Pumpkin Patch Festival
October 15 & 16 and October 22 & 23, 2011
The Pumpkin Patch hours:
Saturday 10am to 4pm, October 15th and 22nd
Sunday 12pm to 4pm, October 16th and 23rd
Location: 15264 County Road 350 (look for the pumpkin signs!), Buena Vista
For more information contact andrea@guidestonecolorado.org
Autumn in the Upper Arkansas Valley is a wonderful time to celebrate with seasonal festivities around the abundant harvest. One great event for children and families will be Guidestone’s fifth annual Pumpkin Patch Festival at Cottonwood Meadows in Buena Vista. The Pumpkin Patch Festival is a two-weekend celebration open to the public, which offers a variety of activities and amusements for the whole family.
You can join in on a horse-drawn wagon ride pulled by a local team of horses. The team will pull you out to the pumpkin patch where you can pick the perfect pumpkin for Halloween. Other engaging activities include winding through the hay-bale maze, playing chicken bingo, and enjoying a barbecue bratwurst or burger lunch with hot-apple cider and homemade pies and cookies. There will also be arts and crafts for the children, farm games, face-painting pony rides and a petting zoo. Enjoy the sights and sounds of life on a farm with your friends and neighbors while enjoying the fall colors of the cottonwoods and the views of Mt. Princeton. You can build a scarecrow. Take a walk back to the beautiful meadows along Cottonwood Creek. See the gardens where Weathervane Farm grows the vegetables provided to you through the CSA and markets all season long. And be sure to check out Cottonwood Creek Dairy and learn about old-fashioned raw milk production. And don't miss Colorado Grown, a distribution center specializing in locally grown and Colorado-based farm and specialty products.
Admission is $5 for adults and children three and over - the tiny tots are free! The cost of admission and the proceeds from the barbeque and baked goods will support Farmhands, Guidestone's educational programs. Guidestone is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening the local food economy through preserving agricultural resources and educating for ecological literacy. Guidestone’s Farmhands Education Program aims to join children with the hands-on learning experiences of small-scale local food production.
Come Join In The Fun!
"Sustainer" Sponsors
The Boathouse Cantina
LiveWell Chaffee County
"Harvestor" Sponsor
Landmark Surveying & Mapping
"Cultivator" Sponsors
Arlie Dale’s Jug Liquors, Brady’s West, BV Roastery, Erin’s Organics Geothermal Greenhouse,
GOTO Guide, Headwaters Outdoor Equipment, Heart of Colorado Vacations, Moonstone Ventures,
Mothers Bistro, Natural Habitats, Nature’s Pantry, Rebound Physical Therapy, Simple Foods, Salida Mountain Sports, Susan Dempsey Hughes (Pinon Realty) & The Mixing Bowl
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