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Fall Festivals- the perfect local outings!

Posted on October 24, 2025 by crystalburney

I love fall. The colourful leaves and beautiful fall foliage. Apple picking, pumpkins and all things pumpkin spice and of course Halloween, my favourite holiday.

I also love a fall outing, especially on a beautiful sunny day. 

Autumn is so beautiful in Canada and there are no shortage of fun fall outings all across the country.

This year, we went to a few local ones.

Pingle’s Harvest Festival is always a favourite.

Located at Pingle’s Farm, this festival has no shortage of activities. A giant corn maze, wagon rides, a fun kid zone, animals, live music, a variety of tasty fall treats and of course apple picking! 

Depending on the time of your visit pumpkins, berries, sunflowers and more are also available to pick.

Harvest Festival runs from early September until the end of October with different events and activities depending on the day. To enjoy the full offering, plan to visit on a weekend.

Prices vary depending on the day and month and by booking online in advance you receive a discount.

Pingle’s is located at 805 Taunton Rd, Hampton, ON

The market and bakery are open year round Monday – Friday: 10am – 6pm & Saturday & Sunday: 9am – 7pm

This year, we also went to the Fall Festival at Sandhill Nursery. This is a free event running September 13th to October 26th, 2025

Here, you can wander through the autumn displays filled with fall foliage and pumpkins and enjoy the live music and beautiful artwork along with fun activities for the whole family. Enjoy tasty seasonal treats from The Rusty Rake Café and find all the pumpkins, squash, fall mums and more you’ll need to decorate your home for the season!

Located at 1686 Aspdin Road, Huntsville. Open daily. Monday-Friday: 7am – 6pm, Saturday: 8am – 5pm & Sunday: 9am – 5pm

Admission is free with donations to Hospice Huntsville greatly appreciated.

With so many great local fall festival options, getting out and enjoying one is the perfect way to spend a beautiful autumn day!

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Pumpkins After Dark

Posted on October 27, 2020 by crystalburney

Halloween is my favourite time of year. I love the costumes, the decorations, the pumpkin carving and the Halloween parties, and I especially love travelling to check out Halloween places and events.

A couple of my favourites have been exploring Salem and learning about the witch trials (and seeing all the Hocus Pocus filming sites!) and dressing up to attend Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney World. But unfortunately with Covid-19 still happening, this year I won’t be checking a new item off my Halloween travel list or attending any big Halloween parties. So instead, I checked out a Halloween event much closer to home that I haven’t made it to before: Pumpkins After Dark at Country Heritage Park in Milton, ON.

This year, in order to keep everyone safe and distanced, the event was a 2.5km drive-thru experience. Along the dark, winding trail there are over 150 pumpkin sculptures made from 7000-7500 carved pumpkins all lit up.

The sculptures included superheroes, Disney characters, classic Halloween villains, a variety of animals and much more.

What an incredible sight! Although you couldn’t get too close to the pumpkins or stop at any point along the trail, the detail found in the sculptures was amazing.

I can only imagine how cool they would look up close (and how much better my photos would be if I wasn’t hanging out of a moving car window trying to take them!!).

It took about 45 minutes to drive through the park, including through a tunnel of spooky pumpkins.

With the creepy music playing and the thousands of pumpkins lighting up the dark, cloudy sky, I definitely left feeling more in the Halloween spirit!

For more information (and for way better photos) visit https://pumpkinsafterdark.com/.

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