Fall Harvest Festival
at 7010 East Raymond Street
Dates of 2008 Fall Harvest Festival are:
September 27 - October 31
Hours for 2008: 9 am - 8pm
Weekday admission is $4 per person; weekend admission is $5 per person. Children two and under are admitted for free.
Included in your admission are:
- a farm tour hayride to the pumpkin patch where you may select from acres of pumpkins
- a walk through our three cornfield mazes--the first is designed with very young children in mind and involves following a path; the second involves some decision-making as to whether to go forward or backward, right or left; the third involves the same type of decision-making and is longer and more complicated.
- enjoying Tyranny, our pumpkin-eating ty"rascal"asaurus who roars as she chomps on pumpkins and chunks splat to the ground
- farm animals to visit
- straw mountain for the big kids to climb on and straw hill for the smaller kids
- tricycle trail with really nifty pedal vehicles to ride (for 10 years old and younger)
- sand diggers for the youngsters to operate in our sand pile.
- live entertainment on Saturdays and Sundays including a clown and bands (see music schedule below)
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New this year is Bouncy Barnstorm, 7 huge inflatables to crawl through, climb up, slide down and bounce up & down. It makes a fun time for everyody!
Also available:
- pumpkins for $.35 per pound or try our "All you can carry challenge". One person must carry the pumpkins and take 5 steps without dropping any and they are yours for $30. Our very largest pumpkins, called Prizewinners, are $30 each.
- pony rides for $3
- on Saturdays and Sundays, food to enjoy while you are here
- mums, straw bales, corn stalks, and gourds
Music Schedule for 2008:
Date |
Morning Music Guests (11am - 2pm) |
Afternoon Music Guests (3pm - 6pm) |
Saturday Sept. 27 |
3 Bean Salad |
Rhythm Wreckers |
Sunday Sept.28 |
WKLU Radio Live |
Circle City Bluegrass |
Saturday Oct. 4 |
Island Breeze |
The Wheeler Family |
Sunday Oct. 5 |
Witch Hazel Valley Boys |
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Saturday Oct. 11 |
Ann McWilliams |
Wally Berry |
Sunday Oct. 12 |
Hogeye Navvy |
Lathan & Lathan |
Saturday Oct. 18 |
Hogeye Navvy |
Steve Jeffers |
Sunday Oct. 19 |
Witch Hazel Valley boys |
The Wheeler Family |
Saturday October 25 |
Young Hoosiers |
Young Hoosiers |
Sunday October 26 |
Cloggers |
Blackberry Jam |
Friday October 24 Old-Fashioned Barn Dance
beginning at 6 p.m.
Bring the whole family for this very special evening
full of music, dancing and all-'round frivolity.
Music and dance calling is provided by Mac Bellner and her band
and anyone can follow the simple traditional dances.
Come for the fun, come for the fellowship, come for the music.
We'll round the evening out with a hayride in the moonlight.
For information about birthday parties, company picnics or other special events in October, please click on the "Parties and Picnics" icon or call Daina at 414-5102
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In October, Indianapolis and central Indiana can expect the Fall Harvest Festival to be a family event where everyone can have a great time! We offer pumpkins and tractor-drawn hayrides to the pumpkin patch where you may select from acres of pumpkins.
Tyranny is our huge pumpkin-eating Tyrannosaurus Rex. Watch your children's eyes light with excitement as she roars and chomps on a pumpkin while the chunks fall to the ground with a splat!
We offer our ever-popular 1,500-square foot strawbale maze, characterized by dark pathways and deadends.Sure to be a great time for the soon-to-be cave explorers in the family, and large enough for most adults to crawl through, too.
There are three cornfield mazes which are always a test of patience and skill to overcome. The first maze is designed with preschoolers in mind in that one can simply 
follow the single path we create to encourage confidence in the young children. The second maze offers opportunity to choose the path forward, to the right or to the left, but all paths lead out of the maze. The third maze is more difficult. There are several paths from which to choose and eventually one can get out of the maze, however it can be a challenge even for some adults.
New this year is Bouncy Barnstorm, 7 huge inflatables to crawl thorugh, climb up, slide down and bounce up & down. It makes a fun time for everyody!
For your equestrian lovers in the family, we offer pony rides. There are farm animals to visit as well.
We have developed a feature for the younger members of your family...the Waterman's Tricycle Track! We have a variety of small pedal-powered tricycles and a wooden-bordered race track for them to have fun!
Each weekend we have live music to entertain you (see schedule above) and clowns who perform all kinds of curious tricks and jok
es to make you laugh, or possibly they can make you a balloon animal to take home with you.
Amazing food concessions, featuring Indiana breaded tenderloins, BBQ ribs and sandwiches, curly fries, funnel cakes, hot dogs and bratwurst, cheesecake, coffee and cider, cookies and many more menu items are available on weekends.
If you're getting tired of those pesky crows...then scare them! With an original Waterman's Make-and Take Scarecrow. We provide all the necessary tools, clothing and, of course, straw to stuff him/her. It only takes your imagination to finish the rest.
We offer fall decorating items including pumpkins of various sizes from miniature to large, gourds, corn stalk bundles, strawbales, and Indian corn. You may want to participate in the "all you can carry" challenge. It is advisable for the person with the longest arms and strongest back to be the carrier. Another person can load the pumpkins on the carrier; the carrier must take five steps, then you pay $30 for all the pumpkins carried.
Our Greenwood location, 1/2 mile south of the Marion/Johnson County line on Highway 37, is now closed for the season. Watch this website for information about strawberries next spring.
