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Photo Gallery: Carve out time for Night of 1000 Jack-o-Lanterns

Byline photo of Kit Wiberg
Kit Wiberg, Director of Photography & Multimedia / October 23, 2024
Carved Jack-o’-Lanterns sit scattered along the path of the Chicago Botanic Garden on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. This is the eighth year of the event and consists of 1,000 small carved pumpkins and 75 large, artfully carved ones.
Carved Jack-o’-Lanterns sit scattered along the path of the Chicago Botanic Garden on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. This is the eighth year of the event and consists of 1,000 small carved pumpkins and 75 large, artfully carved ones.
Kit Wiberg

To conjure up a spooky autumn mood, the Chicago Botanic Garden invites visitors to experience Night of 1000 Jack-o-Lanterns. Attendees can walk a trail filled with 1000 jack-o-lanterns that accompany 75 professionally-carved pumpkins. With nine different carving categories that range from Spooky Cartoons to Haunted Chicago, there is a little something for every ghost and ghoulfriend to enjoy.

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Kit Wiberg
Rachael Kolby carves characters from Beetlejuice into a large pumpkin on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Kolby has over 10 years of pumpkin carving experience and each pumpkin can take 15 hours or more.

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