Join us this fall in the Ashton Gardens for our popular Scarecrow Festival. Enjoy the beautiful autumn colors in the expansive 50-acre gardens and dozens of imaginative scarecrows built and submitted by the community. Visit on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday to enjoy activities, vendors, and food!
Festival is included with regular garden admission and FREE for Thanksgiving Point Members.
October 14-19, 2024
Ashton Gardens
3900 N. Garden Drive
Lehi, Utah 84043
October 14 – 19, 2024
9 am – 8 pm
Early Closure: October 14, 4 pm
Late Opening: October 19, 10 am
Festival Market and Concessions: October 17-19
FREE for Thanksgiving Point members and included with regular Ashton Garden admissions.
Build a Scarecrow
Want to contribute your creativity to the Scarecrow Festival? Grab your coworkers, friends, and families to build your own! This is the perfect chance to showcase your love for a favorite sports team, a quotable scene from a movie, a favorite Halloween style, and so on.
Building a scarecrow is not about perfection, it’s about being creative and having fun in the process. If you haven’t participated before, we think this year is the perfect time to round up some items from your donate pile and join the festivities!
New entries receive 4 passes to the festival to come back and marvel at your creation and are entered to win one of several prize packs.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Join us October 17, 18, or 19 from 10 am – 6 pm for vendors at the Waterfall Amphitheater.
Vendor Applications for 2024 are now closed.
ALL ENTRIES RECEIVE:
- 4 Complimentary tickets to the 2024 Scarecrow Festival
- One entry into the Grand Prize Drawing
Grand Prize
The Grand Prize is a random drawing chosen on the last day of the festival. The grand prize includes:
- $100 Thanksgiving Point Gift Card
- Thanksgiving Point Family OR Grandparent Membership ($300 value)
- 4 VIP Luminaria tickets for the 2024 season ($164 value)
Judges CHoice
FIRST PLACE
- Trophy
- Thanksgiving Point Family OR Grandparent Membership ($300 value)
- 2 VIP tickets for the 2024 Luminaria season. ($82 value)
- Scarecrow Image featured on the Thanksgiving Point Marquee and social media
SECOND PLACE
- Trophy
- $50 Thanksgiving Point Gift Card
- 2 Luminaria Tickets for the 2024 season ($52 value)
THIRD PLACE
- Trophy
- 2 Luminaria Tickets for the 2024 Season ($52 value)
People’s Choice
FIRST PLACE
- Trophy
- Thanksgiving Point Family or Grandparent Membership ($300 value)
- 2 VIP tickets for the 2024 Luminaria Season. ($82 value)
- Scarecrow Image featured on the Thanksgiving Point Marquee and social media
SECOND PLACE
- Trophy
- $50 Thanksgiving Point gift card
- 2 Luminaria Tickets for the 2024 season ($52 value)
THIRD PLACE
- Trophy
- 2 Luminaria Tickets for the 2024 season ($52 value)
Scarecrow 5k
Get in your costume for an exciting and beautiful fall run, perfect for the whole family! Run by creative scarecrows made by members of the community – but watch out, some of the scarecrows may be alive!
The History of Scarecrows
Whether they are spook-ified villains like in Batman or naïve and lovable travel companions like in the Wizard of Oz, scarecrows are a staple of the autumnal harvest season. Learn more about how long scarecrows have been around and how they came to be!
Presenting Sponsors:
Mountain America Credit Union
Lehi City PARC
Supporting Sponsors:
Adobe
Dancing Moose Montessori
doTERRA
Union Pacific