A silolquy of seasonal sensations will envelope your senses at Gardner Village. Prepare to surrender your will to decorations galore, and masked shoppers longing for cinnamon sticks and fudge ripple. Whos that up there on the roof you ask? Come find out for yo-self, Mr. Plastic Fantastic.

The food was delicious! BOB Sheets, the magician was truly mind blowing. It was a beautifully decorated and intimate setting. Perfect for date night. Mask wear required. So Fun!

I saw a freaking elf. This place is great. I believe. However I wont open my wallet as it is super expensive. Nice place to walk. If you have dollars to spend unlike me you might want to buy something here.

Gardner Village is the best! They have great shops, kind workers, and it feels so nostalgic and magical there. Gardner Village does a great job around each of the holidays, with really cute decorations and fun activities. I love going around Halloween, Christmas, and Spring because they have witches, elves, and fairy scavenger hunts around the shops. Its so fun! I would highly recommend visiting!

I love going here and walking around with my family. There are lots of local shops with unique items to sell. I also enjoy seeing the displays for Halloween and Christmas.

Gardner Village is always a fun place to visit. Each shop is unique and friendly. The Village has several very good restaurants with all sorts of homemade comfort food. I love to visit at anytime of the year. And although I dont have little ones to take, it is set up to be very friendly for little boys and girls, too. Parking is a little tight at times, so I would suggest you come before usual busy times, which you can see on their website.

This is one of my favorite places! I have been coming here for years for photos and activities and now I bring my daughter! We love all the adventures we have here! We are excited for the Witch Fest, we go every year! My daughter loves the toy shops and walking the village! Dont forget to stop in at the Chocolate Covered Wagon shop and get some caramels, its a must!

I cant put my finger on it, but I just love this place and the atmosphere. Im sad that a recent trip revealed that a favorite shop of mine was no longer there, but in general they do such a good job with the holidays, activities all around shopping experience. Halloween is my favorite time to go!

I love spending time at Gardner Village! I love attending Witches night out and have attended for 12+ years. This year is a little hard because of the STATES regulations. Understanding that Gardner Village is trying their best to continue to stay open while requesting masks and social distancing, it is still a fun night of shopping! Lucinda is of course delightful to talk with and love her witchy personality! My kids absolutely adore her! We wouldn’t miss a witches night out even with the world in a pandemic.

I had a wonderful time this year at witchfest. Everyone was aware of the covid safety guidelines. Its outdoors and your kids will love looking at the witch displays. I wish they had a bit more selection of boutiques. Face painting was awesome but I wish they did the proper one we asked on my son. The little creek is so cute floating witches on it! It was just overall fun. My kids enjoyed ringing the huge bell.

Rise by Good Day at Gardner Village is wonderful. The sandwiches, salads and soup are made fresh. The pastries are incredible. This is such a pleasant improvement over the old Naborhood Bakery. The place is clean and the service is friendly and timely. We will be back!

Gardner Village is always a fun place to visit, but this time we tried something new! We went to Mystique Dining and we were so impressed! Great service, delicious good, and fun entertainment. Will definitely go back!

This is such a fun shopping environment, moving from historic home to historic home. The shops are wonderful and I always find such unique clothes and decor here. Halloween is the best! Witchfest is fantastic and every store gets involved. I go early each Halloween season with my friends to add new awesome pieces to our witch costumes. Eat at Archibalds while you are there...delicious!

Great Christmas ambiance and decorations! Beautiful homey shops and like going back in time.

Always fun here! Love the shops and atmosphere. Fun for shopping and the petting zoo and pony rides were a hit. Didnt love that a lot of people were in tight spaces without masks on but thats a personal preference.

Gardner village is a wonderful place for families, but if youre a dude in your twenties or thirties you probably wont enjoy it as much. Its more for women who are into boutique clothing. It is a nice place to take photos, but be aware you have to pay for anything that is professional or professional related like family photos. Feel free to take selfies.

Went To Gardner Village with my husband, Son and Grandson. Spent quite a bit of money Christmas Shopping and at lunch at the restaurant there. Our Grandson noticed Santa Clause and could not wait to go see him. Finding out that we had to pay 88.00 to see Santa was totally ridiculous!!! Not one person in line. Our sweet Grandson was so disappointed. I’m just shocked at how much they want, even if you don’t want pictures!! SHAME ON YOU!!!!

Beautiful setting and really good food. Ive been here twice and both times its been a pleasing experience. Fried Green Tomatoes are amazing please get them.

I loooooove this placr this time of the year. The decoration, the witches everywhere the food and the environment in general is amazing I just love to dress like a witch and go witch my friends or just go with the hall family is just awesome.

I love the themes that are present all throughout the location. The village was clean and tidy and I loved the animals that wander around like the chickens and the ducks. There is a great ambience all year round and I would love to visit any time of year!

Took my daughter and we met up with friends for Witch Fest. We had a fun time looking at all of the fun and creative witch displays! Whenever we come to Gardner Village we always get some delicious caramel apples from the Chocolate Covered Wagon to bring home. We also always enjoy looking through the shops and my favorites are always the Seven Gables Mercantile and The Art Cottage.

Cute place to find local and unique items. Shops are set up like a little village, individual specialty shops, with a lot of outside space to social distance.

I love this place! The environment is a very nice, quaint village. The shops are fun to look at, and the holidays bring fun events to the village. Would recommend for any social activity, for all ages.

I have been coming here since my childhood for all the wonderful different displays and events they put up through the year, and am never disappointed! The shops are lovely and the atmosphere is unique.

Wonderfull place..if you havent been to Archabalds ..do so!..be relaxed..and enjoy..Auburn, Juan Allison and Jose made over the top accommodation when an event at another site blew up...saved this father in law to bes..butt!!Cheak out the halloween events at gardner village.. unique and fun..To the owners and management of both...all possible employee incentives/ bonus possible and put a cherry on it for all. Thank you all!!!!Well done!Brein and Dallas wedding.. parents dinner.

We love Gardner Village, they always have really cute festive displays and there are many shops and places to eat. They also have a small stable and offer pony rides. Great place for a stroll.

We always have sooo much fun on Witches Night Out!

Loved coming here in the fall! Paying for parking is definitely worth it because its only 5 bucks especially if youve got little ones! They have lots of photo opportunities! I would definitely dress up for a little holiday fun!

Witchfest at Gardner Village each year is so fun! They have different displays and activities for each season that are interactive, fun and family friendly!

So cute! Definitely should take your kids here. They will have lots of fun! I also love how they decorate for witchfest, its looks amazing. Not only can you take pictures you can walk around and shop in stores, and they have amazing stuff.

Gardner Village is always a good experience, but at Halloween its even better. The shops are fun and unique, but the witches are seriously amazing. And we absolutely always need treats from the candy store.

Love this place! Is very chic and cute! If you planning to come during the weekend (Saturday), be prepared that parking will be packed!

Fantastic experience. Shops are diversified, so there is something for everyone. Clean and not too crowded. Kids enjoy feeding the ducks too.

We went for the witch fest and also visited the petting zoo. The petting zoo was for sure my sons favorite but my husband and i had fun checking out all the village decorations.

Such a fun place with a great variety of shops and high quality goods. They have really fun events all year round.

The kids had a lot of fun seeing all the decorations and doing some of the activities. They loved the candy shop and the toy shop of course!

So unique! The Halloween activities are amazing and my kids love coming here. Its a fun environment.

I LOVE bringing my kids here!Especially around Halloween...They always have it decorated so cute!I usually take the kids pictures around this time of year BECAUSE of how cute it is here...

They have the Fairy Festival going on through July. A lot of fun for the kids and grandkids as you find clues to find the next bottled fairy. Lots of new fairy villages displayed all through the Village.Come check it out. Good music, good food and great shops!!!

Not worth going to WitchFest events this year at all! Not able to dance and if you do start dancing to a song they change it. They are basically wanting people to walk around and spend money at boutiques. People and little kids were asking to take pictures with my group and we were told we can’t take pictures with people not in our group. The main staff witch was so rude. We understand the rule of masks and the staff have to follow guidelines or they will be shutdown, BUT the witch’s approach and what she said was very confrontational and rude. We explained to the main witch it’s hard to dance and do an active activity while wearing a mask because it’s hard to breathe. She told us to not dance then. We will be canceling and requesting a refund for the tickets on the witches dinner and will not be going again! Not worth spending the money and time on costumes to attend.

This place is wonderful. It is very peaceful here and there is a delightful combination of creativity and comfort that make up the entire atmosphere of Gardner Village. There is an energy to this place that feels as though it stepped out and off the pages of an old, beautiful story book and into our sometimes bleak little world. Mind you, many of the shops are for women or children but there are many things to enjoy as a family from the river occupied by ducks (which you can feed) to perusing the beautifully imaginative candy shop, getting a couples massage, or dining at Archibalds. There also events for the whole family that (Ive heard) are incredibly fun. I love this place for its serene beauty and storybook style atmosphere.

Had dinner at Archibalds great service excellent food you must try the fried avocados

One of my favorite places in the world! The main shop is beautiful. I love the quilt stores and all the unique little boutiques. Great restaurant in a beautful setting with descent prices.

This place is so much fun. We love the Animals and the people that run it are so fun and kind. Huge disappointment was the Candy shop trying to get a Carmel Apple. The line was Huge and when I got up there 3 employees sat there talking and one person was working. No one took my order and then the girl at the register wanted to take my money. When I told her no one had helped me she acting all annoyed. Wow terrible customer service. It wasnt even a weekend just a Thursday night.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this place!!. Beautiful scenery, and lovely shops! I could just go there to people watch and enjoy the scenery. The shops are so darling and unique. I always walk away with a purchase, even if I dont intend to. I also love the themes they have year long! So entertaining and enjoyable!

Good place unless its crowded. Not somewhere to be for social distancing. Wednesday was great, got to see the animals and walk around to see the fun Halloween decorations but Saturday was ridiculous. I felt irresponsible being there so we left. It was way to crowded.

My family loves Gardner Village! It’s a well-kept shopping center with lots of cute little boutiques, a bakery, a restaurant, a photo studio. During the spring, they have fairies displayed all around for shoppers to find. My kids love it! They do witch displays all over around Halloween and elves at Christmas time. It’s just a fun place to visit. We enjoy bringing friends here from out of town because it’s unique and always decorated very festive. We also love just how naturally beautiful it is—there are a couple small bridges and a pond, with ducks (when here seasonally). The shopping is definitely geared mostly toward women here so don’t expect to find lots of clothes for guys here. It’s mostly little boutiques selling toys, decor, home goods, some clothes and accessories with a little dining and a couple entertainment options.

The village is always so fun to walk around and see the holiday decorations. The associates are always so pleasant. Food was delicious at Archibalds.

Awful today! If you’re coming anytime during fall break count on a crowded, chaotic time. They tell you to keep “a broomstick’s length apart” from each other but there’s no way you can due to masses of people being crammed into this small space. The parking is horrendous ( too many crammed into the spaces again) and this year, you have to pay for it. We used to love coming here but not anymore. They need to take a page from Thanksgiving Point’s page and learn to meter and control attendance. Such a disappointment.

I loved gardner village they haven the best stores for womans clothes and exclusive

Charming, unique shopping/browsing experience! All local shops & restaurants, seasonal village-wide events, and a little petting zoo with pony rides for the kids.

Gardener villagebis okay. It is cute, but everything is expensive. Example witches hat I could by on Amazon for $5 is somehow $20 at Gardener Village because they hot glueda few plastic jewels and fake flowers on it. The shop employees arent the friendliest when they think you are only there to browse. Its a fun place to go in October, but it isnt my favorite.

Although there are a few good shops here, it is a bit underwhelming. It is a charming little shopping venue, but feel like it could be so MUCH better than it currently is.

Quaint shops in old town style village setting.On sit cafe for lunch options or try the restaurant Archibalds. Great fun.

The Lets Play soccer arena at Gardner Village is absolutely fantastic! the staff is very friendly and helpful and there is a great sense of mutual camaraderie throughout the groups and staff. The fields are always well kept (astroturf) and the bleachers are quite comfortable, considering the standard for such seating arrangements. While most nights are dedicated to league play, they do allow you to rent out fields for parties and other activities! Great spot for anyone who enjoys playing or watching indoor soccer!

Great for families and kid friendly. They decorate for holidays and its a fun night out

Such a cute, festive place to see!

Great place to walk around, shop and eat. Animals and horse rides for kids.

Festive, fun and really neat. Probably the best decorated place for Halloween to take your kids.

Was there for Witches Night Out during Halloween time and the whole place was fantastic.

Fun place to take the kids and enjoy the sites and attractions. Great Carmel apples.

A health disaster waiting to happen. Unbelievably crowded, masks and social distancing not enforced at all. We came from out of state and agreed this wouldnt be allowed in most states and should be illegal here.If they can charge for parking they should be able to regulate how many people can be in at once.Who cares about peoples health during a pandemic when there is dollars to be made....for shame. I will write the Utah Health Dept about this, Im not a Karen, but I will be when human lives are at hand

Lots of cute little stores and places to eat

The farm is fantastic but everything else is pretty mediocre. Nothing special unless youre just in the mood to spend a Saturday browsing boutiques.

Witches love Gardner Village. They have all our supplies and gadgets and much much more.

We love it so much here that we go every year to see the witches and I love to shop at the sweet shop and the fabric store.

Super cute shops and great little activities. Beautiful outdoor spaces.

Way too many people not wearing masks and crowding in ignoring social distance requirement. Too bad. Its usually a good spot.

Went once with my sisters to race in a 10k that was held there, it was fun.

Fun Witch Fest at Gardner Village. Even with masks we had a fun time.

Such a cool place great for the whole family no matter what time of the year absolutely awesome great shops great restaurants everybody is as friendly as can be this is definitely a place to go check out

Response to owner: We were dancing and socially distanced while dancing. Obviously you didn’t notice. If dancing isn’t allowed play different music, and announce that no dancing is allowed on the news and radio. My group was in compliance with the Salt Lake County mask mandate because we were socially distanced, and per the Salt Lake County mask mandate if you are socially distanced you don’t have to wear a mask. Check your facts next time before you tell someone they were doing something they weren’t. I posted a picture, and I am the witch in white... obviously you can tell from the pic we are socially distanced. More than 6’ apart.DO NOT GO TO WITCHFEST THIS YEAR. They do NOT allow dancing. The main witch Lucinda said I couldn’t take pictures, was so rude and had horrible presentation. Then she came back and said I could take pictures with a mask on. My entire group totaling 9 people heard her say I couldn’t take pictures the first time. Get your details straight lady. If you’re not allowing dancing this year post it on your Facebook, news, radio stations... everywhere. I’m still at Gardner Village and they are continuing to play dancing music. So why are you continuing to play dancing music and not allowing people to dance? AND per CDC guidelines you can or can not wear a face mask when you’re doing a physical activity. Get your facts straight on what the CDC says about masks Lucinda, and Gradner Village. Also, don’t be so rude to people. If wearing a face mask while dancing is a Gardner Village rule than you should post it everywhere, and not play dancing music (Gardner Village doesn’t allow dancing this year). Also, be nice when asking someone to put a mask on. I know you’re a witch, but you don’t have to be so mean. Everyone in my party, and every spectator commented on how rude you were to me. I hope you’re nicer to people after you read this review. And if I’m not allowed to touch people, then Gardner Village shouldn’t allow face painting... because they’re touching hundreds of different kids a day.

The food here is delicious, the service was weird because we now have to wait in our cars for them to bring out the food, but they brought it out in a timely matter

Fun place with cool shops- witch festival is a lot of fun for the kids

Layers for bedding just amazing. Usually cant afford but today with 75% off a 300$$ queen set was 50$. Then a stop at Plum dandy for the clothes you just want to cuddle or hug someone in. That the feeling I get from the clothing in that store. The best was neighborhood cafe. Seared tuna salad a delight to the pallet. And the veggie sandwich, their bread is like a seasoned pita and another delightful surprise.

Love the witches scavenger hunt they have every year.

I loooooove this placr this time of the year. The decoration, the witches everywhere the food and the environment in general is amazing I just love to dress like a witch and go witch my friends or just go with the hall family is just awesome.

Archibalds is one of my favorite restaurants. They also have a lot of neat little stores to walk around with the family, nice little weekend outing. The Jordan Parkway is right next to Gardner Village as well. We sometimes we ride our bikes on the Jordan Parkway, and go in Gardner Village, Walk around and eat.

Dont waste your time or your money its nothing but high priced shops selling nothing more than cheap knock-offs and useless novelties. On top of that the staff is extremely rude and unaccommodating.

Used to referee there but left because new management (Alan) caters to violent, dangerous players. Definitely not a safe place to play.

This place is awesome and it has been that way for decades. Great atmosphere for small shops and restaurants.

Pros: Witch displays, face coveringsCons: Poor social distancing enforcement, Overcrowded! Horrific wait time for Archibalds. We called ahead and were told 1 hour wait. When we arrived we were told it would actually 2.5 hour wait. 4 hours later received a text letting us know our table was ready.

Gardner Village is such a great place to go wander and eat. Its so relaxing and we especially love going during Halloween to see the witch displays. I also love taking my kids at Christmas to see all the elves. The shops are fun, but they change too often. We miss the doll shop and Christmas store! I would definitely recommend spending an afternoon at Gardner Village.

They are not abiding by county mask mandate and I will not be back. Went for WitchFest and upon pulling into the parking lot noticed the attendant who was shouting into a walkie-talkie did not have a mask. Not just that it was draped around his ear or his neck or in his hand but that he did not have one at all. This seemed to be a trend with employees and attendees. I expressed concern to one employee and they said they will not ask attendees to wear masks because it is too dangerous nowadays and someone could get shot. Fascinating considering how many police they had at the event that no one was willing to enforce safety standards. The crowds were huge and this felt like a super spreader event. I left shortly after I got there.

Absolutely stunning. Dinner was amazing and the entertainment was fantastic.

So fun to walk around and shop. Great atmosphere and fun shops.

The service was amazing and the place and atmosphere was super nice and gorgeous. We had a blast and just felt so awesome.

It was crowded during the Witch Fest and no one was practicing safe social distancing. It is always overpriced also. I think that this will be our last year doing that.

Fun place to walk around and visit various shops and restaurants...

I love Gardner Village. I love shopping there and strolling the grounds. The pond, wildlife, the old mill, and the charming village buildings create a beautiful and peaceful environment. And the festivals are so much fun--the Woodland Fairy Festival in the spring, the Witches Fest in the fall and the elves at Christmas. The venue spaces are great, too. They are classy and perfect for events, and in my experience the staff is friendly, warm and helpful. I always enjoy coming to Gardner Village!

The shops are so fun, the treats delicious and the overall atmosphere and vibe is fantastic.

So so fun! We did the witches Night out and had a blast! Everything is decorated so cute! The staff are so so friendly! You need to make sure if you want to do the dinner theater or anything to plan a couple months in advance if you want choice seating. It’s such a fun place to hang out!!

Fun place to be with friends and family.

Loved the magic show and food. Great night out for the entire family!

Great place to stop but more fun to visit and see the sights

Covid has not been friendly. I always enjoy coming here, epically around Halloween and Christmas.

Just attended Wee Witches event at Witchfest 2020...it was EXTREMELY crowded! I was very disappointed that during this spike in the pandemic they had no safety measures in place as far as controlling the number of people allowed inside at once as other places are doing right now to prevent the spread of COVID ie Cross E Ranch and Hogle Zoo. There were no hand washing stations or hand sanitizer anywhere. I even saw two security guards with their masks below their nose :( I honestly regret going and if you are worried about crowds right now, I would avoid this place.

We visited the Mystic Dining for Edgar Allen Poe and it was beautiful. Pricey but I loved it. The magician was great, humorous and friendly. The food was dazzling, we had prime rib and a Cornish hen. The waiters were super friendly and accommodating overall I would go back again.

Fun little place to go during October for the witch village festivities

I visited in June during the Fairy season. There were little fairy displays set up in the water features, in shop windows, intermingled with the merchandise within the shops, and placed throughout the area to find as a game. There were photo op fairy wings in a couple of places and truly the whole place was full of beautiful backdrops for picture taking.The candy shop was full of all sorts of delicious treats. The house-made salt water taffy actually has salt in it from the Great Salt Lake. So cool! And it was SO fresh and soft. Fudge samples were offered, eaten, and then more fudge was purchased. They have carmel popcorn and gourmet chocolates among the fresh offerings too, as well as all sorts of pre-packages treats that would make a special occasion even more special. Among these were several different flavors of malt balls. I purchased the mint-chocolate malt balls for my husband for Fathers Day.So many vintage pieces in these shops; both truly vintage and made-to-look vintage. Plan to spend several hours here browsing and enjoying the beautiful property. I will be back.