Pumpkin Weekends return to Blackberry Farm

Pumpkin Weekends, the Fox Valley Park District’s annual celebration of everything October, began Oct. 1 at Blackberry Farm, 100 S. Barnes Road in Aurora. The popular monthlong event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays throughout October.

Admission to the park is $10 a person (ages 1+). Visitors can buy pumpkins to decorate for $3. Unlimited rides and attractions – train, carousel, ponies, hay wagon, to name a few – are included with admission.

Visitors are invited to be on the lookout for five golden pumpkins strategically placed throughout the park. Successful scavenger hunters can enter to win a 2022 season pass to Blackberry Farm.

Special activity dates will be featured throughout the month:

• Oct. 7: Bounce house, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Oct. 8: Face painter, noon to 3 p.m.

• Oct. 14: Balloon artist, noon to 3 p.m.

• Oct. 15: Jeanie B! children’s concert, 1 to 2 p.m.

• Oct. 21: Trick or treat, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Oct. 22: Pumpkin carver, 1 to 3 p.m.

• Oct. 28: World’s tallest scarecrow, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

• Oct. 29: Pumpkin princess, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information on Pumpkin Weekends, call Blackberry Farm at 630-892-1550 or visit www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org and the Blackberry Farm Facebook page.