The green rolling landscape and lush hillsides of the Finger Lakes region are home to a diversity of agricultural operations, many of which welcome visitors. Add dimension to your visit to the area with stops at unique farm markets, hay rides, orchard cider pressing demonstrations, on-farm cheese making, extensive Halloween displays at pumpkin farms, Corn Mazes, spectacular gardens and horticulture businesses, and livestock farms of all kinds, including horses, cows, sheep, goats, alpacas and even ostrich. You’ll find year around activities, from maple sugaring tours in the spring to horse drawn wagon rides and hot cocoa at Christmas tree farms in December. This listing will help you find some of the best the region has to offer. Just remember to bring the camera and an extra fabric bag or two to haul home all those jams, jellies, cheeses, cider, pancake mixes, and maple syrup! Cayuga County Grisamore Farms Goose Street, Locke NY13092 315-497-1347 http://www.grisamorefarms.com Grisamore Farms is a 5th generation farm offering a diversity of activities. They offer a nice variety of u-pick fruits and an even wider selection of farm-grown produce in their 19th century dairy barn-turned farm store. In addition to produce, the store also displays the farm’s collection of antiques and farm tools. Products for sale include locally made honey, maple syrup, preserves, locally milled flour, pancake, cookie, bread, and muffin mixes. The candy counter features old-fashioned candies, fudge and brittle, and the kitchen has ice cream, beverages, and snacks. Visitors will enjoy browsing a vast array of kitchen gadgets, cookie cutters, cookbooks, and pottery as well as a beautiful selection of table covers, placements, napkins, table runners, curtains, dish towels and cloths. The farm also features 18,000 feet of greenhouse sales space and several fall celebrations and activities, including cider making, weekend hayrides, farm animals, a Halloween Maze, a Corn Maze, and a Christmas Shop. Elderberry Ponds Country Foods 3728 Center Street Road, Auburn NY 13021 315-252-3977 http://www.elderberrypond.com Elderberry Pond is a 100 acre certified organic rarm producing a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, cut flowers and pasture raised meats. They pride themselves on offering fruit and vegetable varieties known for their culinary qualities. For example, they grow over 100 varieties of apples including some specifically for baking and others for sweet and hard cider production. They sell farm produce and meats, as well as jams, jellies, cider, salads and soups made from the farm’s bounty, through The Country Food Store located in a stone building on the farm. In addition they are proud to present their fresh produce and pasture raised meats at their Gourmet Restaurant, where it is expertly prepared by their professional chefs. They invite you to join them at the farm and enjoy a relaxing lunch or dinner in the rustic, yet elegant, dining room overlooking the gardens. Folls Flower Farm Harter Road, Auburn NY 13021 315-784-5501 Specialty cut flower growers creating floral designs as well as tours and flower workshops. Weekend Flower Affairs: spend a day with flowers and nature. Explore the flower garden with nearly a mile of flowers, visit the pond and feed the koi and gold fish, walk around the house and barn gardens, make your way to the shop or the deck to receive the day’s class on topics ranging from creating formal candle centerpieces to Asian simplicity designs, hand tied bouquets, basket centerpieces and stunning urn designs. Express your creativity with the project of the day; each participant is guided to express their own unique designs using the colors and flowers of their choice. As an alternative, try a self-guided tour of the gardens with maps of the miles of trails; available most times in the summer, but reservations are required. Chemung Bradley Farms 1543 Maple Avenue, Elmira NY 14904 607-732-0561 Hosts Endless Mountains Draft Horse Club’s Plow Days every spring (1st weekend in May). One of the largest Halloween haunted house in the state of New York, about 12,000 sq ft, with over 40 live actors and scare professionals. The Trail of Terror, a walking trail filled with many characters and frightful sights through the cornfields and along the eerie creek banks, is also a spooky attraction. A pumpkin-land display throughout the main retail area of the farm has funny and family friendly pumpkin characters displayed in many different scenes. There is also a full service ice cream shop, with all the favorite flavors in soft or hard serve ice cream and food and beverages are available. Maple Valley Farm Market County Road 64, Big Flats, NY 14814 607-562-8848 Offers farm grown seasonal produce, meats and free range chicken eggs. The offer a delightful range of locally produced foods, including jams, jellies, sauces, salad dressings, maple products, honey, and cheeses as well as bakery items like pies and breads. Visitors will also find a nice assortment of other natural products. Seasonal offerings include summer barbecues and Christmas trees and wreaths. Cortland County Dave’s Veggies Farm Market Greenhouses 5178 NYS Route 41, Homer NY 13077 607-749-4955 Offers seasonal fruits, vegetables, herbs, bedding plants, hanging baskets and a nice selection of antiques. U-pick operation for a selection of produce; highlights are flowers, blueberries and pumpkins. The pumpkin patch is open from late September through October with pre-picked as well as u-pick pumpkins. There is a snack and refreshment stand and convenient restrooms. Hill of Beans 5405 Chapman Road, Cortland, NY 13045 607-753-0889 Hill of Beans provides your family with a Christmas experience. You can take a hay wagon ride up the hill and cut your tree. Use one of their saws or bring your own! They also offer a selection of pre-cut trees in many varieties plus handmade wreaths, swags and centerpieces. Enjoy a cup of hot cocoa and homemade cookies in their warming barn. Hollenbeck Cider Mill 1265 State Route 392, Virgil NY 13045 607-835-6455 Cider pressing on most fall weekends, fresh baked pies and other bakery items, fresh donuts, jams, jellies, NYS Cheeses, fudge and grape juice. Select your favorite apples from a wide selection of orchard crates. Reakes Country Goods 4016 Route 13, Truxton NY 13158 607-842-6322 A scenic drive to a family farm market! They sell homegrown and local fresh produce, pies, baked goods, maple syrup, extra sharp NY cheese and Hershey ice cream. Their country decor gift shop sells prints, pottery, sterling jewelry and Americana furniture. The 1890 barn is full of antiques and collectibles. Picnic tables and rocking chairs are available for those just wanting to enjoy the country air and refreshments. Call ahead for tour information. Livingston County Nor Mar Ostrich Farm 2804 DeNoon Road, Caledonia NY 14423 585-624-4882 The largest ostrich farm in the Northeast. Providing interactive family and group tours of the Ostrich & Emu farm. Call to schedule a tour. Monroe County Gro-Moore Farms 2811 E Henrietta Road, Henrietta NY 14467 585-359-3310 http://www.gromoore.com Gro-Moore Farms is a great place to see bedding plants and planters, seasonal farm fresh fruit and vegetables, and a vast variety of your favorite farm products like honey, dressings, mixes, jams, jellies, pickled vegetables, and more. There are many other great gifts and treats in store, like their famous creamy fudges and a variety of unique gifts and country specialties for every style and household. This is also a u-pick destination for strawberries and pumpkins and offers fresh cut and potted Christmas trees, a wide selection of holiday wreaths and hundreds of poinsettias. Tours are offered and there are many farm events throughout the season such as Strawberry Sunday, Blueberry Sunday, Sweet Corn Festival, Tomato Sunday, and Peachy Sunday, plus a huge fall festival. Pumpkin Hollow is like entering some kind of fantasy Magic Land, it’s a chance for families to just have fun, chose the perfect pumpkin, enjoy some games, and get lost together in a relaxed day outdoors. GroMore has great weekend activities from mid September through the end of October, including a petting zoo, pumpkin slide, haunted house, spooky scenes, wagon rides, big bale maze, straw crawl, paint your own pumpkin, John Deere express and more. Hurd Orchards 17260 Ridge Road, Holley NY 14470 585-638-8838 http://www.hurdorchards.com Hurd Orchards is a family owned fruit and flower farm and canning company nestled in the fertile lake plains of Western New York between the banks of the Erie Canal and the shores of Lake Ontario. They offer an extensive selection of u-pick fruits and vegetables as well as many on farm events and activities from May through December, including tastings, luncheons, teas, classes and children’s programs. Partyka Farms 1420 County Line Road, Kendall, NY 14476 585-659-9131 http://www.partykafarms.com Take your pick of high quality produce and other store goods, including homemade jams, jellies, honey, cookie mixes, tempting baked goods and Partyka's trademark hull-less roasted pumpkin seeds. Visit the greenhouse for all your gardening needs: annuals, perennials, mulches, manures, and seeds. Enjoy u-pick strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and tomatoes plus a large playground and outdoor picnic area. Special events include an annual Quilt Show around Mother’s Day featuring Partyka samplings, home baked goods and fresh ground coffee, Country Barn Quilt Trail bus tours & free maps, children's quilt square coloring contest, and quilt sales. In the fall watch for pumpkin sales and fresh apple cider made using the rack and cloth system. Partyka cider has a deep, rich color and is UV treated, not pasteurized. Whittier Fruit Farm 219 Whittier Road, Rochester, NY 14624 585-594-9054 http://www.whittierfruitfarm.com Fresh, home grown fruits and vegetables are waiting for you at Whittier Fruit Farm, a family-owned and operated farm. The orchard has 25 varieties of apple trees. You can pick your own apples, cherries, raspberries and purple plums in season, or shop in the indoor farm market. Kids will love the free wagon rides (weekends, starting after Labor Day through the last weekend in October) to the apple trees. There is a play area and tables where you can relax with ice cream and other treats while the kids play. Be sure to try the apple cider (when in season), fresh pressed and pasteurized for your enjoyment and good health. Orchard and other crop tours available. Wickham Farms 1821 Fairpoint Nine Mile Road, Penfield NY 14526 585-377-FARM http://www.wickhamfarms.com Visitors will enjoy a great farm store with fall harvest themed activities. The store features locally produced fruits and vegetables, annuals and perennials, and on-site bakery, and it also serves lunch and light dinner. Draw up a chair on the outdoor patio for a game of checkers. In fall experience the 3-4 acre corn maze, take a tractor drawn wagon ride around the pumpkin patch, the great playground with a classic tractor children can climb on and a three dimensional wooden “tree” where children can “pick” apples. Zarpentine Farms 163 Burritt Road, Hilton, NY 14468 585-392-3611 http://zarpentinefarms.com A wonderful farm market and Corn Maize! The market offers a wide range of farm grown fruits and vegetables, on-site bakery items like apple fritters and apple, cherry and peach turnovers, cider fried cakes and fresh cookies. Also find jams and jellies, fresh pressed sweet apple cider, honey, maple syrup, maple sugar candy, salad dressings, hot sauces and more. The 15-acre Corn Maize has a different theme each year and provides hours of family fun. Highlights include the Moonlight Maize on Friday and Saturday nights, Onondaga County Abbott Farms 3275 Cold Springs Road, Baldwinsville NY 13027 315-638-SPUD http://www.abbottfarms.com A family farm with a diversity of enterprises: u-pick crops including an apple orchard, country store featuring the farm’s and other local products, a bakery and a greenhouse. Fall Festival Days from Labor Day through Halloween offer an abundance of farm-themed activities including a 10-acre corn maze, right-turn only maze, kiddie maze, wagon rides, pumpkin patch, cider pressing, and Abbott’s Ark petting farm, where visitors can interact with farm animals. Many great farm-based foods are also available, such their own fresh-cut potatoes for french fries, apple fritters, fudge-dipped apples, candy apples, pie by the slice, and cider donuts. Beak & Skiff Apple Farms http://www.beakandskiff.com 4472 Cherry Valley Turnpike, LaFayette NY 13084 315-677-5105 Beak & Skiff’s name comes from the two families that started the company in 1911, the Beak family and the Skiff family. The business has evolved over the years from a wholesale apple business to a diversified apple farm. They operate a very successful u-pick orchard, farm market and mail/phone/web order business during the fall season. They have a new Farm winery/cidery that is growing in sales each year. A distillery is a part of the immediate future plan. Also, they have planted a small orchard covered by a high tunnel style green house to evaluate the potential of growing organic apples in our climate. Borodino Market at Schoolhouse Farms 1848 Rose Hill Road, Skaneateles NY 13152 http://borodinomarket.blogspot.com The market, housed in a restored schoolhouse, showcases the farm’s specialty products: heirloom tomatoes, black currants, beans, sweet potatoes, fingerlings, sunflowers, lavender and herbs. Offerings are rounded out with dried soup mixes, specialty seas salts, local and gourmet foods. On The Farm Discovery Center, Inc. 181 Woodworth Road, Skaneateles NY 13152 800-747-6470 chris@fesko.com Take an extraordinary field trip to the farm! The Farm Discovery Center, Inc. is an educational facility located in a restored barn. Award winning farmer, educator, and video producer Chris Fesko pulled this 100-year-old barn from ruins, providing a rich atmosphere for people to reminisce. Hands-on activities with a diversity of farm animals calling the farm home. Tim’s Pumpkin Patch 2901 Rose Hill Road, Marietta NY 13110 315-673-9209 Tim's Pumpkin Patch opens each year on Labor Day and closes on Halloween. Over fifty varieties of pumpkins, including Atlantic Giant, and squash planted on 70 acres, plus Indian corn, straw bales, specialty pumpkins, decorative grains, and corn stalks. The farm is home to many goats, rabbits, sheep, chickens, pigs, ducks, horses, cows and turkeys. Children can dig their hands through shelled corn and wheat, everyone can play hide-n-seek in the maze of huge 700 lb. bales of straw, or take a horse drawn wagon ride through the pumpkin patch. Lots of great food including hot and cold cider, hot apple pie with ice cream, popcorn, caramel apples, caramel popcorn, caramel apple blossoms, Pumpkin Funnel Cakes, all made fresh on the Farm. Ontario County Copper Creek Farm 5041 Shortsville Road, Shortsville NY 14548 585-289-4441 This farm offers guided trail rides, wagon rides, sleigh rides, pony rides and cross country ski trails. Reservations suggested or check for availability. Everson’s Maple Farm 3121 Bunker Hill Road, Clifton Springs NY 14432 315-462-9251 Everson’s is an old fashioned, family owned and operated maple sugaring business with 3000-4,000 taps with buckets & tubing. They have a lovely wooded setting and offer farm animals, trails, hayrides and tours. Maple syrup, sugar, cream & fluff available. Sap boiled in March, call ahead for details. The Pick’n Patch 2205 Routes 5 & 20, Stanley NY 14561 800-506.5366 or (585) 526.6518 http://www.picknpatch.com Family farm offering unusual varieties of pumpkins and fall produce; pumpkins of all shapes, sizes (from tiny to monstrous) and colors. You’ll also find colorful ornamental corn, delicious homegrown squashes, corn stalks, and gourds. Everything is fresh and local Finger Lakes-grown, including the sweet maple syrup and delicious apple products. On weekends they offer maple cotton candy and caramel apples. Take a train ride to the pumpkin patch, explore the 8-acre corn maze, the corn tunnel, the straw maze, and the nursery rhyme-themed pumpkin display, then visit the farm animals in the barnyard and the pumpkin house. Schuyler County Arcangeli Farm Country Critters 4071 Satterly Hill Road, Burdett NY 14818 607-546-5154 This farm features miniature horses, llamas, emu, reindeer, miniature pigmy goats, registered Tennessee walker horses, sheep, peacocks and more. Available for tours, parties, picnics, wagon rides and an incredible corn maze. Ask about the Equine Therapy Riding Center. SkyLand Gallery & Cafe 4966 Route 414, Hector NY 14841 607-546-5050 SkyLand Farm is a 3,000 square foot Art Barn set amidst stone-walled gardens (including a cut-your-own bouquet garden), labyrinth; and feedable goats, sheep and chickens, overlooking Seneca Lake. The farm featuries an in-house pottery studio and the work of over 300 local, New York, and U.S. artists, exquisitely displayed amongst stained glass, wrought iron and hand-hewn beams. The Garden Room Café tempts with a large dessert and gelato (Italian ice cream) selection as well as light lunches and dinners. The Café is built around a two-story white oak tree with a spiral staircase winding through its branches, taking you up to the second floor for an overwhelming view of Seneca Lake. This is a true Finger Lakes Experience. Sunset View Creamery 4970 County Road 14, Odessa NY 14869 607-594-2095, 607-857-5726 http://www.sunsetviewcreamery.com A 4th and 5th generation dairy farm just outside Odessa, operating a creamery and offering an extensive range of farm-made, artisan cheeses: flavored Cheddars, Monterey Jacks and Kurds. They also carry products made in NYS by other small producers, including crackers by the Crackerman of Etna, maple syrup and maple sugar candy, honey, fudge, brittles (peanut and cashew), soaps and lip balms, soy candles, coffee by Keuka Lake Coffee Roasters, java rubs and soaks, cookies by Cooperstown Cookie Co., barbeque sauces and marinades, and Nunda mustard. Seneca Country Lively Run Goat Dairy 8978 County Road 142, Interlaken NY 14847 607-532-4647 http://www.livelyrun.com Lively Run Goat Dairy is home to many goats, including Alpine, Nubian, Saanen, and South African Boer breeds, as well as cross breeds. All their goats have names and are members of the family. Come for a tour and let your kids pet their kids! Lively Run cheeses contain no preservatives, food colors, or artificial additives of any kind; their rennet is of vegetable origin. Autumn's Harvest Farm Timothy J. Haws 5374 McDuffie Town Road, Romulus NY 14541 607-869-3879 Harvest farm12@yahoo.com www.autumnsharvestfarm.com Autumn's Harvest Farm is a family friendly farm that encourages visitors to come tour the farm and interact with the animals. They raise and sell all natural grass-fed meats and poultry, including Thanksgiving turkeys, pasture raised chicken, pasture raised eggs, pasture raised heritage pork including registered Large Black hogs, and pasture raised beef. All of the animals are intensively rotated through lush pastures and are raised as natural as possible. They use no hormones and only feed the highest quality natural feeds. If interested in a farm tour, brochure or in purchasing a product please call. Steuben County Sugarbush Hollow 8447 Pardee Hollow Road, Wayland NY 14572 585-943-3475 http://www.sugarhousesyrup.com Sugarbush Hollow is a pure Maple Syrup Production Farm located in the Finger Lakes of New York State. They offer many educational programs and recreational opportunities to the public, such as how maple sap is made into maple syrup, the difference between sugar maple trees and other tree species, old fashion techniques for cooking maple sap, grades of maple syrup and flavors, recipes to cook with maple syrup. and hiking into the sugarbush. They have 6 miles of secluded nature trails that traverse through the Sugarbush and 220 acres of farmland and fields. A trail map can be picked up at the self-serve on the side of the sap house. Picnicking is available on the outside porch of Sugarbush Hollow. Group tours available, ample bus and car parking. Annual events include Maple Weekends with old fashion maple syrup demonstrations, pancake breakfasts, maple syrup tasting and Sugarbush hikes. Tioga County Alpacalachin Farm 2571 Chestnut Ridge Road, Apalachin NY 13732 607-687-6950 Info@Alpacalachin.com http://www.alpacalachin.com/AlpacaHome/ Home to quality alpacas, unique gifts, yarns and clothing, check out their fabulous outerwear for kids and adults. Crocker Creek Buffalo Farm 3145 Dutchtown Road, Endicott NY 13760 607-786-0571 http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/frontierdays/ Come visit a real buffalo farm. Take a ride on a wagon and get up-close to the animals. Look for the Crocker Creek Buffalo Frontier Days in the fall. Enjoy a living history event celebrating the time of the buffalo from mountain men to cowboys. Featuring "Shadows of the Old West" as well as food & crafts, horse rides, story telling, games, and a farm tour. Forget-me-not-Farm Small Graces B&B Dean and Jennifer Whitmore 56 Lathrop Road, Candor NY 13743 607-659-5630 jenebece@aol.com http://www.whitmorefence.com/smallgraces/ A private cottage in the woods is built with natural materials. Organic breakfasts, outdoor spa room with bath, shower, fireplace and sparkling lights. Unwind on a horse cart ride or take a hike in the state forest just 1/4 mile away. Open year-round, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Farm tours May-September by appointment. Horses and sheep, peacocks, poultry and pigs. We sell produce, crafts, vegetables, garlic, flowers, felted purses, scarves, dolls and many Christmas items. Foxtail Farm 815 Glenmary Drive, Owego NY 13827 607-223-4117 foxtailfarms@stny.rr.com Foxtail Farm offers nature trail horse riding, lessons and boarding. Enjoy the farm’s beautiful pastures, and they are soon to have pasture grazed cows. 62X100 covered arena (natural light, eco-friendly building) available for clinics or any activity needing a covered arena. Hamley’s Maple Frost Hollow Road, Barton NY 13734 607-565-3731 Hamley’s Maple offers maple syrup and products, demonstrations-tapping trees-sap to sugar house, boiling, bottling syrup. Visitors are welcome at demonstrations and lessons pertaining to trees and their management, sugar house tours and breakfasts during the sugaring season. Iron Kettle Farm Route 96, Candor NY 13743 607-659-7707 www.ironkettlefarm.com More than just a Pumpkin Farm: every spring Iron Kettle Farm opens with greenhouses full of beautiful bedding plants, hanging baskets and a nice selection of perennials. Mid June is Strawberry time, and they offer picked and U-pick strawberries. Summer brings farm fresh produce, like their own homegrown sweet corn. Visit Grandma's Barn gift shop, which is open during the spring, summer and fall seasons. While visiting the farm check out all of their animals, which include mini horses, goats, cows, and pigs. This all leads up to the Spooktacular Pumpkin Display starting the end of September thru Halloween! Jackson's Farm 6425 State Route 17C, Endicott NY 13760 607-754-4819 One of the oldest and most enjoyable pumpkin farms in NYS with a huge display, in business since 1961 with Haunted House, Hayride, Straw crawl, Petting farm, Apple flingen, Pumpkin & Face painting, crafts, display's & play areas. They also have fresh NYS apples, maple syrup, honey, bakery goods, candy apples and much more. No admission charge. Sidehill Acres Route 96, 70 Spencer Road, Candor NY 13743 866-743-3445 rkellogg@aol.com www.sidehillacres.bizland.com 2006 NY State Fair Blue Ribbon Award for the best goat cheese in the state! They offer year-round educational tours full of fun for everyone. Tour the cheese plant, milk house, parlor and the goat barn! They have many different goat milk products such as Grade A pasteurized goat milk, aged cheese logs, plain or with herbs, cheese spreads, feta logs as well as crumbled feta cream cheese, cheddar, and fudge. They are also licensed for raw milk sales at the farm. Sample their increasing line of health and beauty aids, all made with goat milk as a natural ingredient. Stoughton Farm 10898 State Route. 38, Newark Valley NY 13811 607-642-3675 Stoughton.farm@netzero.net Large farm market with ten greenhouses home to bedding plants, hanging baskets, perennials, and all your growing needs in the spring. U-pick peas, beans, tomatoes, and raspberries and other vegetables in the fall. Season-enders include garden mums, ornamental produce, cornstalk bundles, gourds, Indian corn, straw bales, etc. plus over a dozen varieties of NYS apples, cider and other fall treats. "The Barn Shoppe" gift shop includes gourmet foods, spices and special gifts. Get lost in the amazing cornfield maze. Tioga Gardens 2217 State Route 17C, Owego NY 13827 800-649-0494 www.tiogagardens.com A must see for gardeners, with delightful display gardens. Explore water gardens displaying lilies and lotus, thousands of annuals and perennials, and an indoor rain forest conservatory. Enjoy exotic plant life and a soothing waterfall, shop for glassware, candles, garden art, green and blooming plants. Tompkins County Allison’s Acres 5150 Cold Springs Road, Trumansburg NY 14886 607-387-6010 Allison@allisonsacres.com http://allisonsacres.com Allison’s offers weed-free fields, only the best-flavored berries, and entertainment for the kids. They have bottle-fed lambs and a goat, a playground, and baby pheasants. For adults they also have beautiful grounds to explore. Come picnic under the tent! Bakers Acres of North Lansing Route 34, North Lansing NY 14882 607-533-4653 info@bakersacres.net http://www.bakersacres.net One of the largest herb and perennial growers in Central New York. Baker’s also offers annuals, everlastings, trees, shrubs, apples, cider and garden supplies and gifts. Wander by beautiful display gardens and enjoy many whimsical delights in the Garden Center. Baker’s offers regular classes and events, including an annual Apple Harvest festival in October. Littletree Orchard 345 Shaffer Road, Newfield NY 14867 607-564-9246 littletreeupick@aol.com http://www.littletree-orchards.com Come on out to Littletree for a unique hands on experience - bring a picnic, stop in at the apple barn and say “Hi”. They’ll give you a map, direct you to the best picking for the day, and show you where the picnic tables are. Play ping pong in the barn, wander around through the trees, pick a little here, taste a little there. Whether you pick a little or a lot, a few apples or a few bushels of apples, meet your friends, have a birthday party, start or continue a family/friend tradition of an outing to Littletree. For a special fall treat come to the orchard on Sundays at noon for “Super Cider Sundays”. Watch the press in action and taste fresh off the press cider. Bet you’ll even be able to find a fresh donut to enjoy with that cider! Ithaca Sound Maze Steep Hollow Farm Calkins Road, Ithaca NY 14850 http://www.ithacasoundmaze.com The Ithaca Sound Maze is Tompkins County's first corn maze and sound garden. This 'kinder and gentler' style corn maze features a number of interactive 'instruments' and sound installations hidden throughout. The instruments were built by musician Walter White and metal artist David Mazzarella, and were created out of found and recycled materials collected at Steep Hollow Farm and other farms and sites around the Tompkins County region. There are no dead-ends... every path leads somewhere! Wayne County The Apple Shed 3391 Fairville Maple Ridge Road, Newark NY 14513 315-331-6294 http://www.theappleshed.com A lovely retail farm market with apples, peaches, sweet cherries and strawberries. Visitors can also watch fresh cider being pressed, go for a relaxing hayride through beautiful apple orchards, pick out your jack-o-lantern pumpkin, enjoy a fresh baked pie or homemade donuts, or pet some farmyard friends. Burnap's Farm Market 7277 Maple Ave, Sodus NY 14551 315-483-4050 BurnapsFarm@aol.com http://burnapsfarm.com Burnap's provides homegrown fruits and vegetables. The "Garden Cafe" is open for lunch daily and our in house bakery provides pies, cookies, muffins and breads. Gifford's Ice Cream is served with our fresh fruit toppings from the Ice Cream Shop. Kids can enjoy our play yard featuring a wooden train, monster truck, castle, sand box and corn maze in season. Lagoner Farms 6895 Lake Avenue, Williamson NY 14589 315-589-4899 Lagonerfarms@verizon.net http://www.lagonerfarms.com Lagoner Farms Market & Floral Shoppe offers a unique kind of farm market experience for the whole family. Every season brings something new and exciting to the farm. In winter the market is decorated in fine holiday splendor while the scent of evergreen and fresh baked cookies emit from the Floral Shoppe and Bakery, filling your soul with the spirit of the holidays. With spring the market begins to flood with a wide range of garden flowers and plants. Hanging baskets are overflowing with luscious blooms line the porch, while the greenhouse is bursting with color. Summer brings ice cream treats and the beginning of the berry harvest begins the onset of fresh, homegrown produce. Fall is the pinnacle with the apple harvest, pumpkins, gourds and winter squash. The backyard at the market is transformed into "Pumpkintown," where families and other groups come to enjoy fall on the farm. Visit our collection of silly pumpkin people, try your hand at the Apple Sling Shot, get lost in the Apple Core maze, take a ride on the Cider Barrel Express, take a wagon ride to pick your own apples and enjoy the other activities that abound throughout the season. Long Acre Farms 1342 Eddy Road, Macedon NY 14502 315-986-4202 - office 315-986-9821 - info line getlost@longacrefarms.com http://www.longacrefarms.com This five-acre corn maze, now in its eighth year of production, pulls in thousands of visitors annually. The maze adventure involves music, interactive entertainment, and a very energetic staff. The Back 40 activity area with activities varying with the seasons but generally include Jumping Pillow, Traverse Climbing Wall, Giant Sling Shot, Giant Slide, Trike Track, Duck Races, ABC Mini-maze, Straw Jump, Giant Sandbox, and more. Don’t miss the great farm market and ice cream shop. Mason Farms and Farm Market 3135 Ridge Road West, Wayne NY 315-589-4175 info@mansonfarmsny.com http://masonfarmsny.com/index.htm IPM and organic certified, Mason Farms and Farm Market is a 200 year old family farm proud to offer seasonal fruits and vegetables direct to the consumer. The greenhouse opens in May with annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetable plants, herbs & more. Produce is available beginning in early July. They also offer unique gift items, garden accessories, local artist crafts and furniture. Morgan's Farm Market 3821 Cory Corners Road, Wayne NY 14505 315-926-0910 info@MorgansFarmMarket.com http://morgansfarmmarket.com/Morgans_Farm_Market.html Morgan’s specializes in growing and selling quality apples*, peaches, sweet and tart cherries*, strawberries* and pumpkins* (*=u-pick). They also have vegetables, fall ornamentals and other NY products such as honey, cider and maple syrup. Join them for their family fun day in October! Orchard View Country Market 10006 Ridge Road, North Rose NY 14516 315/587-2245 ovcm@zlink.net http://www.orchardview.com Visit Orchard View Country Market and find fresh fruit and vegetables throughout the season. They also carry outdoor furniture, plants and flowers, and an extensive selection of nature photography note cards. They have a huge assortment of stickers to choose from, and during October they offer Halloween Haven to frighten and delighten. Yates County The Loomis Barn/Corn House Cafe 4942 Loomis Road, Rushville NY 14544 585-554-3154 or (800) 716-2276 loomiscs@frontiernet.net http://www.loomisbarn.com Visitors to the Sugar House can learn the simple yet fascinating way pure golden maple syrup is produced. Part of the tour includes tasting samples of the clear, cold sap and the pure maple syrup. There is no admission charge and free parking is plentiful. Take a tractor-drawn guided wagon ride to the sugar bush, pet new baby lambs and other farm animals. The Corn House Café is a delightful setting for a relaxed luncheon. Its cozy interior and views of the farm’s pond and sheep pasture are the perfect backdrop for their delicious homemade food. Sugar Shack Blueberry Farm 824 East Swamp Road, Penn Yan NY 14527 585-526-5442 sugshblf@aol.com 17,000 bushes in 10 varieties cover 28 acres of sloping farmland, with year round cultivation of blueberries and other fruits such as raspberries and apricots. The farm also taps hundreds of the maple trees on the property to make syrup and raise bees for blueberry blossom honey. In July and August the farm comes alive with the arrival of hundreds of people with their containers ready for U-pick. Novice berry pickers and “pros” with years of picking under their belts can get a lift to the bushes in a golf cart or on the custom-made “berry wagon.” Pre-picked berries are sold along with homemade jams, dressings, juice, and blueberry-related merchandise like the classic children’s book, Blueberries for Sal, in an early 19th century barn-turnedshop. When berries are not in season, they are available frozen at the farm. Weaver-View Farms 1190 Earls Hill Road, Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-781-2571 http://www.weaverviewfarms.com Walk quietly through this thirteen room farmhouse and you can almost feel the history in the creaky floors and high ceilings. Weaver-View Farms is a 125-acre Mennonite farm. Now owned by the Weaver Family, they invite you to visit their 1800's farmhouse filled with delightful treasures: hand-stitched Amish and Mennonite quilts, wrought iron, tinware, candles, handpainted Amish furniture, wall hangings, pillows, baskets, and much more. The farm offers plenty of parking and playground space. Watch their farm animals graze peacefully. Enjoy a quiet Seneca Lake view and take a step back to 1880, where the quilts are handmade and the horses and buggies are for real.