2010 Pumpkin Patch Festival

Come enjoy the open air, browse our unique Souvenir & Gift Shoppe, take a stroll through the Corn Maze, view the fall colors, see farm animals, and of course, don't forget to pick out and decorate your own pumpkin!

Fun Weekends and Special Events! - see details below!

Sept. 25-26 - Food Shelf Weekend, $1 off admission with a food shelf donation.

Oct. 2-3 - Cornstalk Creating Contest. See what you can create with 30 cornstalks - groups or individual! Can be anything. Will be judged on creativity. Fun! Cash prizes. Judging at 3pm.

Oct. 9-10 - Pumpkin Painting Contest with prizes. Pumpkins painted at Nelson Farm Paint Shop (need to purchase your pumpkin.) Judging at 3pm.

Oct. 16-17 - Skalklubb Fiddlers "From Brainerd Way"

Wed. Oct. 20 - Corn Maze by Flashlight, 7pm-9:30pm, $6 admission (not included in daytime gate admission. Bring your own flashlight! Also available: wagon rides, bonfire & marshmallows, mini donuts for sale.

Oct. 21-22 - Thursday/Friday - MEA, open 11:00am - 5:00pm

Fri. & Sat. Oct. 22-23 - Corn Maze by Flashlight, 7pm-9:30pm, $6 admission (not included in daytime gate admission. Bring your own flashlight! Also available: wagon rides, bonfire & marshmallows, mini donuts for sale.

Oct. 23-24 - Scarecrow-Making Contest, with prizes. Bring old clothes and a pair of nylons for the head. Judging at 3pm.

Wed. Oct. 27 - Corn Maze by Flashlight, 7pm-9:30pm, $6 admission (not included in daytime gate admission. Bring your own flashlight! Also available: wagon rides, bonfire & marshmallows, mini donuts for sale.

Fri. & Sat. Oct. 29-30 - Corn Maze by Flashlight, 7pm-9:30pm, $6 admission (not included in daytime gate admission. Bring your own flashlight! Also available: wagon rides, bonfire & marshmallows, mini donuts for sale.

Oct. 30 - 31 - NEW! Pumpkin Carving Contest with prizes. Carve your pumpkins and leave the mess at the farm! (Need to purchase your pumpkin.) Judging at 3pm each day.


Hours
Saturdays 11:01 am - 5:01 pm (also MEA Thursday and Friday)
Sundays 12:01 pm - 5:01 pm

Admission: $7.00 per person - age 1 and under free
Group rates: 25 or more $6.00 per person. Call or email for reservations.
Season passes: $14.00 per person

Daily Schedule

12:30pm-1:15pm Swinging in the Hayloft (ages up to 8th grade only)
1:30pm Trebuchet (Pumpkin Chucker Flinger Thinger)
1:35pm Coin Scramble with prizes! (In the Horse Course, of course!)
2:00pm Ag Olympics with prizes! Sign up by the windmill.
3:30pm Trebuchet (Pumpkin Chucker Flinger Thinger)

Activities subject to change or cancellation due to weather.

Regular Activities

  • Barrel races
  • Make-and-take scarecrows (bring your own clothes)
  • Corn cob golf
  • Soap box derby
  • Farm Frisbee golf
  • Straw maze
  • Farm hideout
  • Panning for marbles and gems
  • Pony rides*
  • Horse-drawn wagon rides*
  • Combine rides*

*Requires extra charge


Also Available:

  • Food for sale
  • Pumpkins, gourds, corn/stalks for sale
  • Monica's Gift Shoppe

 

 

 

 

The Nelson Farm

Don and Sonja Nelson  |  320-693-7750  |  nelsonfarm@willmar.com