[adrenalineshotscomics]

Hi All

If any of you have created a haunted harden type experience then would love to hear your suggestions!

Especially anything that is hardy and can withstand rain and wind!

Thanks

 

[The Skeleton Crew]

A few years back I made a lot of tombstones and ghosts (souls) for a display entitled "Garden of Souls". The showcase is located here:

Garden of Stones

Shallow Markers of Death

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I have additional photos of the display on my pinterest account:

11 Awesome 2018 - Shallow Grave Cemetery (Garden of Souls) ideas | dark thoughts, spirits of the dead, tombstone

Nov 4, 2018 - Thy soul shall find itself alone. Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone. Not one, of all the crowd, to pry into thine hour of secrecy. The spirits of the dead who stood in life; before thee are again. In death around thee, and their will shall overshadow thee... See more ideas...

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10 2017 - Shallow Grave Cemetery (The Reaper) ideas | reaper, cemetery, halloween props

Apr 4, 2018 - Due to heavy rain I had to drastically reduce my display plans for this season. The Reaper ,who was meant to be displayed in a “garden of souls” , was confined to my patio and I was only able to display a small number of the more than 50 souls that I made. See more ideas about...

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The displays endured heavy thunderstorms with no damage.

 

[GuaranteeD]

Last year I had a small garden in front of my witch hut. It had a monster mud giant mushroom, some Aubrey type flytrap plants made from easter eggs, a skullflower plant, and some other miscellaneous plants from the dark recesses of my imagination. A forgotten bale of straw made a nice mulch and covered up most of the bases. I swear this year I'll get better pictures!

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[oldmeat]

I am incorporating a bit of a garden feel into my cemetery this year. This fountain is a work in progress, but will be a centerpiece.

this is a bit of inspiration:

i may also build a well similar to this and attempt to put an infinity mirror inside...

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[Lorhan The Horror Ham]

Look up episodes of the Original Adam's family. Their garden is one of the things I immediately think of when I hear "Haunted garden."

I think a big thing that might help would be to figure out the story on WHY it is a haunted garden:
-the gardener who took care of this place long ago was struck by lightning while tending to it during a storm => lightning based ghosts/haunted plants maybe, lots of storm effects and such scattered around.
-a garden once lovingly tended to by a married couple . . . until an affair was found out, words were shouted, and the husband disappeared! Now it is said that he was buried in the garden and haunts the grounds... => bloody gardening tools, ghostly arguments from no where, a pulsing mound of dirt (modified thumping coffin in my head), a zombie husband and a ghostly vengeful wife
-Aliens have landed and are slowly replacing the normal flora with their own genetic monstrosities! => Audrey plants, crazy combination fake plants of doll/baby doll parts and flowers/bushes, robot plants for spying, alien craft hiding in a tree or on top of the roof

A silly story can help get the mind going in a direction for the right props to build/setup to lay out.

 

[Defenestrator]

I'm not sure if this is the sort of thing you're looking for, but here's our 'Wicked Garden' from last year:

Halloween 2020: Wicked Garden

Sooo, how about that 2020, eh? Weird though it may have been, and despite all of the chaos, including questions about the holiday in general and the remnants of a last-minute hurricane and the accompanying loss of power for us in particular, there was ultimately still a Halloween 2020 at...

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[JCO]

My approach would be "age" and "death." Tombstones that are very weathered and discolored, maybe one that was knocked over or broken long ago. If not tombstones then pots and planters that are very old and neglected. Same with garden statues, gnomes, birdbaths, etc. Cobewebs. Dead leaves. Dead branches. Dead flowers in a vase in front of one of the graves. Dead or dying and withered plants, weeds, moss, ivy, vines, etc. Blair Witch dolls. A rusty shovel with bones or a skull next to it. The remains of a gazebo that collapsed or caught fire long ago. Static or animated props like a raven, black cat, mice, insects, an old doll, etc. Eyes looking out at you from the shadows. Ground fog. Eerie lighting.