Showing posts with label October. Show all posts
Showing posts with label October. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Burke Fall Festival & Pumpkin Playground


Recurring daily

Dates:
October 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016

Time:
M-Thurs, 9am-8pm; Fri & Sat, 9am-9pm; Sun, 9am-8pm

Admission:
$10 weekdays; $14 weekends (Columbus Day will have the same activities as weekends and the admission price will be $14.) Additional cost for special activities. Children, under the age of two, are admitted free.

Location:
Burke Nursery and Garden Centre

Address:
9401 Burke Road, Burke, VA

Phone:
(703) 323-1188

Visit Website

Each paid admission receives a small carvable patch pumpkin and hay rides (wheel chair accessible).

Daily Activities Include:

  • Pirate's Ship
  • Pirate's Camp
  • Pumpkin Fort - every year it's bigger and better!
  • Ghost Tunnel Slide - a fun play area
  • Western Town - includes mechanical rides
  • Money Mountain - hunt for coins and treasures
  • Teepee - an authentic Native American teepee
  • Mary Aponte - Cherokee storyteller
  • Hayrides - loads of new spooky surprises
  • Farm Animals
  • Miner's Mountain Slide
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • Wizard of Oz Slide
  • Phone Tubes
  • Rope Swing
  • Tumbling Tubes
  • Monster Truck
  • Iron Horse Railroad
  • Enchanted Castle
  • Swings

Weekend Activities also include:
  • Pumpkin Balloon House
  • Face Painting

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Best spots to see fall foliage during your visit to the DC area!


Fall is one of the most beautiful times of year! As the leaves begin to turn red, orange and yellow, many of us take a drive in the mountains to see the full spectrum of colors. The leaves in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia usually peak in mid to late October.