Next Grow a Garden update — Halloween event timing and key changes

Grow a Garden’s Halloween event, Ghoul Garden, is live with new shops, currency, activities, and limited items. If you’re planning your week, the next update is slated for Saturday, October 18, 2025, and the event’s cadence favors short, hourly shopping windows and group activities that pay out seasonal rewards.

Next Grow a Garden update date and time

The next weekly update is scheduled for Saturday, October 18, 2025. Expected rollout times:

Details for the October 18 patch are not yet disclosed, but the current Halloween event remains active leading into it.

What launched on October 11 (Ghoul Garden)

The October 11 update introduced the first Halloween event with a seasonal hub, a Candy Corn currency, and three rotating shops. Core activities center on contributing crops to a witch’s cauldron and selling items to a giant Jack‑o’‑lantern for a chance at boosted payouts.

• Seasonal currency: Candy Corn
• Shops: Spooky Seeds, Creepy Critters, Devilish Decor
• Market cadence: appears once per hour and stays open for 15 minutes
• New activities: Trick‑or‑Treat cauldron fill; Witch’s Brew/Jack‑o’‑lantern with a chance for 5× value
• Seasonal weather and achievements

Event currency and hourly shops

Candy Corn is earned through event activities and is spent in the seasonal shops. Inventory rotates on an hourly schedule, so check the market on the top of the hour to catch the 15‑minute buying window. Expect seeds, pet eggs, and cosmetics to cycle through limited stocks.

Cauldron contributions and group rewards

The Trick‑or‑Treat cauldron is a shared progress bar. Deposit fruits or crops to raise the fill level, and once it completes, contributors receive event rewards. The reward pool includes Candy Corn, Spooky Eggs, and Pumpkin Crates. Selling items to the giant Jack‑o’‑lantern can also trigger bonus outcomes, including a 5× value payout or other surprises.

New seeds, items, and pets (Halloween)

Ghoul Garden adds a set of limited plants, pet items, and cosmetics tied to the event window.

Seasonal weather, mutations, and achievements

• Weather events: Halloween Night, Full Moon, Bat Attack
• Mutations: three Halloween‑specific mutations were added with the 1.27.0 update
• Progress: Halloween achievements are available during the event

Plan planting around weather windows if you’re chasing event mutations or time‑limited progression goals.

Daily deals and quality‑of‑life changes

• Seed shop daily tab replaces the previous second tab
• Rotating daily deals on seeds
• Cosmetic storage expanded
• Prior event elements adapted for ongoing play outside their original window

Admin Abuse pre‑update hour

An hour before updates, the game typically runs a high‑chaos “Admin Abuse” session with unusual weather, limited restocks, minigames, and occasional rare drops. If you’re hunting cosmetics or pets, joining early often pays off.

Event schedule and window

The Halloween event began on October 11, 2025, with content and shop rotations continuing through the seasonal window. The event period is listed through October 25, 2025. With the next weekly update landing October 18, expect ongoing tweaks or additions while Ghoul Garden remains active.

How to get started (Ghoul Garden)

• Enter the Halloween event area to access the seasonal hub.
• Check the market at the top of the hour; you have 15 minutes to buy from Spooky Seeds, Creepy Critters, and Devilish Decor using Candy Corn.
• Plant event seeds (e.g., Jack‑o’‑lantern, Great Pumpkin) and harvest aggressively during weather windows.
• Contribute fruits to the cauldron for group rewards; sell to the Jack‑o’‑lantern for a chance at 5× value.
• Spend Candy Corn on Spooky Eggs for pets and Pumpkin Crates for cosmetics.

If you only have time for one loop, prioritize the hourly market window and the cauldron fills. Bank Candy Corn for high‑value seeds or pet pulls, and watch the pre‑update hour ahead of October 18 for bonus chances at limited items.