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Hubb’s Farm Hits a Home

RunWith 2018 Fall

Festival and Corn Maze

CLINTON, NC --- Hubb’s Farm (www.hubbsfarmnc. Human Foosball, the Hubb’s Express Train Ride, a covered
com) plans the opening of its baseball-themed fall corn picnic area, fire pits, and more.
maze, “Field of Dreams,” Sept. 15. The 10-acre maze is
part of the Hubb’s Farm Fall Festival, the largest in eastern In addition to the fun themed weekend activities, Hubb’s
North Carolina and now in its 11th year. The Fall Festival Farm promotes education with school tours in the fall and
will be open weekends until Nov. 10. spring. Each school tour includes educational elements
from history to math. This year’s tours include:
Special weekend themes are planned as follows: Celebrate
“Field of Dreams” Maze, Sept. 15-16; Hay Bales and • Pumpkin Power Tour
Hoofs Festival, Sept. 22-23; First Responders’ Weekend, Is it a vegetable or a fruit? During the Pumpkin Power Tour,
Sept. 29-30; Thank A Farmer Weekend, Oct. 5-7; Pirate students will learn all about pumpkins and how they are
Invasion, Oct. 12-14; Freedom USA Weekend, Oct. 19- grown, harvested, and consumed.
21; Halloween at Hubb’s, Oct. 26-28; Tough As A Farmer,
Nov. 3-4; Fall Festival Finale, Nov. 10. Emphasis will be the life cycle of the pumpkin and common
vegetables, as well as the amazing fact that pumpkins are
Hubb’s Farm bills itself as “Growing Crops of Fun,” with considered a nutritional powerhouse. After the class discus-
activities that include a pumpkin patch, hay bale decorat- sion, students will visit a pumpkin sensory STEM station
ing contest, Paydirt Pete’s Treasure Mine, First-in-Flight
Mini Zipline, Luke’s House of Corn, tractor-drawn hay- • Golden Harvest Tour
ride, a double-barrel 17-foot high giant slide, a giant jump What does the number 890,000 represent? In 2017, this was
pillow, the barrel train, Rope Mountain, Tire Mountain, the recorded number of acres of corn planted and harvested
steer roping, giant sandbox, farm cutouts, Cranky the in North Carolina. During the Golden Harvest Tour, stu-
Combine, Animal Acres, Toddler Town, Giant Sand Box, dents will learn all about corn and how it is grown, harvest-

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