Welcome to A Pumpkin Tradition Tour at Homestead Farm! This is a popular autumn event for schoolchildren throughout the area. Come in the afternoon to avoid the crowds, and please try to arrange carpools or bus transportation. See below for more information about the tour. Then call us at 301-926-6999 to arrange a time for your visit. Available in October.
It is important that you arrive on time and stay together. A guide will be assigned to your group when you arrive.

Students will:

• Take a hayride to the pumpkin patch.
• Select a perfect child-size pumpkin from a whole field of choices – do you like your pumpkin tall and thin or short and round?
• Take a tour of the farm with your special guide.
• Meet baby animals in the barnyards (goats, chicks, lambs, and others).
  

Follow-up

• Apples from our orchard will be given to the group.
• Each child will receive a coloring book.
• Picnics are welcome after the tour. Bring blankets to sit on.

Cost

• $6.00 for each student, teacher, and parent (minimum group size is 20).

Adults are welcome at our farm stand, but we request that schoolchildren remain with the group's buses or cars.
Sorry, we are unable to schedule rain dates, but we do offer family hayrides on weekends.

See some tour photos.

For all Homestead Farm Tours:

Please collect money in advance and bring a check payable to “Homestead Farm” on the day of the tour. To make your reservation, call 301-926-6999 and speak with Ben Allnutt or Cathy Metcalf. The best time to reach us is 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or leave a message specifying a time when we can call you back.