy-poo. A witching well. A witch on top of a roof: can you hear me now?. A witch who will cast spells for chocolate. Witches making brew. Witches playing spook ball. Student Driver witches stuck in trees. Witches directing broom traffic through Spookwest, etc. I could go on and on. I didn't get pictures of them all, just a few. Enjoy them as much as me and the kids do.
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The relief society sisters in my ward are doing a girl's night out and going to the "witches night out" or something like that at Gardner Village this weekend. I'm so excited! Especially after seeing your comments about how much you love it and how cute it is.
Have fun, it is well worth it. It is "Witches Night Out" and will be very crowded and you won't fit in if you don't have your witches hat on. . . so you might try and find one. I have never done it, but I am sure it will be fun.
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