Corn Maze - SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, Dates: September 27 - November 3, 2024
HOURS: Friday – 5-8pm; Saturday – 10am-8pm; Sunday – 10am-7pm
The last wagon ride to the maze leaves 1.5 hours prior to closing. Maze not available 10/4-6 during Great Fall Festival.
DETAILS:
The corn maze is a perfect way to enjoy autumn on the farm!
The full 9-acre family friendly maze will take about 60 minutes to complete while the mini-maze, which is approximately 1-acre, takes about 20 minutes to complete. Each year we feature a new maze design that will include a scavenger hunt! Plus, new this year, kids will find extra fun in the mini-maze! And, weekends 10/25, 26, 27 and 11/1, 2, 3 - bring your family out for our family friendly flashlight corn maze - bring your flashlight or purchase one in our General Store!
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The Maybury Farm corn maze includes a tractor-driven wagon ride to and from the maze. Pickups and drop offs are scheduled every 30 minutes. When you've completed the maze, jump back on the wagon and head back to the farm to enjoy fresh, delicious Parmenter's cider and donuts available for purchase in our general store or visit the farm animals.
​Our barn is open until 7pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so that you can visit with the animals during corn maze. Come on out and enjoy fall on the farm!
(PLEASE NOTE: The last Friday of Corn Maze, Nov. 1, has limited hours - the farm and barn are only open during the evening)
COST: We have several ways to purchase tickets: $15 per person at the door; $13 per person when purchased early online (tickets must be purchased 48 hours in advance of the date/time you reserve); $8 discounted price for members (membership card must be shown in person or membership number added online when purchasing discounted tickets); if you prefer a private corn maze wagon ride - available weekends only - $300 flat fee for up to 25 people, 1 wagon. The private ride does not include use of the pavilion or a bonfire.
Children under 2 are FREE & must ride on a lap in the wagon. Price includes the farm, animals and the wagon ride to and back from the maze. Purchase tickets online at least 48 hours in advance of departure and save - BUY TICKETS NOW! Tickets also available the day off, at the farm. Tickets are non-refundable.
Call our office at (248) 374-0200 press 2 for more information.
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Great Fall Festival - OCTOBER
Saturday & Sunday - Date: Saturday & Sunday, October 5 & 6, 2024
10am-5pm
Purchase tickets early online by 9/28 for a discounted price! Tickets also available at the door the day of the event with or without the maze.
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Our weekend festival admission fee includes live music, activities, games, photo ops, a playground, a story walk around the pond & our farm animal family and engagement. Plus, you can add a tractor drawn wagon ride to the corn maze to your ticket! Enjoy or 9-acre maze or the 1-acre maze - or both! Don't forget delicious eats, treats & beverages will be available for purchase from one of the visiting food trucks as well as old time candy, popcorn & other snacks in our General Store.
Live Entertainment: Saturday, noon-3pm - The Whiskey Charmers; Sunday, noon-3pm - Bridge County Blue Grass Band
Games: goat climb, pumpkin catapults, corn racers, apple skeet ball roll, get the sheep in the barn, feed the cow ring toss, slingshot contest, hoppity horse course, corn hole, Jenga, checkers,tic-tac-toe, pumpkin hunt for guests under 2 & more!​​
DETAILS:
Join us for our most popular event of the year!
Activities: face painting, pumpkin decorating, make wooden leaf necklaces, animal tattoos, design friendship bracelets or keychains, pumpkin face stickers, make leaf animals and paper chain pumpkins, porcupine hammer race & more!
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Delicious Eats & Treats: food trucks including Coolbeans Javacaf'e, Kona Ice & Keaik's, The Snack Suite, Pablo's Tacos, Maybury Farm hot dog BBQ & Parmenter's Cider & Donuts; plus old-fashioned treats available for purchase in our General Store!
Cooking Contests - ribbons awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place:
Get more details about the Chili and Baking competitions here. All entry forms are online - click the link, complete form & it will automatically be sent to our email: farmteam@mayburyfarm.org box. There is no cost to participate. Registration forms must be received by October 3! All entries due 1/2 hour before contest judging. Call 248-374-0200/option 2 for more information.
Chili Cook Off - Saturday, 11:30am-1:30pm - Please download, read & complete the Chili Cook Off Contest Registration/Entry Form for more detailed information.
Baking Competition - Sunday - Cookies 11:30am-1:30pm, Pies 1:30-3pm, Cakes 3-4:30pm - Please download, read & complete the Baking Competition Registration/Entry form.
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FESTIVAL COST:​ $11 per person early purchase price for Farm & Festival if reservations are made by 9/28; $14 per person for Farm & Festival if purchased after 9/28; $20 per person for Farm, Festival & Corn Maze
Children under 2 are FREE - must ride on a lap in wagon. No member discount. Games & activities are INCLUDED in ticket cost. PLEASE NOTE: last wagon ride leaves at 4pm
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Valentine Day Celebration - FEBRUARY
Date: Sunday, February 11, 2024
HOURS: 10am-3pm
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DETAILS:
Keep Maybury Farm in your Heart when you visit your favorite farm animals! Show some love to our "soon-to-be goat moms" & enjoy special Valentine-themed games & activities!
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COST: $7 regular admission fee; members and children under 2 are FREE!
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Making Maple Syrup Tours - MARCH
Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-24 2024
Tours depart at 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, & 4pm
Farm opens at noon and closes at 5pm.
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Please Note: Maple Syrup Tours are dependent on the weather - please call ahead if we are experiencing freezing daytime temperatures, high winds or ice. Weather related closures will also be announced on this website and social media as soon as possible. Thanks for your understanding.
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Reservations are available, but NOT required - tickets will be sold at the door. Space is limited! Tickets are non-refundable & non-transferrable. Please dress for the weather!
DETAILS:
This engaging tour begins with a wagon ride to the forested area of Maybury Farm. There you will walk into the sugar bush where you'll learn the amazing way sugar maple trees produce sap, why sap flows, how to tap and collect sap from the tree. The wagon will then take you to the Sugar Shack where you'll learn how the sap becomes delicious maple syrup by watching the process in action! You'll even get to try a sample of the finished product!
Once your tour is finished, you are invited to warm up in the Maybury Farm General Store where hot drinks and snacks are available to purchase. Pure Michigan Maple Syrup is also available for purchase and we offer free recipes for you to try with your maple syrup at home. It's a fun and educational experience for all ages!
COST: $11 Children under 2 are FREE (must sit on a lap on wagon ride)
Tickets are available in the General Store the day of your tour or you can purchase tickets online. Please note: when booking 15 or more people online, you will receive an online discount! This is not a private tour - you may share the wagon ride and tour with others. We will do our best to keep your group on the same wagon, but it is not guaranteed and is dependent on group size. Discount is only available when booked online for tours from 12:30 - 4pm.
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PRIVATE GROUP TOURS COST: $11 (children under 2 are FREE, must sit on lap)
Private group tours are available for any group of 15 or more paid admissions (over age 2) Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30am and 12pm only. All private tours must be registered to ensure space. Call (248) 374-0200 press 2 to book your private group Maple Syrup Tour! PLEASE NOTE: the maximum number of participants for any tour at the farm is 50.
Space is limited for each tour: please be at the wagon loading area 15 minutes prior to your assigned tour time - we cannot accommodate late arrivals. The wagon ride to and from the Sugar Bush is included in your admission. We recommend dressing warmly for the Michigan March weather. Please wear appropriate footwear as the tour is a walking tour - your wagon will drop you at the sugar bush where you'll walk through the woods which are often wet and snowy.
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Tickets are non-refundable & non-transferrable.
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Advance Tickets are NOT required but are available.
COST: $5 per person - cash only. Children under 2 are FREE !
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Eggstravaganza - APRIL​
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2024
10am-1pm
Rain date - Sunday, April 7
DETAILS:
Celebrate the arrival of spring at Maybury Farm!
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Enjoy egg hunts, live music, face painting, seed planting, arts & crafts, coloring activities, fun costumed characters, food trucks & our farm animals!
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Egg Hunt Schedule:
Ages 2-3 - 10am-12:45pm (hunt runs throughout the event)
Ages 4-6 - 11am
Ages 7-10 - 11:45am
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Prize bags filled with candy & treats are limited to the first 700 children with paid entry wristbands
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The Farm opens at 10am. Parking available starting at 9:30am. Limited FREE parking is available at Maybury Farm. Additional parking available at Maybury State Park - a valid Recreation Passportis required on all vehicles entering a state park
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Advance Tickets are NOT required but are available.
Farm Fest - MAY​
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2024
10am-5pm
Rain date - Sunday, May 19
DETAILS:
Enjoy spring on the farm! Farm Fest is Maybury's spring festival where you can see our new baby animals, learn to plant seeds properly for a successful start to your garden & share fun activities with your family!
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Live Entertainment: Bridge County Bluegrass Band plays 12-3pm & is included with admission!
Activities: face painting & tattoos, thumbprint animals, seed planting, scarecrow foam craft, cupcake liner flower craft & a bedazzle horseshoe cutout craft just to name a few!
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Games & Activities: prize winning games including a John Deere pedal tractor course, a human tractor tire race, farm animal ring toss, farm animal cornhole, flyswatter herding sheep game, farm animal stacking & (for ages under 2) farm animal round-up; plus "just for fun" games like milking cow, steer roping, classic cornhole, tic tac toe, checkers and jenga; plus antique tractors and a fun photo op area for the family!
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Fun & Educational Presentations & Demonstrations: blacksmith, animal engagement, fun facts about our farm animals on our second stage, horse education in the arena & more!
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Plus Delicious Eats & Treats: Food trucks including Blazin' Hot Wings & Pizza, Good Sense Coffee, The Snack Suite, Kona Ice & Keaik's plus Hot Dog grilling (food requires additional purchase)
COST: $13 - festival & farm only; $15 - festival, farm & wagon ride. Children under 2 are FREE - must ride on a lap in wagon. All games & activities INCLUDED in ticket cost.
Holiday Fun & Santa Visits at the Farm - DECEMBER
Saturdays & Sundays, December 7 & 8, 14 &15, 2023
Hours are 10am -5pm, last reservation for Santa will be at 4pm
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DETAILS:
Enjoy holiday music & decorations, crafts, farm animals & shopping in our General Store. Visit with Santa in his antique sleigh in our century-old barn where Santa's Elf will be on hand to help you snap a family photo! Drop your letter to Santa in our North Pole Mailbox, and don't forget to warm up at the bonfire!
COST: $10 (all persons age 2 and over require a ticket)
Children under 2 are FREE.
Non-refundable - event takes place rain/snow or shine
CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY: All purchases including tours, parties, camp, online farm market, reservation tickets and general admission are NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE. Ticket(s) are valid only on the selected date.
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