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Customer Appreciation Weekend
Sept. 10-12
The Barn Nursery
8109 S Route 31, Cary, IL
847-658-3883
www.barnnurserylandscape.com
Friday night wine tasting 6pm-8pm, 100’s of raffle prizes, gourd painting or the kids. Visit our website for a full description of events.
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Fall Fest
Sept. 18-19
The Growing Place
2000 Montgomery Rd, Aurora, IL
630-820-8088
www.thegrowingplace.com
The focus is on family fun! Pumpkins, gourds, squash, and more are grown by Future Farmers of America. Hayrides, crafts, face painting, and activities. Kids can play percussion instruments with a Traditional Country Music trio from noon to 3pm Saturday. Hot dogs, brats, roasted sweet corn and warm, fresh donuts!
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Didier Farms Pumpkinfest
Sept. 25 – Oct. 31
Didier Farms
16678 West Aptakisic Rd, Prairie View-
Lincolnshire, IL
847-634-3291
www.didierfarms.com
Halloween shop, hayrides, pumpkins for purchase and pick your own, fall produce, petting zoo with baby chicks and baby piglets, pony rides, farm animals, corn maze, educational farming display, kiddie rides, school groups (weekends), birthday parties. Pumpkin patch cafe. Apple cider and homemade apple & pumpkin donuts. |
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Fall Festival and Petting Zoo
Oct. 2 & Oct. 3 (11am-4pm)
Grand Street Gardens
2200 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL
312-829-8200
www.grandstreetgardens.com
Come join Grand Street Gardens for a weekend of family fun! Make friends with the animals, decorate a pumpkin, pick out fall decorations or just relax and listen to a live band—there’s something for everyone! |
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Berthold’s Fall Festival
Oct. 1-31
Berthold’s Floral, Gifts & Garden Center
434 E Devon Ave, Elk Grove Village, IL
847-439-2600
www.bertholdsgardencenter.com
Berthold’s fall festival features the spectacular “Eleventh Hour Haunted House” and a corn maze for the entire month of October. On weekends, there is Scarecrow building, Pumpkin painting and other activities for children. Stop in our beautiful gift shop for your fall and Halloween décor. |
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Autumn Air Festival
Oct. 2-3
Fernwood Botanical Garden
13988 Rangeline Rd. Niles, MI
269-695-6491
www.fernwoodbotanical.org
Fernwood Botanical Garden and WNIT public television present a weekend of food, music, and children’s activities. Fresh pumpkins and gourds will be displayed throughout the gardens, garden shop area will have pumpkins and unusual garden art for sale, and there will be a show and
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Fall Farm Fest
Oct. 2-3 & Oct. 16-17 (10am-4pm)
Spring Bluff Nursery, Inc.
41W130 Norris Rd, Sugar Grove, IL
630-466-4278
www.springbluffnursery.com
Fall décor for sale including mums, kale, pumpkins, corn stalks & straw bales. Our fall fest will be offering hayrides, refreshments and children’s activities on all four days. New! We’re having twilight hayrides at $5/per person weather permitting on on Oct 1-2 & Oct 15-16. To reserve your seat, call 630-466-4278. |
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Scarecrow Fest
Oct. 9-10 (10am-4pm)
Lurvey Landscape Supply & Garden Center
2550 E. Dempster St., Des Plaines
847-824-7411
www.lurveys.com
Come join us for family fun! Build a scarecrow for $1 each & up. You supply the clothes and we’ll supply the straw. Feed and pet the barn animals, enjoy a pony ride, have your face painted, play in the bouncy house. Pick out your own pumpkin from our patch! |
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More Fall Festivals
Chicago September
18
10th Annual County Fair at Garfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Central Park. Enjoy games, a petting zoo, pony rides ($1), compost demos, live music, food and a farmer’s market. Bring your gardening tools to get them sharpened. Bring your favorite recipe for a special recipe swap. 11 am-4 pm. Admission $5.
Ages 3 and under are free. Info: www.garfield-conservatory.org or 773-638-1766 ext. 18.
North October
1-3
Fall Bulb Festival at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe. This new event combines the Harvest Festival and the Woman’s Board Bulb Bazaar. More than 20 vendors. Also: pumpkins, gourmet food, baked goods and more. Family activities and a fall plant giveaway. Chef demos at 1:30 pm. and 2:30 pm. on Oct. 2 and 3. Hours: Oct. 1 from noon-4 pm. Oct 2 & 3 from 10 am-4 pm. Garden free. Parking $20. Info: 847-835-5440 or www.chicagobotanic.org.
Northwest October
9-11
Pumpkin Fill Up at Susie’s Garden Patch, 10258 U.S. Hwy. 20, Garden Prairie, IL. U-Pick pumpkins at wholesale prices. Pumpkins $3 each up to 40 lbs. Corn path and corn maze. Pony rides on Saturday and Sunday. Hours: Saturday & Monday: 9 am-6 pm. Sunday: noon-5 pm. Free. Info: 815-597-3011.
West September
11
Corron Farm Prairie Fest at Corron Farm, 7N761 Corron Road, Campton Township, St. Charles. Visit a 220-acre, 1830s farm dedicated to the preservation of natural woodlands, savannas and prairies. Entertainment, old-fashioned refreshments and hay rides. 1-5 pm. Free. Info: www.comptontownship.com.
West October
3
Harvest Days at Garfield Farm Museum, LaFox, a 19th century farm. Demonstrations of farm and household skills, 19th century music and food. Located on Garfield Road just north of Illinois Rt. 38. 11:30-4 pm. $6/$3. Info: 630/584-8485 or www.garfieldfarm.org.
8-10
25th Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Festival in downtown St. Charles. Over 100 scarecrows will show their “stuff” in the Scarecrow Contest. Also: craft show, music, kids activities, carnival and the popular “make-your-own scarecrow” to take home. Fri. & Sat. 9 am-9 pm. Sun. 9 am-6 pm. Info: 800-777-4373 or www.scarecrowfest.com.
South October
3
Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Bengston’s pumpkin Farm, 13341 W. 151st St., Homer Glen, IL. Weigh-off starts at 12 pm. The 1st place prize is $5,000, and up to $5,000 in additional prize money. The winning pumpkin will be on display until Nov. 1. Info: Contact George Janowiak at 224-629-3519.
Wisconsin October
1-3
Harvest in the Heartland at Heritage Flower Farm, 33725 County Road L, Mukwonago. Bittersweet, gourds, heirloom pumpkins,
handmade primitives, folk art, unique harvest
and Halloween decorations. Info:
www.heritageflowerfarm.com.
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