Excellent news, everybody: We stay sooner or later now and also you don’t have to borrow somebody’s youngsters to go to an apple-pickin’ harvest pageant. You’ll be able to simply go. Nicely, you may go earlier than, too, however seems to be just like the farms have determined that our old-ass cash folds simply the identical, and so an increasing number of of them are including adult-like actions to their punkin events. This contains however just isn’t restricted to wine tastings, ziplines, occasions that don’t finish at 4 pm, and evidently, gourd tunnels? Uh, possibly these had been really meant for teenagers, however they’re ours now. Go forth, take up house within the gourd tunnels of Washington State, and stay your finest grownup life inside them.
Take a look at our fall information for extra farm actions and seasonal occasions.
Carpinito Bros.
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in Kent
Carpinito Bros. is the O.G Kent Valley farm stand, though lately, it’s equal elements produce market and nursery/backyard heart. For greater than 50 years, this place has been promoting all classes of garden-y stuff: recent fruit and veg, plant begins, landscaping supplies, Christmas timber, and extra. And now via Halloween, only a couple miles south of the farm stand, you possibly can tour their corn maze and decide a pumpkin from their patch, after grabbing some cedar bark for the yard and a few broccolini for tomorrow night time’s dinner. And simply across the corn-er from the corn maze, the Farm Enjoyable Yard has pigs and cows, whom you possibly can personally meet, in addition to one thing referred to as a goat stroll. That’s the place you’ll discover us, man.
($5–$12 relying on age and attraction, open via Oct 31)
Bob’s Corn and Pumpkin Farm
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in Snohomish
It’s all proper there within the title: Bob has corn to promote you, and in addition pumpkins. Nicely. And some extra issues. There’s additionally a 12-acre corn maze, a gem-mining sluice, hayrides, a trike monitor, an apple cannon, and a whole constructing dedicated to fudge and one other to recent doughnuts and squishies (aka cider slushies). Should you make it via the ma(i)ze, you possibly can have a bonfire on the rental fireplace pits on the opposite facet! The punkles are U-pick, and the nation (corn-try) retailer sells candy corn and squash, each roasted and non, in addition to apple butter, housemade pickles, myriad kinds of fruit preserves, honey, apple cider, connoisseur cheese, and all different method of incredible-sounding treats.
($17.95–$24.95 relying on go degree and day of the week, open via Oct 31)
Stocker Farms
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in Snoqualmie
So, Stocker Farms appears to impart a extra grownup vibe to its October-long Fall Pageant than most corn-mazed pumpkin patches on the market, and it’s really extra of a farm-themed carnival (farmival?), with actions scheduled each through the day and at night time. However there’s a further ingredient of whole chaos from the best way it’s described on their web site, which sounds bizarrely irresistible for teenagers and adults alike. Many points of interest are kid-friendly, e.g. one thing referred to as a bubble barn, which we’re picturing like a Yayoi Kusama exhibit besides with bubbles, and a tire mountain! See additionally: “Youngsters’s Pumpkin Barn,” “2 Large Leaping Pillows (Climate Allowing),” “Cow Practice,” “Spookley’s Home,” and “Konk the Crow.” However with stuff like steer and pig roping, human hamster wheels, farmer foosball, a zipline, a gourd tunnel, and duck races, it additionally feels like an episode of Final Beastmaster filmed at some type of Dadaist rodeo. We don’t purport to know what all this stuff are, aside from glorious band names, however we completely wish to discover out. If that is not sufficient, there’s additionally a beer backyard, donuts, and rentable campfires. Return within the nighttime for “Stalker Farms
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,” the place you may discover ghoulish actors following horrifying unique plot strains for “Slasher Household Homestead,” “Pogo’s Humorous Farm,” and extra.
($16.95–$29.95 admission; particular person actions priced individually, open via Oct 31)
Craven Farm
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in Snohomish
Craven Farm is noteworthy for a number of causes, firstly for having a variety of completely different sorts of meals—chili in bread bowls, funnel truffles, fried cheese curds, and do-it-yourself recent cider doughnuts, to call a number of! But when that weren’t sufficient, in addition they have a type of apple slingshot issues that catapults apples that you simply get to intention at targets within the subject. AND they’ve fireplace pits which you could hire by the hour in the event you wanna prepare dinner your personal stuff or simply have somewhat fiery soirée. We admit we had been kinda hoping that it was a Wes Craven-themed farm, since that’d be excellent for the Halloween season, however…that is all fairly cool, too.
(Free entrance; particular person actions priced individually, open via Oct 27)
Schilter Household Farm
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in Olympia
Not solely does Schilter have a corn maze, but it surely’s a five-acre corn maze—the largest in Thurston County, to be actual. Additionally they provide a pumpkin patch (natch), wagon rides, PONY rides, a hay pyramid, a further smaller corn maze, zip swings, paintball, and a few unspecified child animals who you possibly can meet. Hope they’re not spiders. There’s additionally rentable fireplace pits, numerous good old style truthful meals (together with donuts!), and a beer barn. However anyway, the big-ass corn maze appears to be their most important attraction right here—this factor’s the dimensions of Freeway Park. Consider all of the sheer getting misplaced you may do. Possibly cease by the beer barn first in the event you need assistance with this.
($13–$18 relying on day of the week, Sept 28–Oct 31)
Rockridge Orchards, Cidery, and Nation Market
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in Enumclaw
Sadly, there’s no U-pick choice for apples or pumpkins at Rockridge right now—lately, the farm is extra about their friends consuming and consuming, not working. The concept is to hang around within the stunning orchard and drink their apple cider and berry wine. However you possibly can BUY apples, pears, and punkins right here, after all, in each regular and obscure varieties. Rockridge sells their wine/cider by the bottle too, in spiced blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, and tayberry flavors. One other fascinating product they carry is their aged “Rocksalmic” vinegar, which is made out of apples, not grapes, like balsamic is. Canlis
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likes it, reportedly! Cease by on October 20 for a pop-up meals and craft market
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(Free entrance)
Piper’s Orchard
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at Carkeek Park in North Seattle
Sort of a cheat code, however proper right here within the metropolis limits, Carkeek Park has its personal century-old grove of heirloom apple, pear, cherry, and chestnut timber, Piper’s Orchard, and it’s large open to scavengers. Your mileage might fluctuate; since each tree ripens at a distinct price, it may very well be picked-over or loaded with a pleasant ripe crop on any given day. On October 5, the fifteenth Annual Pageant of Fruit
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can have actions like apple cider urgent, a pie stroll, apple sampling, a bee demo, and extra. Whereas the park doesn’t have a brewery or meals on web site—until you rely the fruit—there are a couple of dozen of them dotting the map all through close by Broadview and Greenwood. Would possibly we advocate Tacos & Beer
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simply west on Holman Highway (tremendous genuine Mexican meals—don’t be delay by the title!), le bar-tabac-style Gainsbourg
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down on eighty fifth and Greenwood (aka The French Hamburger Restaurant, for the perfect joyful hour ‘burg in Seattle), or La Cabaña
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on a hundred and fifth (for killer-gigantic pupusas)? Or cease for a elaborate beer at A1 Hop Store
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behind a mini-mart, the place Frasier and The Golden Ladies are all the time on. It’s date night time within the metropolis besides you additionally get free pears.
(Free entrance)
