Apple & Pumpkin Festival Weekends

Our Apple & Pumpkin Festival weekends are here! Won’t you join us?

Festival Weekends in 2017
Hours: Saturdays: 9 am – 6 pm & Sundays: Noon – 6 pm

Saturday, September 23
Sunday, September 24

Saturday, September 30
Sunday, October 1

Saturday, October 7
Sunday, October 8

Saturday, October 14
Sunday, October 15

Saturday, October 21
Sunday, October 22

Fun Activities
For $5 (kiddos 2 and under are free!), you’ll be able to take part in all of the fall fun the farm has to offer: a corn maze, hay wagon rides, expanded kids play area (giant corn box, kiddie hay bale maze & duck races), toss games & live music on Sundays by RBJ Trio.  Plus, our friendly barnyard animals will be there to greet you.  Enjoy tasty homemade goods, and so much more!

Apple picking and pumpkin picking is open during festival weekends!  If you only want to pick apples or pumpkins or visit our store, there is no activity fee.  But why stop there when there’s so much to do at Wills Family Orchard!

Come on out to our farm — only 20 minutes west of the Des Moines metro!

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Our 1940s Planter & Corn Maze

The history and evolution of corn production can easily be found right here in Iowa. Many of today’s pieces of farm equipment would be unrecognizable to a farmer planting corn in the 1940s. But the 1940s is “now” at Wills Family Orchard when it comes to planting corn for our 2-acre corn maze!

We use a 1940’s John Deere pull-string two-row planter. It probably looks similar to that tractor decked out with flower pots on the front lawn of any one of the “real” corn and bean farms in the state. Yes, the two-row corn planter is an antique for most folks, but it is still a valuable piece of equipment in planting the annual corn maze at Wills Family Orchard!