Chrysanthemum Festival

Chrysanthemum Festival

Three children dressed in pink and black take in the sights of an indoor garden filled with mums of a wide variety of forms and colors.
Daniel Traub

Dates & Price

On View October 24–November 16, 2025

During regular Gardens Hours

Free with Gardens Admission

Timed Admission Tickets required


Member Reservations

October 24–October 26, 2025

Timed Member Reservations required for Members Friday–Sunday after 3:00 pm

Reservations not required for Gardens Premium Members and Innovators

October 27–November 16, 2025

Reservations not required for Members and Innovators


Become a Member and Attend this Event for Free

Join us for the return of Chrysanthemum Festival and experience a living masterpiece of ever-changing wonder. We stretch our limits—and color outside the lines—by nurturing and training fall’s favorite flower into 66 specialty forms, from baskets to spirals, columns to clouds, that we can’t wait to share with you. 

New this year, we give you a behind-the-scenes look with an in-depth exhibit examining the art and science behind Chrysanthemum Festival … and how our artists achieve this horticulturally rigorous (and gorgeous!) display with flying colors.

A Triumphant Return
The arms of a person working with chrysanthemum blooms.

A Triumphant Return

By Kate Santos, Ph.D., on October 18, 2023
New Forms, New Displays, New Fun
a chrysanthemum bonsai on a wooden platform

New Forms, New Displays, New Fun

By Jim Sutton, Display Designer and Kevin Bielicki with Katie Mobley, on October 27, 2021
The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On

By Jim Sutton, Display Designer, on October 28, 2020