Do kids need ID to get in free?

Under-18 entry is free, but the garden asks you to show proof of age at the ticket desk, so bring ID for older kids.

Which entrance do we use?

Puerta de Murillo, on Plaza de Murillo opposite the Prado Museum. The gate on Calle Claudio Moyano is the research building, not the visitor entrance.

What time does the garden close?

It opens at 10am and closes at 7pm in October and 6pm in November and December. Greenhouses and exhibitions close 30 minutes earlier.

What else is there for kids with the same ticket?

The whole garden, the greenhouses and the Bonsai Terrace are included, so the pumpkins can be one stop on a longer walk.

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Pumpkin Exhibit at the Real Jardín Botánico

Name: Pumpkin Exhibit at the Real Jardín Botánico
Start: 2026-10-27
Location: Real Jardín Botánico

When: From Oct 27
Ages: All ages
Price: Under 18 free, from €4

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ExhibitionRetiro19 families interested

Presented by

Real Jardín Botánico

Where

Retiro, Real Jardín Botánico

Ages

All ages

Setting

Outdoors

Plan for

1-2 hours

Where in the garden

Outside the Santiago Castroviejo greenhouse

What you need to know

A display, not a patch, so kids look closely but don't pick or take one home
Free for everyone on Tuesdays from 10am to 1:30pm, and kids under 18 are always free
Walk on to the vegetable plot, where the same varieties are still growing

About

Every fall the Botánico's gardeners set out about 30 kinds of pumpkin from the garden's vegetable plot, outside the Santiago Castroviejo greenhouse. Kids spot giant Big Max pumpkins, sponge gourds and the bottle-shaped pilgrim's gourd that children nickname the "canteen". It's look, don't touch, so it suits a curious kid more than one who wants to pick a pumpkin. The plot where they grew is a short walk away.

Kids under 18 free, adults €4

Dates & times

From Tue 27 Oct

Mon-Sun10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

On show for a few weeks, until the pumpkins are past their best; no end date given. Garden hours in November.

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Where it is

Real Jardín Botánico

Plaza de Murillo, 2, 28014 Madrid

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