These days, pumpkin patches offer much, much more than pumpkins for those looking for family-friendly activities, as well as Halloween jack-o’-lanterns and filling for pies.
For instance, take Bailey Vegetables in Snohomish. Sure, the pumpkin patch covers more than 5 acres, but weekends in Oc
tober also mean fun for kids in the pumpkin barn with a hay fort, tire swings and a “needle in a haystack” game.
At Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze, there are a pumpkin patch and a “Legend of the Trolls” corn maze. Every year Foster’s comes up with a new design for its giant maze.
Foster’
s also offers a “pumpkin slingshot”: three tries for $1 and if you hit the target, you get a free ice cream cone.
Then there are harvest festivals, like the Sultan Farm Fest, which can offer a bounty of activities, from cooking to roping lessons, as well as a choice of fresh vegetables and pumpkins.
Or check out the Harvest Festival at Country Village in Bothell, which includes dance and music performances, pony rides and the Zambonie Brothers’ “Chicken Rider.”
Here’s a list of some area pumpkin patches, corn mazes and harvest festivals.
Snohomish, Island counties
• Bailey Vegetables’ pumpkin patch: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Oct. 31; pumpkin barn open weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 12711 Springhetti Road, Snohomish; 360-568-8826; www.baileyveg.com.
• Baylor Farm: 28511 Ben Howard Road, Monroe; 360-793-0822. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Oct. 1 through 31. Wagon rides, fall decorations; U-pick pumpkins, 15 cents per pound.
• Bob’s Corn: 10917 Elliott Road, Snohomish; 360-668-2506; www.bobscorn.net. Pumpkin patch open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Oct. 31; corn maze is open at 10 a.m. daily until 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday through October; hay rides Fridays through Sundays. See website for corn maze and hay ride details. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Carleton Farm: 630 Sunnyside Blvd. SE, Everett; 425-334-2297; www.carleton farm.com. Farm open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or dusk daily starting Oct.1; regular corn maze 10 a.m. to one hour before dusk daily, through Oct. 31; haunted corn maze dusk to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Corn mazes, weekend hay rides and two pumpkin cannons. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Craven Farm: 13817 Short School Road, Snohomish; 360-568-2601; www.craven farm.com. Pumpkin patch, 9:30 a.m. until dark daily through Oct. 31. Tractor-drawn hay rides, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; corn maze; weekday farm tours by appointment. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Fairbank Hands-On Pumpkin & Animal Farm: 15308 52nd Ave. W., Edmonds; 425-743-3694; www.fairbank farm.com. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 1 through 31. Farm includes vegetable garden, Hidden Bear Trail, tiny tot corn maze and hay tunnel, farm animals to pet. $2.50 admission, $1 and up per pumpkin, 50 cents and up per gourd.
• The Farm at Swan’s Trail: 7301 Rivershore Road, Snohomish; 425-334-4124; www.thefarm1.com. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Weekday field trips by reservation. Barn maze, Washington State Corn Maze, wagon rides. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Farm is part of the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins.
• Foster’s Produce and Corn Maze: 5818 Highway 530 NE, Arlington; 360-435-6516; www.fosterscornmaze.com. Corn maze and giant pumpkin patch, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Oct. 1 through 31.
• Harvest Festival: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9, Country Village, 23732 Bothell-Everett Highway, Bothell; free activities, $5 for pumpkin painting; 425-483-2250; www.countryvillagebothell.com.
• Kurt’s Produce: 17819 Highway 203, Monroe; 360-794-5940. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Oct. 1 through 31. U-pick pumpkins, approximately 25 cents per pound.
• Langley’s Oktoberfest: 11 a.m. Oct. 1, with music, brats, beer and games with the Langley Chamber Beer Garden located in the Useless Bay Coffee Co. garden, 121 Second St., Langley. The 10-piece Bavarian Village Band plays as local Jim Freeman emcees the beer games from 3 to 6 p.m. on the bocce courts and will host “So You Think You Can Yodel” contest; German trivia games for prizes all day. Go to visitlangley.com.
• The Mansford Grange Harvest Festival: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 8, 1265 Railroad Ave., Darrington. Enjoy old-fashioned fun, learn to cook navy bean or cabbage soup, carve pumpkins or have your kids make garden vegetable art, see who wins the Giant Zucchini Hall Of Fame Award.
• Pioneer Pumpkin Patch: I-5 exit 212, Highway 532 west, next to the Camano Island bridge; 360-629-3580; 11 a.m. to dusk Wednesdays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to dusk Saturdays and Sundays, closed Mondays and Tuesdays Oct. 1 to 31; Facebook: Pioneer Pumpkin Patch; family’s pumpkin patch in a scenic farm setting. Pick many varieties of pumpkins from the vine; also squash, straw bales, decorative items, corn maze, weekend hayrides.
• Pumpkins for Literacy: The Plant Farm at Smokey Point, 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville; 360-652-3351; www.theplantfarm.com; Pumpkin patch, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Oct. 8 through 30. Field trips scheduled through Whidbey Island Bank, 360-657-3100. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Hosted by the Marysville Rotary Club.
• Remlinger Farms: 32610 NE 32nd St., Carnation; 425-333-4135, ext. 250; www.remlingerfarms.com. U-pick pumpkins priced by size. Fall Harvest Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 31.
• Stocker Farms: 360-568-7391; www.stockerfarms.com. U-pick pumpkin patch, 10622 Airport Way, Snohomish, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Oct. 31. Corn maze Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 31. Pumpkin Festival Field, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 1 through 31, at 8705 Marsh Road, Snohomish. See website for more corn maze, Pumpkin Festival Field and Haunted Field of Screams details.
• Strotz’s Country Feed: 21713 27th Ave. NE, Arlington; 360-652-6064; www.strotzscountryfeed.com. U-pick pumpkins, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 1 through 31.
• Sultan Farm Festival: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 8 at Fern Bluff Road, Sultan; tractor rides, cooking lessons, learn to lasso; 360-793-0983; www.skyvalleychamber.com.
Skagit County
• Skagit Valley Festival of Family Farms: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 1 and 2; farm tours, children’s activities, hay rides, animal petting, wine tasting, shellfish, pumpkins, educational exhibits; free festival admission, farm activity costs vary; 360-421-4729; farm map is at www.farmtour.com.
• Giant Pumpkin Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 1 and 2 at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Highlights include live old-time music, pumpkin and winemaking classes, apple cider pressing, and a Giant Pumpkin Contest with a $500 cash prize for first place. For details about the contest and full class descriptions go to www.christiansonsnursery.com.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; goffredo@heraldnet.com.
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