As Prairie Gardens celebrates its 17th anniversary of the Haunted Pumpkin Festival; the newest attraction from the Andersen family farm creates even more fun. Prairie Gardens Express Train will be sure delight all ages with guided farm tours!
New! Pumpkin Trail on Sunday, October 28th. Gates close at 10pm.
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General Festival Information Sponsored By Glenora Boston Pizza.
Admission to the Farm includes a full day of family fun on the weekends in October.
- Great Prairie Corn Maze
- Wagon Rides
- Make a Real Scarecrow (Straw, clothes and Head bag provided for Free)
- Petting Farm
- Haunted House
- Kids Corn Maze & Bale Maze
- Play areas
- Indoor Pumpkin Patches (Pumpkins cost $1 - $20)
- Puppet Shows
- Live Folk Music (12-3pm)
- Interactive Family Theater Performances (2pm)
- Special Attractions and Events
Food- Group Menus: For lunch / snacks, we can either cater directly to your group at the private group use site you choose, or you can order food tokens to be used at our concessions. The #1 choice is usually BBQ beef on a bun (Barnyard BBQ). Or, you can book hotdog picnic packs to be delivered to your campfire site for a hot dog roast (Cowboy Cookout). A unique option is the French Canadian lunch with pea soup, Tourtiere, salad and pumpkin pie. (Pioneer Package). Snacks can include pumpkin muffins, Halloween cookies, coffee, fudge, or hand dipped ice cream.
Sturgeon County Bounty -Local Food Tasting Event Returns for Saturday, September 29th, 2012 with 25 local farmers, artists, chefs and restraunteurs on location from 11 -3 for a taste of real local, real food! Taste tickets are $1 each, most menu items range from $1 - $4.
Starlight Theatre is delighted to be back performing at the 17th Anniversary Haunted Pumpkin Festival! Performing at Prairie Gardens is always a blast...the audience might be children with their parents, grandpa and grandma, we've even had a few witches and goblins join us on the hay bales! Come and see us this year for our new show featuring Shadow Puppets for Halloween.
Halloween Weekend Oct 26,27,28
Come for special fun including costume contests, pumpkin carving and our allnew Carved Pumpkin Trail featuring hundreds of Jack-o-Lanterns glowing along the farm trails!
Special Events - 2012:
Saturday, October 6th, the Edmonton Bone Wagon Association will be onsite with a Hearse Show & Shine, fully decked out for Halloween - in costume! A spook-tacular event - just like a Halloween Fringe!
New this Season!
Knights Haven -Join us every Saturday for medieval games, archery and catapult lessons taught by our traveling band of knights from Knights Haven. Young maidens and aspiring knights -test your might in a Knight Fight!
New Attractions: (Tokens required) Cost Range - $2 - $12 Tokens
Lost Lemon Gem Sluice Mine ($ 4-Kids Buckets - $12-Family Pails of Gem Gravel)
Prairie Gardens Express Rail-less Train ($2)
Old Thyme Photo Parlour U-Snap Photos - Self directed free activity
Grandmas Fudgery $4
Trick or Treat Cabin $2 up up for Halloween novelties and treats.
Festival Activities – (All Included in Admission) 2012:
• Great Prairie Corn Maze Gold Rush! Call it agro-art, a living puzzle; it’s an a-maizing adventure for kids of all ages - Cornfusing, and fun!
• Haunted Farm House – The creaks and groans are real…
• Head out on an A-Maizing race adventure across the whole farm. Find all eight clues and enter to win an Amaizing Fun weekend getaway.
• Make & Take a Real Scarecrow to create a great fall display on your porch to welcome the harvest season.
• Stroll through the Nature Trail Forest.
• Solve three 10 minute kid’s mazes. (Bale Maze, Kids Labyrinth, and Mini Gold Rush Trails)
• What the Hay? Hay Bale Giants-12 feet tall are a wonder to behold. Don’t forget your cameras!
• The Old Fashioned Duck Races, and giant checkers games are fun for everyone.
• Cornstalk Puppet Theatre presents new for 2011! The Little Red Hen stars in our barnyard cast.
• Unlimited wagon rides around the farm
• Petting Farm – meet the farm sheep, goats and bunnies!
• Bale Jumps
More Fun – extra cost of $2/activity
• Pumpkin Painting – Choose a mini-pumpkin to paint and take home.
• Fishin Ponds, Pirates Pull, and Dragons Treasure – Everyone takes home a surprise prize.
• Pumpkin & Corn Cannons – Shoot a pumpkin as a Fund Raiser for Edmonton’s Youth Emergency Shelter Society ($4).
Shopping
• Pumpkin Emporium – Find the perfect Halloween costume or fun fall décor, cornshocks, and pumpkins.
• Land of Orange – Pick the perfect pumpkin – prices range from $1 - $20.
Eats
• Pumpkin Pie Café – Enjoy a hotdog, steaming bowl of chili, pumpkin pie and hot chocolate
• BBQ Beef on a Bun Concession – Enjoy beef on a bun, ice cream, and pumpkin pie, hot and cold beverages
• Snack Jacks – Popcorn, cupcakes, and peanut brittle, hot and cold beverages.
• Popcorn Hut
• Tea Hut – enjoy a cup of tea or hot chocolate in our heated Pavilion #3.
NEW! Haunted Corn Maze on Saturday Nights -- We're open until 10 pm for Flashlight Maze Adventures. Last ride to the maze is at 9:00pm! Gates close at 10 pm. Spooky but not gory!
Campfire Sites must be reserved in advance for an afternoon or an evening. You can order a Hotdog Picnic Catering Package to be delivered to your site for a cost of $40/dozen - or you can bring your own food for a great outdoor activity and cookout. You should also bring your camera, flashlights, and an extra jacket for the crisp fall evenings. We get your fire started and supply the wood, picnic table, and bales of straw to sit on. NO ALCOHOL is allowed on the farm. Each person must pay for General Admission in addition to the campfire site fee.
| Days Available: |
Any day of the week or weekend |
| Times Available: |
All Day (10 am -6 pm); or for 3 hours > Lunch 10 am - 1 pm; or Dinner 2 pm - 6 pm
5 pm to 9:00 pm Saturdays,
Cost: 3 Hours $50.00 Full Day: $75 |
| Weeknights For Groups |
Wednesday – Friday 5 pm – 9 pm (Farm gates open by pre-registration only – min $100) Cost $10.50 per person (includes entrance fees and campfire site with firewood etc.) |
Private Picnic Sites: Reserve a private picnic site for a family picnic.
Cost: $12 (plus admission).
Group Use Picnic Pavilion with campfire site #2 provides shelter from the weather. Quonset style hoop house with silver roof tarp and barn board sides - seats up 60 with up to 10 picnic tables provided.
Pavilion Cost: $100. (Plus admission, and a $2 per person campfire site fee).
Greenhouse Pavilions: They are heated greenhouse pavilions, have electricity, tables & chairs or straw bale seats inside, and come with a campfire with a picnic tables outside. They can seat from 50 - 160 inside. They must be reserved in advance. These sites include one campfire site. If you prefer that the campfire not be lighted, you may make this request at the time of the reservation or on the date of your party. The pavilion cost does not include admission fees.
| Times Available: |
11:30 am to 4:30 pm any day of the week
5 pm to 10:30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays
5 pm to 9:30 pm on Sundays through Thursdays |
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| Cost: |
Full Day: Small – Seats up to 100 > $250.00
Full Day: Large – Seats up to 200 > $500.00 |
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Located: We are located just 25 km north of Edmonton on HWY 28 (97St), I Km East of Bon Accord, and 2 Km North on Lily Lake Road.
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