October 23, 2025 • 4 mins
Amy takes up ‘Out and about’ for another Boo Preview to Dogtoberfest, combining a beer festival and dog parade at the South Coast Botanic Garden.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
We're checking out fun things to do this Halloween season,
and this one is not spooky. We've been doing a
lot of scary things. This one is just a rough
way to spend a sunny fall day. Our boot preview
this week takes us out to Palace Verdice Estates. We
caught up with the Chief Impact Officer and Deputy Director
at South Coast Botanic Garden, Danielle Brown. I love this event.
(00:29):
Please tell us about dog Toberfest.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
First of all, thanks for being here. We're very excited
at Dogtoberfest as well. This is our celebration of dogs,
celebration of botanicals, celebration of beer, and Octoberfest fun. We've
got every Saturday and Sunday the month of October. We've
got this activity going on all over our eighty seven acres.
Folks are enjoying beers on our upper meadow. Folks are
(00:53):
taking the Bark Walk, which takes dogs out on a
walk through at our property and also doing activities for
both the people and the dogs like an agility course,
items and splash pads, so all.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Kinds of fun stuff for the dogs and tell us
so when you walk around the Botanic Garden if you
want to do the loop, because you're not only beer
tasting and listening to fun music, you're also getting a
little exercise with you and your pups.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So how long is that loop?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Definitely, it's a little under a mile, not too bad.
And there's lots of benches along the way, lots of
shady spots to hang out in and just take a
load off.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And if you're going to come out and just spend
the afternoon, it's open on Saturdays and Sundays through this month. Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
And is this the first year you've done this?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
This is our second annual doug Toberfest. People had such
a good time last year that we brought it back
for more.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Okay. And what kind of dogs are we getting? All kinds?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Oh my gosh, it's like a dog parade here. You're
gonna get like real hybrid dogs. You're going to get
famous influencer dogs.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
The other day I walked up to a dog and.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Said, what a beautiful dog you have, and the person said, oh, well,
she's famous.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Didn't you know she's the target Doglatur didn't know that.
How amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Okay, So let's talk about the music for a little
bit because we can hear that a little bit in
the background, and that goes on throughout the day.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, throughout the days.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
An oompapa band Unintended Poppah De Sour Krauts is playing
in and out throughout the day. It's um papa music,
so it's a lot of fun. It's a little bit
of sort of Disneyland vibe to the background and nice
background music. The band leader is leading contests with our participants,
so steinholding contests, and my favorite is the pretzel toss.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
I saw the pretzel toss and who can anybody participate
in that?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Anyone can participate? It's really ridiculous. You're going to put
a plunger on your head and your partner is going
to try and toss the pretzel onto your head.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That's pretty cute. Okay, we might have to try that out.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Okay, then it wouldn't be a dogtober Fest, which sort
of is, you know, a hybrid between octoberfests and dogtober fests.
If we didn't have some lovely beers to sample.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
So smog City Brewing Company is our sponsor. We've got
about five different smog City bruise to taste, okay, and
then we have a variety of other things as well,
some German bruise, a pilsner, cider, and non alcoholic drinks
as well, including root beer.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Okay, great, and tell me then also about the food,
because you mentioned pretzels, so I'm guessing that there's giant
pretzels here.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
There is a pretzel bigger than my head. Yeah, it's delicious.
That comes to this pizza box. It's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
We've got to eat that one not tossed them.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Well, we've got brought worst. We've got hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
There's a German burger with a Broughtworst on top of
the burger. If you want to go over the top.
It's delicious, okay.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
And you can come in and just get a basic ticket.
You can upgrade to a VIP if you do the
VIP experience with that including.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yeah, so admission is free for members. So membership is
a good deal. Everyone can participate in the VIP pass.
It's twenty dollars and with that you get a free
beer tasting or root beer tasting. It's a suite of
four different beers to try. You get a free koozy
take away to take home with you, and you get
to skip any line here.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Sounds like a deal.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Okay, remind us again when it is and how we
get more information.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Yeah, So every weekend, every Saturday and Sunday the month
of October, you can visit our website at South Coast
Botanicgarden dot org and get your tickets.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Okay, we're out and about.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
It's our voo preview for a wake up call at
Dontoberfest at South Coast Botanic Garden. I love South Coast
Botanic Garden. I don't know if you've been there. It
was one of those places that I didn't know was there,
and then our buddy Nick said, hey, let's go here,
and we've been there several times. In fact, they've got
another exhibit coming up. But it's like, like she said,
(04:27):
you can just go walk around the gardens, and the
gardens are spectacularly beautiful and it's just a gorgeous way
to spend the day. And I'm putting up the video
of the interview on my Instagram so you can kind
of get a look at some of the dogs and
kind of what it looks like out there. It's absolutely
beautiful and like I said, it's a non scary way
to celebrate October.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Nice
We're checking out fun things to do this Halloween season,
and this one is not spooky. We've been doing a
lot of scary things. This one is just a rough
way to spend a sunny fall day. Our boot preview
this week takes us out to Palace Verdice Estates. We
caught up with the Chief Impact Officer and Deputy Director
at South Coast Botanic Garden, Danielle Brown. I love this event.
(00:29):
Please tell us about dog Toberfest.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
First of all, thanks for being here. We're very excited
at Dogtoberfest as well. This is our celebration of dogs,
celebration of botanicals, celebration of beer, and Octoberfest fun. We've
got every Saturday and Sunday the month of October. We've
got this activity going on all over our eighty seven acres.
Folks are enjoying beers on our upper meadow. Folks are
(00:53):
taking the Bark Walk, which takes dogs out on a
walk through at our property and also doing activities for
both the people and the dogs like an agility course,
items and splash pads, so all.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Kinds of fun stuff for the dogs and tell us
so when you walk around the Botanic Garden if you
want to do the loop, because you're not only beer
tasting and listening to fun music, you're also getting a
little exercise with you and your pups.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So how long is that loop?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Definitely, it's a little under a mile, not too bad.
And there's lots of benches along the way, lots of
shady spots to hang out in and just take a
load off.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
And if you're going to come out and just spend
the afternoon, it's open on Saturdays and Sundays through this month. Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
And is this the first year you've done this?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
This is our second annual doug Toberfest. People had such
a good time last year that we brought it back
for more.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Okay. And what kind of dogs are we getting? All kinds?
Speaker 3 (01:40):
Oh my gosh, it's like a dog parade here. You're
gonna get like real hybrid dogs. You're going to get
famous influencer dogs.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
The other day I walked up to a dog and.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Said, what a beautiful dog you have, and the person said, oh, well,
she's famous.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Didn't you know she's the target Doglatur didn't know that.
How amazing.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
Okay, So let's talk about the music for a little
bit because we can hear that a little bit in
the background, and that goes on throughout the day.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Yeah, throughout the days.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
An oompapa band Unintended Poppah De Sour Krauts is playing
in and out throughout the day. It's um papa music,
so it's a lot of fun. It's a little bit
of sort of Disneyland vibe to the background and nice
background music. The band leader is leading contests with our participants,
so steinholding contests, and my favorite is the pretzel toss.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
I saw the pretzel toss and who can anybody participate
in that?
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Anyone can participate? It's really ridiculous. You're going to put
a plunger on your head and your partner is going
to try and toss the pretzel onto your head.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
That's pretty cute. Okay, we might have to try that out.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Okay, then it wouldn't be a dogtober Fest, which sort
of is, you know, a hybrid between octoberfests and dogtober fests.
If we didn't have some lovely beers to sample.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
So smog City Brewing Company is our sponsor. We've got
about five different smog City bruise to taste, okay, and
then we have a variety of other things as well,
some German bruise, a pilsner, cider, and non alcoholic drinks
as well, including root beer.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Okay, great, and tell me then also about the food,
because you mentioned pretzels, so I'm guessing that there's giant
pretzels here.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
There is a pretzel bigger than my head. Yeah, it's delicious.
That comes to this pizza box. It's wonderful.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
We've got to eat that one not tossed them.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Well, we've got brought worst. We've got hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
There's a German burger with a Broughtworst on top of
the burger. If you want to go over the top.
It's delicious, okay.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
And you can come in and just get a basic ticket.
You can upgrade to a VIP if you do the
VIP experience with that including.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
Yeah, so admission is free for members. So membership is
a good deal. Everyone can participate in the VIP pass.
It's twenty dollars and with that you get a free
beer tasting or root beer tasting. It's a suite of
four different beers to try. You get a free koozy
take away to take home with you, and you get
to skip any line here.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Sounds like a deal.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Okay, remind us again when it is and how we
get more information.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Yeah, So every weekend, every Saturday and Sunday the month
of October, you can visit our website at South Coast
Botanicgarden dot org and get your tickets.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
Okay, we're out and about.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
It's our voo preview for a wake up call at
Dontoberfest at South Coast Botanic Garden. I love South Coast
Botanic Garden. I don't know if you've been there. It
was one of those places that I didn't know was there,
and then our buddy Nick said, hey, let's go here,
and we've been there several times. In fact, they've got
another exhibit coming up. But it's like, like she said,
(04:27):
you can just go walk around the gardens, and the
gardens are spectacularly beautiful and it's just a gorgeous way
to spend the day. And I'm putting up the video
of the interview on my Instagram so you can kind
of get a look at some of the dogs and
kind of what it looks like out there. It's absolutely
beautiful and like I said, it's a non scary way
to celebrate October.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Nice
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