BIZ BITES

Roger’s Garden to kick off Halloween display

With summer in its last bloom in Newport Beach, Roger’s Gardens already has its eye on the fall. The landscaping store plans to open its annual Halloween display on Friday, with dolls, ornaments and other home decorations on view for the next two months.

This year’s event, with the theme “Mystical Halloween Carnivale,” is done in a turn-of-the-century carnival atmosphere. Creative director Eric Cortina and collectibles buyer Christine Guin sought to recreate the styles of early-20th-century fairs, magic shows and fortune tellers.

From Friday through Oct. 31, customers can peruse displays with pumpkin dolls, glass-bead spider webs, black candlesticks and more. The store will also feature a fortune-telling tent, sideshow, medicine-man display and makeshift cemetery outside.

Roger’s Gardens, at 2301 San Joaquin Hills Road in Corona del Mar, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call the store at (949) 640-5800 for more information.

— Michael Miller

South Coast Plaza shoe store to celebrate reopening

Bally, a shoe store in South Coast Plaza, has done brisk business since remodeling in May — and now the owners are ready to give back to the community.

At the store’s grand reopening Wednesday evening, a portion of all the proceeds will go to the National CASA Assn., a charity that provides advocates for children trapped in the legal system, and Riviera Magazine, a luxury publication based in Orange County. The event is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m., with Bally’s fall collections of shoes, handbags and small leather goods on display.

Call the store at (714) 557-1914 for more information.

— Michael Miller