Wilted Rose Cemetery

10/31/2025

Meal kits are parked closer to the end of our driveway on the opposite side of our display!

Come grab some candy and tell us a joke, or if you just need a bite, stop at the car and grab what you need!

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from Wilted Rose Cemetery! Stop by and pay your respects tonight from 6:00 to 8:00PM! 🥀🪦⚰️

📍 615 E Rose Avenue, Des Moines, IA
🍬 Tricks & treats for the littles
👻 Sips and spooks for the adults
🥫 Meal kits provided for those in need
🎃 Stay safe and have a Happy Halloween!
✉️ Please SHARE and spread the word!!!

10/30/2024

It's nothing a little 🪄 MAGIC ✨ can't handle.

These jokesters love to tell spooky stories, sing and have a laugh. Come see them come to life!

10/30/2024

Apparently...there IS such a thing as too much candy!

Pending weather, we're all set up to hand out some candy and something for the parents as well! We'll keep you updated here if the weather is indeed too bad for Beggar's Night, otherwise, see you on Halloween!

Stay spooky 💀🎃🧹

10/29/2024

City of Des Moines - Government has officially moved Beggars night to 10/31/24. 💀🎃👻

🚨UPDATE🚨 Beggars' Night has been moved this year due to the severe storms forecasted to reach the City of Des Moines during trick-or-treat hours on October 30.🌩️

But don't fret, this spooky weather won't keep the fun away.👻🍬🎃 This year, Beggars’ Night will be held on Thursday, October 31 from 6 – 8 p.m. to provide a safe and festive trick-or-treating experience for Des Moines children and families.

10/06/2024

Pay your respects at Wilted Rose Cemetery 🥀🪦💀

Do you put on an over the top Halloween display? Are you a member of the 12'-0" skeleton club? Know of any cool displays in your neighborhood? We want to hear about them!!!

Please provide a street address of your display and we will add it to our list! Adding photos helps too! We will work on adding displays all Halloween season long!

Here's a list of displays we have been able to find so far:

💀 Wilted Rose Cemetery
Front yard display jam-packed with various large figures, pumpkins, and creeps!
📍 615 E Rose Avenue, Des Moines, IA

💀 Bone Family Funeral Home and Cemetery
Annual yard display consisting of custom made tombstones, ghouls, and large cemetery display.
📍 1901 27th Street, Des Moines, IA

💀 Dead End Cemetery
Font yard graveyard consisting of dozens of graves and tombstones.
📍 218 Bundy, Des Moines, IA

💀 The Haunt in the Hills
📍3004 SE 8th Street, Des Moines, IA

💀 Haunted Yard Display
📍601 E Miller Avenue, Des Moines, IA

💀 Uptown Ankeny Fright Lights
Animated light display with various themed nights all October long.
📍 601 SW 3rd Street, Ankeny, IA

💀 Halloween on the Hill - Sherman Hill Neighborhood
Annual neighborhood display consisting of a dozen+ displays and a large Halloween street festival Halloween Night
📍 1501 Woodland Ave, Des Moines, IA (and surrounding

💀 Land of the Giants
Large yard display consisting of several large monsters
📍 4908 NW Seventh Street Ankeny, IA

💀 Spirits in the Gardens
Large walk-though event featuring more than 1,000 jack-o-lanterns, family activities, chemistry experiments, and trick-or-treating. This is a ticketed event.
📍 1407 University Blvd, Ames, IA

💀 ThePirate PotterHouse
Massive Harry Potter themed display that runs nightly through October.
📍 3720 Brook Ridge Court, Des Moines, IA

10/03/2024

We're BACK and BIGGER than ever! Stop on by to see our gruesome additions for 2024! 💀🧛‍♂️🧟‍♂️

🥀 WILTED ROSE CEMETERY 🪦
615 E Rose Avenue, Des Moines, IA
Our display runs nightly through Halloween!

Stop on by for a FRIGHT! 😈