Fun Fall Farms and Pumpkin Patches Near Ottawa to Celebrate Harvest Season
As the trees shift from green to gold, the fall season brings new excitement at Ottawa farms and pumpkin patches. With kilometers of agricultural land surrounding the city, harvest season is one of our favourite times in the Ottawa region, full of fall farm fun for everyone. Navigate your way through giant windy corn mazes, take a wagon ride along fall fields, enjoy a cup of fresh pressed apple cider or devour a slice of homemade pumpkin pie. Get ready for Thanksgiving and Halloween by picking pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colours right from the patch, and let the kids spend their energy in giant outdoor play parks, petting farms, and hay jumps. Enjoy the fall season at Ottawa’s best fall farms and pumpkin patches.
Saunders Farm
There’s something for everyone at Saunders Farm, with their annual Pumpkinfest and Frightfest each fall. Hop on a hayride, try to find out your way out of one of their cool hedge mazes, hunt for the perfect pumpkin and enjoy family-friendly versions of their spooky haunted attractions during the day. By night test your nerve at Frightfest with 7 terrifying haunted attractions that will keep the adrenaline pumping. Saunders Farm also feeds all your fall cravings, from poutine and sausages, to candy apples, fudge and fresh-baked pies. Don’t miss their cider house serving wood-fired pizzas paired with tasty ciders made with locally grown apples.
Proulx Maple & Berry Farm
Known for their sugarbush and lush berry fields, Prouxl Farms is also one of the most popular farms in the region for fall family fun. Enjoy their giant Halloween playground, hay structures, fun inflatables, corn mazes, wagon rides, petting farm, nature trails and of course pick your own pumpkins right from the patch!
https://proulxfarm.com/pumpkinfest
Ouimet Farms Adventure
Located just outside the small town of Vankleek Hill, 45min east of Ottawa, you can’t miss Ouimet Farms with its giant blue silo, created as part of a giant mural installation project called Popsilos. Get lost in the 7-acre corn maze as you hunt for hidden mailboxes, and let the kids run wild in the adventure park filled with fun activities like the giant jumping pillow, gem mining, pedal karts and more. Pick your own pumpkin directly from the patch and visit the farm market for produce grown right on the farm, as well as a selection of fresh local products.
The Log Farm
As a mecca for fall fun, the Log Farm is one of the best fall farms and pumpkin patches in Ottawa. Get lost in the 3-acre corn maze, take a wagon ride under a canopy of colourful maples, and pet and feed the adorable farm animals. Kids will love the hay play structures, exploring the enchanted forest, playing in the feed shack and baking up a storm in Matilda’s Pioneer Play kitchen. Top off your visit with a steaming hot apple cider after you spend time picking out your perfect pumpkin from their cool pumpkin patch.
Millers Farm & Market
As an Ottawa area mainstay, Millers Farm & Market is the place to go year-round for fresh local produce. During the fall season the market offers pick your own pumpkins, as well as wagon rides, a cool corn maze and plenty of fall photo ops. Millers’ Market Shed is the place to go for fall décor, with an amazing selection of ornamental corn, colourful potted mums, straw bales and corn stalks, mini pumpkins and bizarre shaped gourds. Don’t forget to stock up on fall treats like fresh pumpkin pies, jams, jellies, pickles, preserves and fresh local honey and maple syrup.
https://www.millersfarmandmarket.ca/
Cannamore Orchard
Home to Eastern Ontario’s most terrifying Halloween attraction, Cannamore Orchard is best known for Aces of Terror. With a spooky wagon ride, house of terror, spooky village and creepy Fog maze, Aces of Terror is a must for Halloween aficionados. They also offer a toned-down day version for families during the day, which is good for the brave younger ones. Fall family fun weekends a great time to visit for a non-spooky activities like covered wagon rides, cow train, giant hedge mazes, pedal cars, and PYO apple orchards.
https://www.cannamoreorchard.com/
Ottawa Tree Farm/ Fallowfield Tree Farm
Don’t let the name fool you, the Ottawa tree farm is more than a cool Christmas tree farm! During the fall season enjoy wagon rides, horse and pony rides, plus a massive pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkins from little minis, to giant Jacko lanterns to be. For those looking for fall décor, pick up straw bales, corn stalks, gourds and more!
https://www.ottawatreefarm.com
Abby Hill Farms
Located just south of Ottawa in beautiful Manotick, Abby Hill Farms is a great stop for all things fall. Pick your perfect pumpkin from a huge selection of all shapes and sizes, grab colourful ornamental corn, home-grown squash, fall florals, fresh apple cider, and don’t miss the adorable farm animals and fun farm photo ops!
https://www.abbyhillfarms.com/
Maple Hill Urban Farm
Located in Ottawa’s greenbelt, Maple Hill Urban farm celebrates the fall season with pick your own pumpkins, and a cool corn maze. They also offer adorable guided alpaca tours (which must be booked in advance), and offer fresh local produce including unique ethnic produce like Chibage, Umumbu, Hahinid and white maize.
