I ducked behind Oswald’s cinema, heart thudding as a Carnivorous Plant snapped shut where I’d just stood. The Parks Floating Festival is a pressure cooker, and the recipe I needed was invisible until I found the tiny red chest. I learned two things fast: keep moving, and keep your eyes low.
On the festival’s main street I counted the monochrome signs. Where to find Plant-A-Way Potion Recipe book in Disney Dreamlight Valley
If you’ve been wandering the Parks Floating Festival and wondering why those snapping plants keep ambushing you, the answer is the Plant-A-Way Potion recipe. You don’t get a quest arrow pointing at it — you have to find a red chest tucked into a corner and claim the book yourself. I grabbed it, read it immediately, and the rest of the island felt less hostile.
I walked the main street until the cinema’s black-and-white facade filled the frame. Parks Floating Festival event red chest location in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Head to the festival island’s main street — the long road that slices through the area. At the far end is Oswald’s monochrome cinema. Circle to the right side of the building, past the yellow bike and the blocky green tree, and you’ll spot a red chest tucked against the wall. Open it and the Plant-A-Way recipe drops into your inventory.
Where is the red chest on the Parks Floating Festival island?
Right side of Oswald’s cinema, next to the yellow bike and small green tree. It hides low to the ground, so if you only scan rooftops you’ll miss it.
I visited the crafting table near the wishing well to confirm the recipe. Plant-A-Way Potion Recipe in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Once you open that chest, the book lands in your inventory. Click it to read, then interact with any crafting station — the festival island has one by the wishing well, or you can use the station back in the main valley. Open the Festival tab in crafting and you’ll see Plant-A-Way available once the recipe is active.
The ingredients are straightforward:
- 10 Purple Falling Penstemons
- 3 Garnet
- 3 Aquamarine
- 1 Empty Vial
What ingredients do I need for the Plant-A-Way Potion?
Collect 10 Purple Falling Penstemons and the gem components (3 Garnet, 3 Aquamarine) plus an Empty Vial. Penstemons are common around festival flora; gems can be mined or bought from stalls and vendors, and sometimes traded in player communities on Reddit or Discord.
I tested the potion on a puzzle to see how it behaved. How to use Plant-A-Way Potion Recipe in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Craft the potion at any station and it appears in your inventory. Click the recipe there — this permanently applies the enchantment to your Royal Watering Can, giving you a tool that makes Carnivorous Plants passive in event puzzles. The effect saves you time and frustration on Carnivorous Plants Puzzle #2 and similar tasks.
Do I need to craft the potion every time?
No. Reading the recipe and clicking it in your inventory applies the enchantment to the Royal Watering Can permanently. You still need materials to craft copies if you want consumable pots, but the enchantment itself is one-and-done.
This trick has been shared widely on communities like the Dreamlight Valley subreddit, and YouTube creators and outlets such as Moyens I/O and IGN have short clips if you prefer visual proof. If you’ve ever paid a nickel for convenience, remember this costs nothing — unlike a $0.99 (€0.91) cosmetic on some platforms.
The red chest is a lighthouse in a fog of festival props, and finding it turns a nerve-wracking playground into a manageable garden — will you grab the recipe and end the plant ambushes, or let the festival keep you on edge?