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2019 Guide to Fall Harvest Fun

guide to fall Harvest fun!

One of the activities our families most look forward to as summer turns to fall is harvest season. From hayrides and bouncy houses to cider donuts and caramel apples, get out there and find your perfect harvest fun for a crisp weekend day or a restless weekday afternoon!

For more fall events, please check out our online calendar.

Our Top Picks

EZ Orchard

EZ Orchard

5504 Hazel Green Rd NE, Salem

EZ Orchards combines education and entertainment in an interactive farm setting. Enjoy apples, corn, fresh pressed apple cider, cider donuts, pumpkins, squash, etc. The kids will love the hay rides, petting zoo, corn maze, pony rides, live music, food booths, pumpkin patch, face painting, gold & gemstone mining, pie eating contests, pedal tractors, steer roping ring toss game, duck races game, pioneer camp and caramel apples.

French Prairie Gardens

French Prairie Gardens

17673 French Prairie Rd NE, St. Paul

Truly the most ambitious of this year’s pumpkin patches, French Prairie Gardens is hosting far more fall activities than we could fit in this modest description. But rest assured, all your favorite pumpkin patch pursuits will be present and accounted for (Corn maze! Hayrides! Petting zoo! Hooray!).

Koch Family Farm

Koch Family Farm

4745 Raybell Rd NE, St Paul

Enjoy a family farm experience! Ride the hayride, see the farm animals and spend time playing on the farm. Enjoy pumpkins, winter squash, apples, pears, sweet corn, indian corn, corn stalks and straw.

Oregon Heritage Farms

Oregon Heritage Farms

22801 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Hillsboro

They are a family owned business for over 25 years, specializing in apples. Farm Direct Store offering the best apples, cider & fresh local produce. Open end of August thru mid November. Their seasonal farm store is great fun for the whole family, with 10 varieties of apples that they grow, as well as locally-grown produce when available. Weekends in October are filled with fall festivities with their annual Applefest the 2nd Saturday in October.

Plumper Pumpkins

Plumper Pumpkins

11435 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd, Portland

The trip up Old Cornelius Pass, with its multi-hued foliage in full, glorious display, is absolutely one of Portland’s favorite fall activities to revel in. Add a day trip to Plumper Pumpkins Pumpkin Patch and your family will have a full day of gorgeous autumn tinged memories to share. This patch is perfect for families with toddler-aged kiddos.

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Bauman’s Farm

12989 Howell Prairie Rd NE, Gervais

Bella Organic

16205 NW Gillihan Rd, Portland

Bell’s Orchard

24350 SW Farmington Rd, Beaverton

Fazio Farms

NE Fazio Way & 13th Ave, Portland

Kruger’s Farm

17100 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland

Liepold Farms

14050 SE Richey Rd, Boring

The Pumpkin Patch at Sauvie Island

16511 NW Gillihan Rd, Portland

Tri-County Farms

Multiple farms – see website