Fall Fun at the Orchard

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  • Fall Festival and activities at Appleberry Orchard.
  • Fall Festival and activities at Appleberry Orchard.
  • Fall Festival and activities at Appleberry Orchard.
  • Fall Festival and activities at Appleberry Orchard.
  • Fall Festival and activities at Appleberry Orchard.

Join us at Appleberry Acres & Petting Farm, our fun farm play area, for all sorts of terrific fun!

Our family fun play area is a fun and safe place for kids to run and play while using their imagination!

Farm Fun Activities

Take a ride around the farm on one of our wagons or stop to paint a pumpkin!

Your kids will love all of the activities we have to offer including:

  • Large Corn Hole
  • Super Mega Slide
  • Play House
  • Horse & Wagon
  • Ring Toss
  • Checkerboard
  • Wagon rides (weekends only)
  • Barrel train rides (weekends only)
  • Gaga Ball Pit
  • Gravity Ball
  • Painted Tires
  • Coal Mine
  • Combine Slide
  • Jumping Pad
  • Fire Truck
  • Pumpkin Bowling
  • Sand Zone
  • Yard Pool
  • Pedal Trike Track

The Pumpkin Chunker!

See a pumpkin chunked into the air up to 3/4 of a mile with our crowd pleasing Pumpkin Chunker!

Stop by one of our chunking sessions to see what all the commontion is about!

Saturdays & Sundays Only

Saturday: 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm & 3 pm. 
Sunday: Noon, 1pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm.

Pig Races

Join us for some oink-tastic fun as we watch as our favorite racing pigs run for the win! Races will be on Saturdays & Sundays (beginning the second weekend in September through October), included with admission. 

Saturday: 11am, 1 pm and 3 pm. 
Sunday: Noon, 2 pm and 4 pm.

Racers include Shaqueal O'Squeal, Christina Hogularia, Boss Hog, Hambone, Cris P. Bacon and Pork Chop!

Explore our huge corn maze in Donnellson, IowaOur 2023 Corn Maze

For our 2023 corn maze, we're celebrating the state of Iowa!

Ready for some corn-fusing fun exploring our new corn maze theme? Test your navigational skills as you search for this a-maize-ing maze's exit! Can you find your way out without help?

2023 Appleberry Orchard Hay Bale Contest

Entry Deadline – Tuesday, September 1, 2023, 5 pm

Gather your team and supplies to decorate your hay bale
for a chance to win prize money.

1st Place - $300.00
2nd Place - $150.00

Decorate Day – Sunday, September 10, 2023, 9 am – 7 pm

Hay Bale Contest Rules:

  1. It is free to enter and decorate a hay bale for the contest.
  2. Appleberry Orchard will provide the hay bale; you bring your items to decorate the hay bale.
  3. Reserve your hay bale by the entry deadline, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2023.
  4. Hay bales will be decorated on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023.  Come anytime 9 am – 7 pm to pick out your hay bale and decorate.  First come, first serve. 
  5. Entries will be voted on Saturday, Sept. 16th through Saturday, Oct. 14th by the public.
  6. Winners will be announced on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 at 2 pm.
  7. All bales & decorations need to stay in play through Oct. 29, 2023.
  8. Decorations need to be picked up Monday, Oct. 30th, 9 am - 7 pm.  Appleberry Orchard will take care of hay bales.
  9. Entries will be assigned a number and that number will be used to vote.  Voting boxes will be located in the store and at Appleberry Acres admission.
  10. Entries can be individuals, businesses, clubs, groups, etc.
  11. Space for each hay bale entry is not to exceed 3 ft. around hay bale.
  12. Hay bales will by lying on their side.
  13. Decorations should be good, clean, wholesome fun.  NO vulgar, suggestive, political or sexual decorations allowed.
  14. No mechanical, electrical or electronic devices can be used.
  15. Decorations should be wind and weather proof.

 

Call 319-372-1307 or email info@appleberryorchard.com to reserve your hay bale.