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HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING GUIDE
FUNFAMILY FRIENDLY
By Patrick O’Donnell
n Rodale Institute’s Experimental Farm, off Siegfreid
Cider, pumpkins, cornstalks, fresh-picked apples Road near Kutztown, will hold an organic Halloween
and oceans of vibrant foliage — what’s not to celebration on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It costs $10
love about autumn in The Lehigh Valley? Drive practically per family and includes pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating
any back road and you’ll be treated to a self-guided leaf and children’s crafts. Halloween costumes (of course!) are
tour. Our agricultural roots really show this time of year, encouraged. For information, visit rodaleinstitute.org or call
too, with harvest festivals all across the region at farms 610-683-1400.
where you can stop and pick your own, get lost in a maze,
go for a hayride and more. n As part of its fall festival, which runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
on Saturdays through Oct. 30, The Hausman Fruit Farm, on
Here’s a handful of Valley favorites, in no particular order: Limeport Pike near Coopersburg, offers free hayrides, pick-
n Seiple Farms, off NorBath Boulevard near Airport your-own pumpkins, scarecrow making, a corn maze, apple
Road in East Allen Township, offers a straw maze, corn cider, a free hay maze, “barrel trains,” food, a kid’s backhoe
maze, pony rides, hayrides to a pumpkin patch where for fun in the sand, baked goods and much more. For
you can pick your own, plus rides and food. You can pick information, visit hausmanfruitfarm.com; send an email to
gourds, squash, neck pumpkins, popcorn (yes, you read hausmanfarm@ptd.net or call 267-980-3409.
that correctly) and Indian corn. They also offer corn stalks,
apples, apple cider, straw bales, mums and more. Farm n Over at Grim’s Orchard and Family Farms in Upper
admission is free, but there is a charge for the corn maze. Macungie Township, visitors can go through a 6-acre corn
For information, call 610-837-6282, send an email to maze (day or night, if you visit on FlashLight Maze Nights),
info@seiplefarms.com, or visit www.seiplefarms.com pick from thousands of pumpkins, pick apples, go for a
hay ride, check out barnyard animals and more. Call 610-
Newly Remodeled Banquet Room 395-5655, send an email to info@grimsgreenhouse.com,
or visit grimsgreenhouse.com for more information.
Booking Private Parties Now
Call Today to Reserve n Unangst Tree Farm in East Allen Township is open
Monday to Friday noon to 5 p.m. and weekends from 11
610.625.3777 a.m. to 6 p.m. Featuring a corn maze, farm market, hay
rides, petting zoo, corn building and pumpkin picking, this
Featuring a Dance Floor & Private Bar is the farm’s 18th fall festival. Hayrides and some other
Accommodating up to 200 Guests events are available only on weekends. For information,
www.adagioseafood.com call 610-837-7531; send an email to unangsttreefarm@
530 Pembroke Road Bethlehem, PA gmail.com or visit www.unangst-treefarm.com.
(corner of Weston Place & Pembroke Road)
