# Cheekwood Harvest > Event for families in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area (TN). Times are Central Time. - When: Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Where: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, 1200 Forrest Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37205 - Ages: All ages; youth 3-17, ages 2 & under free - Price: Gardens only: adults $21 Tue–Thu / $23 Fri–Sun; youth (3-17) $14 / $16; 2 & under free; members free; $2 service fee per ticket and $5 parking for non-members - Organizer: Cheekwood Estate & Gardens - Official page: https://cheekwood.org/calendar-events/cheekwood-harvest/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-harvest--listing-62dc69d844d171a0e225ea9e ## About Cheekwood's six-week fall festival fills the 55-acre botanical garden with about 100,000 pumpkins and enters its final week. Families follow the new Marigold River, a ribbon of more than 2,500 orange, red and yellow blooms running from the Bradford Robertson Color Garden to Arboretum Lawn, to the Pumpkin Village, where three interactive pumpkin houses and stacks of colorful pumpkins make a backdrop for photos. Along the Carell Dogwood Trail, the Scarecrow Trail shows 15 storybook-themed scarecrows by local artists under the 2026 theme "Once Upon a Harvest." 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