And yet once I was in it, I thought, ‘This is kind of my happy place, this hellhole underneath the fur. I’m feeling incredibly anonymous and free.'” ...

Intern Genevieve Meza said there’s no place she’d rather be than working in the garden. “It’s just my happy place,” Meza said. “I love having my best friends with me to laugh and joke.

I love Christmas more than anything in the world, and this is my happy place," said Melissa Zielinski, general manager of Walnut Garden. Walnut Wonderland will be open seven days a week until Dec. 31.