ABBOTSBURY Subtropical Gardens will be ablaze with light and colour for the annual illuminations next month – with the chance to explore even more of the candle-lit pathways this year.

And youngsters will be able haunt the gardens during three evenings of spooky Halloween fun. The big switch-on is at dusk on Wednesday 5 October 15.

Visitors will be able to stroll round an extended route as the floodlights illuminate the paths around the ‘Long Walk’, the Pavilion and the lily ponds.

  • We want you to send us in your pictures as the leaves turn from gold to red and the first frosts touch the gardens of Dorset.

Email in your pictures to newsdesk@ dorsetecho.co.uk or tweet @Dorsetecho.