By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com It's something that all families in Northern Virginia should experience -- strawberry picking! Have you done it? This is a great way to spend some fun family time outdoors, and trust me, the berries you pick will be so fresh, sweet, ripe, and juicy that you will see a huge difference between them and the store-bought kind! Strawberry picking is something most people can do easily, and you go home with Continue Reading...
Strawberry picking in Northern Virginia
Fresh foods, fresh air, country scenes, and family time… spending a day at a pick-your-own farm is a nice way to get in some family fun and a bit of exercise with the reward of farm-fresh fruits and veggies to take home. Northern Virginia is home to several pick-your-own (or U-pick) farms where you can hand-select seasonal produce. We have gone strawberry-picking ourselves and it’s an enjoyable experience that shows us what a big difference Continue Reading...
Cox Farms presents Pumpkin Madness weekend
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun When Halloween is over, it may be time to toss your jack-o-lantern. But why just toss it when you can drop it, squish it, or smash it? If you're ready to ditch your pumpkin, you can do so in a creative way at Cox Farms during Pumpkin Madness weekend. The annual festival, this year on November 4-5, 2017, invites you to bring back for “recycling.” Pumpkin Madness features the fun of the farm's fall Continue Reading...
Win tickets to the Wayside Farm Fun festival!
What does "fun on the farm" in the fall mean to you? Enjoying a hayride? Visiting farm animals? Going to a pumpkin patch? How about all that plus a corn maze, tot play area, games, music, and even pig races, pumpkin smashing, and more? This is some of the fun you can expect at Wayside Farm Fun. This 20-acre family farm in Berryville, Virginia (just past Loudoun County) each year hosts a fall festival that features enough for the whole family to Continue Reading...
Fall for fun at Leesburg Animal Park’s Pumpkin Village
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com With plenty of animals to see outside, some exhibits and a fun playground inside, and many special events, Leesburg Animal Park offers fun outdoor and indoor options for kids of all ages, all year long. On the grounds, visitors can meet (and sometimes pet) dozens of animals, including barnyard and exotic ones. Inside, you'll find more animals on display and large play areas: there's a spacious "discovery Continue Reading...
Save money, see more this year at Cox Farms Fall Festival
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun There's a slight chill in the air and there's no doubt that fall is here -- and soon, so will be the Cox Farms Fall Festival. The very popular festival, which already features more than enough fun for a full day, opens the 2017 season this weekend with even more attractions and new ways to save. The DC area’s most famous fall festival kicks off September 16-17, 2017. It will then open daily September Continue Reading...
Win a pick-your-own strawberry session!
Look at the strawberries in this photo. See how plump, ripe, and beautiful they look? I can tell you that they taste even better! Super sweet, super juicy, and super fresh. How do I know? These were some of the strawberries we picked one year at Wegmeyer Farms. Fresh strawberries, right off the fields, are incomparable. Now we're teaming up with Wegmeyer Farms to give one of YOU a free pick-your-own session! See details below. Wegmeyer Continue Reading...
Strawberry picking begins… and so does strawberry wine!
By Patricia Hall, FairfaxFamilyFun.com Strawberry season has come early this year, and it's time to go pick them fresh in the fields! If you never have tasted freshly picked strawberries, you are missing out on the most delicious, juiciest, sweetest treats! Store-bought, commercial berries can't match the flavor of the fresh, local kind! Just look at all these photos... these are not stock images but pictures from the strawberries we actually Continue Reading...
Amazing Farm Fun at Ticonderoga hosts Spring Walk of Lights
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun Do you miss the light shows from the holiday season? Northern Virginia is home to a few major light festivals that illuminate the evening landscape in winter. Now springtime gets its chance to shine with a festival -- this weekend the first spring light show in Virginia makes its debut this weekend. Amazing Farm Fun at Ticonderoga is hosting the Spring Walk of Lights. The event, April 7-30, 2017, takes Continue Reading...
Wassail the trees at Claude Moore Farm for a good crop
By Patricia Hall, Fairfax Family Fun During this time of year when we wish our family and friends well, don’t forget the trees! Yup, winter is a time to show a little love to the trees with the old English tradition of a wassail, which Claude Moore Colonial Farm will celebrate on December 11, 2016, from 1 pm to 4 pm. Wassail happens in winter to give apple trees “encouragement to bear well during the coming year,” as the farm website Continue Reading...
