|
"My family can't wait for the Fall Festival!!! We
love any excuse to come to your lovely farm, but the Fall Festival is something we wait ALL year for!!! There's nothing like
spending a cool fall evening picking a pumpkin, eating a delicious burger, and just enjoying the best time of the year that
is fall....thanks for opening up your home and your farm for everyone to enjoy... " James Passannanti
Weekends in October (starting 2nd weekend, scroll down for complete calendar)
|
"I would have
to say this was the most fun we have had at a farm. We were there Saturday from 4pm - 7:30pm and we loved every minute of
it. My son didn't want to leave. The Charlie Brown movie was the perfect ending to our wonderful visit! We just may have
to come back before Halloween to enjoy more family fun!" (October, 2011)
|
|
(Scroll
down for a calendar for the month with hours, dates of our festival. NEW - want to come and buy a pumpkin but NOT go to the
festival? The Farm Store will be open Monday-Thursday 4pm-6pm. There will be NO admission charge
during these hours and NO festival activities - please note, Friday evening is Festival hours NOT Farm Store only. ) (please note - this page is for Fall Festival information when we are open to the public on the weekends in October.
If you are looking for information on Field Trips for your school group - which we do in the mornings Monday - Friday all
month - see Field Trip Page) Agua Linda Farm, one of the top 100 places to visit in the Tucson area (according to Tucson Lifestyle
magazine, January 2009!), celebrates the harvest every October with our annual Fall Festival! We want you to feel like part
of our family during your visit! Make a trip to the Agua Linda Farm pumpkin patch an annual tradition for your family!
(Festival hours, see below, will start he 2nd weekend. WE ARE CLOSED THE
1ST WEEKEND IN OCTOBER). Plan to spend the day here! Admission in $5
per person (except children 2 and under who will not be charged). Includes: unlimited
hayrides unlimited petting zoo visits - Bounce house
unlimited animal visits to the barn (Oink!
Oink!) unlimited access to kid-friendly hay-bale maze unlimited hay-stack climbing NEW!!
unlimited trips through our first ever 5 acre family maze (scroll down to learn more about this new attraction!) use of picnic area/tables (outside food not permitted) movie
on Friday and Saturday nights (kid friendly animated movie on 14' big screen) FREE
SPECIAL EVENTS: Concert on the Farm featuring Cross Cut Saw, Saturday October
22, 2pm - great fun music! Be ready to dance! Sheep Days: October 15 &
16, see working dogs do their thing with a sheep dog demonstration at 1pm AND, learn about spinning wool from a local
artisan who will be here from 10am-4pm both days. Also, our 2 sheep who were bottle raised (Flash and Baa-Baa) can be
pet in the petting zoo and our resident Australian Sheep dog (Patches - we call him "Pumpkin Patches" in October!)
will be wandering around looking for attention.
There are lots of other
fun things to do for additional costs including: - pony rides (kids 100lbs and under) $5 - Pumpkin Picking -
Shop in Farm Store - Dine at the Garden Grill concession stand - Sit-down in the Ramada/Cantina (sorry, no alcohol)
- Sweet Treats Candy Shop - other activities The kids can get lost in the kid maze, play with animals
in the petting zoo or tumble down the hay pyramid as many times as they like (no additional cost) while you enjoy lunch (or
dinner, Fri., Sat) and a slice of THE BEST PUMPKIN PIE! - made here! (our family recipe
was featured in Better Homes and Gardens Magazine - very popular - we often sell out!)
Shop for local products in our charming Farm Store, including jams and other preserves made here on the farm and by other
local folks, handmade soaps made by us as well as our local honey and other local goodies! Relax in the lush, shady
backyard under a canopy of giant trees! Get the whole gang in on some friendly competition with sack races or horse-shoe
pitching (no cost). Enjoy some "Sweet Treats" served up by the farm family kids (soon to run the whole show...).
Take a hayride (or take ten hayrides!) to the pumpkin patch (no cost) or pick other organic vegetables* in the you-pick gardens
(pumpkins and veggies - prices vary). Kids will love our beautiful, friendly Welsh Ponies at the pony rides run by our
own daughter and her aunt ($5/child).* Also, Movie Nights are story-book
perfect! Imagine: After selecting their favorite pumpkin
and enjoying all the farm fun - your little ones, munching on a bag of fresh popped pop-corn and sipping on a cup of hot chocolate
(purchased from one of our own kids who run the Sweet Treats Candy Shop), pumpkin on their lap, legs dangling from a straw-bale
seat watching a 1/2 hour animated movie near the pumpkin patch! It is our favorite time of the whole festival - families
love it!!! Movie nights are Fridays and Saturdays (starting 2nd weekend of the month) and the movie runs twice, starting
when it is dark enough (usually around 6:30pm). (remember - on Fridays we don't open until 5pm - no early birds
- gates will be locked!) Bring a flashlight for night hours to navigate the parking lot and mazes after dark. NEW THIS YEAR! Our first ever Family Maze! What's
that? Well... we have planted a five acre pasture with milo seed. It looks like corn, but only grows about
3-4 feet tall. Instead of feeling lost under endless corn towering above your head for two hours (UGH!), our
Family Friendly maze is tall enough to make it easy to get lost in, while still enjoying the amazing views of the mountains
beyond. The winding trail with many dead-ends and wrong turns takes about 30-40 minutes to navigate. This is a
maze that you can take your kids in! AND - there is no additional fee to go in!
Pumpkins, farm store items, you-pick veggies, pony rides and some other activities and concessions sold separately. VISA/Mastercard
accepted in store and at concession stand, but please try to have exact change at gate, thanks!
* You-pick veggies sometimes freeze before the end of the month, so are subject to availability. (Contact us for information on special packages for groups of 20 or more) NO OUTSIDE FOOD PERMITTED Keep in mind - we are a real, organic farm. We hope that you appreciate
our efforts to grow organic, local food and to provide an authentic farm experience! A trip to the farm in October will
be a fun, memorable day!! Mondays - Thursdays - closed to the public, except Columbus Day, 10/10 (field trips by reservation only) Fridays - closed during the day for field trips, open in evening on Movie Nights (see calendar below, closed the 1st Friday of the month).
Bring a flashlights - parking lot and pumpkin patch are not lit. (No earlybirds - gates will not open until 5pm!) Saturdays open
all month, though not the 1st weekend, 10am-9pm, (movie starts after dark - bring a flashlight
- we do not have lighting in the parking lot AND it is fun to navigate the mazes after dark!) Sundays - open all month, though not the 1st weekend, 10am-5pm Columbus Day, October 10, open 10-5 Movie
Nights! Fridays and Saturdays, (no movie the 1st Friday and 1st Saturday night of the month when we
will be closed.) Come on movie nights when we open in the evenings at 5pm (no early birds on Friday evenings, please,
our family/staff will not be ready for you until 5pm and gates will be closed! - On Saturday Movie Nights, the farm will be
open all day and into the evening, 10am-9pm) take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch, enjoy a bite to eat, the kick back and
enjoy a kid friendly movie on a 14 foot big screen
near the pumpkin patch (lasts about 1/2 hour)! Our darling kids will be serving up pop-corn and hot cocoa and other
treats including marshmallows that kids can roast at the fire pit, with parent supervision (additional cost). The movie
will start after dark and lasts about a 1/2 an hour. There will be 2 showings. You may bring lawn chairs. Flashlights
are recommended for the walk back to your car or to navigate the maze after dark. Kids are welcome to wear costumes!
There is no additional charge for the movie. Admission includes unlimited hayrides, petting zoo and kid maze, hay pyramid,
sack races.* Also, for additional cost: pony rides, food, pumpkins and vegetables from our you-pick garden!* Plan
your child's birthday party at the farm! NO OUTSIDE FOOD ALLOWED
NO PETS, PLEASE *Disclaimer:
all activities including food options and entertainment are subject to change or cancellation without notice.
October 2011 Calendar
|
|
Every child that participated in our pumpkin carving contest last year got a ribbon!
|
Our harvest is the most bountiful
in the fall. We usually have sunflowers, zinnias, decorative gourds, winter squash, summer squash, onions, lettuce,
arugula, cucumbers, okra and, of course, pumpkins. We also carry other local products in our farm store such as handmade
soaps, raw honey and jams. We take VISA and Mastercard.
|
