Pumpkins spelling out “Welcome foolish mortals” will invite guests to take a stroll through a Halloween display with everyone’s favorite haunts alongside cancer ribbons for the last time.
Christopher Bailey gradually assembled more than 1,000 handcrafted foam pumpkins at his Davenport Pumpkin House, 418 Grovepark Drive. In its 10th season, the home has become a Halloween spectacular, as visitors are invited to walk through an interactive path that times themed music to pumpkins featuring the holiday’s favorite icons.
“It’s just kind of grew,” Bailey said. “I’ve always loved Halloween, and I’ve always loved decorating.”
In 2014, Bailey said he made a fall trip to Sleepy Hollow, New York. The village is famous for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” an 1820s short story about the Headless Horseman. As a Halloween enthusiast, he was there to see the Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze , an annual event featuring thousands of hand-carved pumpkins on the historic estate grounds.
“I walked around and I had this moment of ‘I could do this,'” he said.