Guides to fall at the farm, written for families coming from Des Moines, Ames, and across Central Iowa.
Four acres, a new design every fall, and 35 minutes from downtown Des Moines. Here's how the maze works and when to come.
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Apple Picking Guide Every Apple, Every Month There's a moment that happens to just about everybody who picks their own apples for the first time. You twist one off the branch, polish...
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Three Halloween weekends at one farm, 35 minutes from Des Moines: Pumpkin Nights with fireworks every Saturday in October, Costume Weekend with trick-or-treating, and Pumpkin Destruction to close the season. Dates, what's...
Read the guideThe apples come first, the pumpkins peak in October, and the last weekend is the loudest one of the year. Here's how to pick your week, plus every 2026 fall event date...
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A practical guide to fall with kids in Central Iowa: drive times from across the Des Moines metro, what things cost, which weekends are busiest, and how to plan a day that...
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