My parents visited Bauman’s Farm and Gardens in Gervais, Oregon, (outside Woodburn) for the first time several months ago. They loved it and proceeded to rave about how much we would too. I couldn’t take it any longer; I had to see this place for myself. My husband and I packed up our two kiddos, along with my mom serving as tour guide, and made the trip towards the end of September.
How have I lived in Oregon most of my life and never been to Bauman Farms?! I loved this place every bit as much as my mom. If the giggling, shrieking, running, and jumping was any indication, our kids did, too.
It is packed with events and activities that will appeal to everyone in the family. They take things up a big notch for the month of October. Check out their website for a full list of both weekday and weekend offerings.
Our kids are 2 and 4; they were perfectly happy playing in the free areas. For older kids and adults, you can purchase tickets to do the different activities.
They have this great playground, surrounded by a little track for the tricycles. On the other side of the fence was a track with pedal carts for adults and bigger kids.
My 2-year old son was all about the big dump trucks and tractors. He happily scooped rocks and moved heavy equipment for an entire hour.
I took this shot standing on top of a pile of tiered tractor tires, filled in with wood chips. Perfect for climbing, jumping, and general kid mayhem.
A quarter will get you a handful of pellets to feed the goats, llama, rabbits, and chickens in the animal barn. This picture makes the goats look slightly crazed, but they were actually super friendly and adorable. I resisted the urge to pack one of those sweet babies out in my bag.
Cockadoodledoo.
After exploring the barn, we walked up the stairs on the elevated walkway that runs above the pen holding the goats, llama, ducks, chickens, and geese. Drop a handful of food pellets down this pipe and watch the barnyard madness as the animals come squawking and scrambling over for a quick snack.
We walked through the display gardens and plant greenhouses, bursting with fall color. These pictures were taken about three weeks ago when the hanging baskets were still in full bloom. Those are probably down now, but the mums should be even bigger and brighter.
They also have a farm market, coffee shop, and bakery selling a wide variety of produce, baked goods, and seasonal decorations.
I could have wandered around here forever, if it weren’t for two small people begging to go back to the playground and one big husband begging for lunch. We had a nice little picnic lunch at a table next to the playground. Win-win.
This guy cracked me up. A born star, for sure.
Bauman’s Farm and Garden didn’t give me so much as a pumpkin for this post. I just love what they are doing here and couldn’t stay mum. (ha! punny.)
Be sure to check out the Facebook post linked below for even more testimonials! Readers have commented on why they love Bauman’s so much and what they find the most fun.
Looking for more fall family fun? Check out our huge list of Pacific Northwest fall fairs, festivals and pumpkin patches.
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Sounds like a great place! I think we’ll be heading there this week sometime. I love the pictures!
We go every year and it is a family tradition Great cider and the kids have a ball!!!
Bauman’s rocks! We go every year with our boys at least once, if not more. Timing is everything during their Harvest Festival time (October)…more fun activities and food booths are open during the weekend than the weekdays – but the key is to go EARLY. Like right when they open. Come noon, 1 o’clock, the pathways are really filling up with people and lines get long. It isn’t worth it to go on a day that you have a strict time schedule and will feel rushed. We literally spend hours at this place and it easily can be an all day event.
I’ve had the good fortune of going here the last two years with school field trips. We’ve had such a great time.
It is indeed a great place, just be aware that the lines to get in to park and to get in can be crazy long on the weekend in October. We went last year and had to wait 45 minutes just to be able to park. Not fun with a set of toddler twins …lol
This is such a fun place to check out. We have been the last couple of years and we all have such a great time. It’s worth the drive!
That looks like a great place! We have one that it also really fun, that is a bit closer to us! It is called Heiser Farms. They have most of what Bauman’s has and then a few different things too! They have a cannon that shoots pumpkins, if you decide to do this it is a little money, and it shoot the pumpkins at old cars, motorhomes, etc. . .! There is a corn maze, a simpler hay maze, and lots of stuff for the kids. . .Heiser Farms is located South of Portland by about 1 hour. It is between Salem and Dayton.
Baumann’s is our family’s FAVORITE place!!!!
We have gone there every year forever!! It has changed and gotten better every year! Our two girls are grown up and married and now we can take our two granddaughters there! But the grown-ups still love it – they have something for every age group and every personality.
Thankfully, we live within a reasonable distance so I go up there a few times each month for great produce, baked goods, plants, honey….etc. You must have an apple cider donut when you go……..or 2 or 3…….:-)
It really is great! We were there last weekend. It didn’t cost that much compared to what we’ve spent in the past on places like this. There was so much to do and so many wonderful treats. My son gets to go back for his Kindergarten field trip next week and he’s really excited.
thats awesome! I am so excited. There is a place like this in California where I grew up called Avila Farms and we went there a couple months ago when I went back home. i loved it! I cant wait to go here next week! 🙂
Thank you! I was trying to figure out a place we could go to start a tradition with our one year old son and this place seems perfect! We will be making a trip out there next week! Cant wait!
We have done farms in October too & taken pictures every year of my son’s life. We went here one year too & had a great time.