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    Photos: Carved lights up the night anew at Descanso Gardens
    • October 7, 2023

    If you’re looking for inspiration for your porch pumpkin display this Halloween season, you will want to check out how the pros bring art to the gourds at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge.

    The anual Carved event is taking a different path this year, according to Jennifer Errico, Marketing Manager for Descanso Gardens.

    “This year’s Carved experience will wind through the Rose Garden where the ‘Art Pumpkins’ will be featured,” she said.

    Visitors can also check out the Dia De Los Muertos display at the Under the Oaks Theater and the pumpkin house and hay maze in the nearby meadow.

    A pumpkin scarecrow walks her pumpkin dog through a forest of pumpkins at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Some of the amazing detail produced by artists at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Artist Cassandra Ponce carves out a pumpkin for desplay at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Descanos Gardens gets spooky at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Not just pumpkins, but birdhouses are set for the season at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    A lion comes to life on a pumpkin at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    A Day of the Dead display at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    A house made of pumpkins you can walk through at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Pumpkins light up the forest floor at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Some of the amazing detail produced by artists at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    A pumpkin serpent emerges from the lake at Descanso Gardens at the Carved event in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    An artistic spider at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Vistors walk the lighted pathways at Carved at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Popular animated characters come to life on pumpkins at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    Visitors approach a mysterious fog at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    The “Rhizome” by Tom & Lien Dekyvere lights up the night at Carved at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

    A surreal pumpkin at the Carved event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, Friday, October 6, 2023. The Carved Halloween event runs through October 29th. Tickets are available through the gardens at www.descansogardens.org (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

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    At center stage are the 25 custom-carved 200-pound pumpkins, which keeps three artists busy for two months around the event.

    Cassandra Ponce, 28, of Maywood, is a second-generation carver and enjoys transferring her art to pumpkins.

    According to Ponce, “It’s just like peeling a potato, except you have to be careful you don’t cut too deep or the art is ruined.”

    Ponce and two other artists are kept busy through the run of carved as thier work will only last 3-5 days.

    The artists will use about 144 200-pound pumpkins through the run of Carved.

    “It makes me sad to see my art go bad, but it still ends up as good composte here at the gardens,” said Ponce.

    Carved runs from Oct. 6-29 from 6-9 p.m. at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge. Tickets, $30-40 for members and $35-45 for non-members, are not sold on-site and must be purchased in advance at the Descanso Gardens website: www.descansogardens.org.

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