Garden Gnome Grove is not sold out, please
SELECT YOUR INSTALL DATE USING "other dates..." ABOVE
This serves as both your registration and installation date.
🍂 Scroll to the bottom to register 🍂
🍄 Registering for the Garden Gnome Grove🍄
If registering as a group, register your main contact as the GNOMESTEADER (this contact will receive all Garden Gnome Grove communications)
One registration covers your entire group — no need to register additional individuals for a single plot
Your assigned plot number, map, and confirmed Gnomestead name will be emailed prior to installation
Gnomestead Guidelines
Please review the full Garden Gnome Grove Guidelines before registering.
🌰 Garden Entry on Installation Day 🌰
Your group may enter by providing one of the following:
- Gnomestead name
- Gnomesteader (main contact) name
- Assigned plot number
No additional admission or individual names required
📅 Important Dates & Times 📅
Please ensure you can commit to both installation and reclamation before registering.
📌 Installation Window 📌
Installation Dates: September 7 - 18
Entry: 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Cleanup and exit by 5:00 PM
Extended Installation Hours: September 9 & 14
Entry: 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Clean up and exit by 7:30 PM
🌰 Event Dates 🌰
Opening Celebration: Saturday, September 19
Closing Celebration & Reclaim Day: Saturday, November 18
🏆 Gnomestead Contest 🏆
Categories
✨ Best Use of Natural Materials
✨ Coziest Gnome Abode
✨ People’s choice
Voting: Saturday, September 19 – Friday, November 6
Winners announced: Saturday, November 7
Winners receive a Zilker Botanical Garden Family Membership ($80 value)
⛏️ Plot Maintenance & Reassignment ⛏️
We strive to keep the Garden Gnome Grove full and wondrous for visitors and forest spirits of all ages.
If you find you cannot install by your chosen installation date, please email info@zbgconservancy.org so we can release your plot.
Homes not installed by their install date may be given to the next Gnomesteader on the waitlist.
Plot fees are nonrefundable
The Garden Gnome Grove is a temporary installation, and homes may not remain in the Garden beyond November 22.