Visit the SouthernMamas.com 2011 Fall Fun Guide here to find Savannah & Lowcountry pumpkin patches, corn mazes, Halloween events & fall festivals.

More details here or click on the Linus icon in the right sidebar.

You can also find the guide at the top of the SouthernMamas.com main page at “corn mazes/pumpkin patches/fall festivals 2011″.

La Dee Da Children’s Boutique and Memories for Keepsake Photography invite you to a mini Halloween themed photo session!

Bring your little ghouls and goblins to La Dee Da in their costumes or Halloween apparel on Friday, October 21st from 10:00am – 2:00pm for photos and refreshments. Photo package includes sitting fee, 2-5X7′s, 8 wallets and a treat bag and all for only $25!

By appointment only. 912.295.5470. La Dee Da Kids & Memories for Keepsake Photography look forward to serving you and your child. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you!

La Dee Da Children’s Boutique is now open at 135 Goshen Road Extension in Goshen Park right on Hwy 21 in Rincon. For more info call 912.295.5470, visit www.LaDeeDaKids.com. or like the boutique on Facebook here! La Dee Da Children’s Boutique is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

2011  Poppell Farms. Activities Include:
Hayride & Pumpkin Patch – Climb on board a hay wagon and take a ride in the country down to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets to pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. This is also the perfect location for beautiful fall photographs.

Duck Races – Come propel your “rubber ducky” down the shoot and into the water trough by pumping an old fashion hand water pump while racing your friends.

Cow Train – Hop on board, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to ride one of Poppell’s 10 cows powered by a lawnmower!. You may choose Moo-Linda, Bessie, Sweet Pea, Big Bertha or one of the others, but they are all guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Steer Roping – Say you always wanted to be a cowboy? Well here’s your chance, and you don’t even have to worry about falling off of your horse.

Petting Farm – Visit with Bunny the Pony, Elvis & Pearl the Donkeys, Claude the Llama, Vanilla & Chocolate the Sheep, Cheese & Quackers the Ducks, AbraHAM & LINKon the Pigs, Henny Penny, Miss Prissie, and a host of their other barnyard friends. Come watch Bill, Oreo & Cornelius as they cross over the “Golden Goat Bridge”.

Famous Catfish Pond – Watch the catfish have their breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Some are estimated to weigh at least 10 lbs. or more. Some days they may eat 15 – 20 times. The farm currently has them on a diet & are trying to avoid having WHALES by the end of October.

Farmer Brown’s Playground – Come and jump on the GIANT Crop Hopper (a really big jumping air pillow), dig in the Sand Pile, Fly down the Spyder Slyder, and have lots of good ole farmin fun.

10 –Acre Cornfield Maze – “We Love March Of Dimes” Poppell has a tiny tot entrance that can be walked in appox. 15 minutes for the young and the young at heart.

General Information

Picnic Area – Poppell has tents with picnic tables available for your use. You are welcome to either bring your own food or eat with the farm. The Calf-A concession stand will be grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches. The farm will also have french fries, popcorn, candy and lots of other delicious treats along with ice cold Coca-Cola products.

Poppell Farms also has hand washing stations and restroom facilities available. More info & driving directions here.

“New for 2011″: Hop-A-Long Rodeo, Kiddie Hay Maze, Hay Jump

Poppell Farms is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. at 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, GA. For admission costs, click here. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215,  email:popfarms1@windstream.net  or click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you! Poppell Family Farm is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

2011  Poppell Farms. Activities Include:
Hayride & Pumpkin Patch – Climb on board a hay wagon and take a ride in the country down to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets to pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. This is also the perfect location for beautiful fall photographs.

Duck Races – Come propel your “rubber ducky” down the shoot and into the water trough by pumping an old fashion hand water pump while racing your friends.

Cow Train – Hop on board, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to ride one of Poppell’s 10 cows powered by a lawnmower!. You may choose Moo-Linda, Bessie, Sweet Pea, Big Bertha or one of the others, but they are all guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Steer Roping – Say you always wanted to be a cowboy? Well here’s your chance, and you don’t even have to worry about falling off of your horse.

Petting Farm – Visit with Bunny the Pony, Elvis & Pearl the Donkeys, Claude the Llama, Vanilla & Chocolate the Sheep, Cheese & Quackers the Ducks, AbraHAM & LINKon the Pigs, Henny Penny, Miss Prissie, and a host of their other barnyard friends. Come watch Bill, Oreo & Cornelius as they cross over the “Golden Goat Bridge”.

Famous Catfish Pond – Watch the catfish have their breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Some are estimated to weigh at least 10 lbs. or more. Some days they may eat 15 – 20 times. The farm currently has them on a diet & are trying to avoid having WHALES by the end of October.

Farmer Brown’s Playground – Come and jump on the GIANT Crop Hopper (a really big jumping air pillow), dig in the Sand Pile, Fly down the Spyder Slyder, and have lots of good ole farmin fun.

10 –Acre Cornfield Maze – “We Love March Of Dimes” Poppell has a tiny tot entrance that can be walked in appox. 15 minutes for the young and the young at heart.

General Information

Picnic Area – Poppell has tents with picnic tables available for your use. You are welcome to either bring your own food or eat with the farm. The Calf-A concession stand will be grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches. The farm will also have french fries, popcorn, candy and lots of other delicious treats along with ice cold Coca-Cola products.

Poppell Farms also has hand washing stations and restroom facilities available. More info & driving directions here.

“New for 2011″: Hop-A-Long Rodeo, Kiddie Hay Maze, Hay Jump

Poppell Farms is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. at 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, GA. For admission costs, click here. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215,  email:popfarms1@windstream.net  or click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you! Poppell Family Farm is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

A-MAiZE-ING 5k Run, & Pumpkin Patch Trot (All proceeds to benefit March of Dimes) For flier and registration info , click here.

2011  Poppell Farms. Activities Include:
Hayride & Pumpkin Patch – Climb on board a hay wagon and take a ride in the country down to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets to pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. This is also the perfect location for beautiful fall photographs.

Duck Races – Come propel your “rubber ducky” down the shoot and into the water trough by pumping an old fashion hand water pump while racing your friends.

Cow Train – Hop on board, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to ride one of Poppell’s 10 cows powered by a lawnmower!. You may choose Moo-Linda, Bessie, Sweet Pea, Big Bertha or one of the others, but they are all guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Steer Roping – Say you always wanted to be a cowboy? Well here’s your chance, and you don’t even have to worry about falling off of your horse.

Petting Farm – Visit with Bunny the Pony, Elvis & Pearl the Donkeys, Claude the Llama, Vanilla & Chocolate the Sheep, Cheese & Quackers the Ducks, AbraHAM & LINKon the Pigs, Henny Penny, Miss Prissie, and a host of their other barnyard friends. Come watch Bill, Oreo & Cornelius as they cross over the “Golden Goat Bridge”.

Famous Catfish Pond – Watch the catfish have their breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Some are estimated to weigh at least 10 lbs. or more. Some days they may eat 15 – 20 times. The farm currently has them on a diet & are trying to avoid having WHALES by the end of October.

Farmer Brown’s Playground – Come and jump on the GIANT Crop Hopper (a really big jumping air pillow), dig in the Sand Pile, Fly down the Spyder Slyder, and have lots of good ole farmin fun.

10 –Acre Cornfield Maze – “We Love March Of Dimes” Poppell has a tiny tot entrance that can be walked in appox. 15 minutes for the young and the young at heart.

General Information

Picnic Area – Poppell has tents with picnic tables available for your use. You are welcome to either bring your own food or eat with the farm. The Calf-A concession stand will be grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches. The farm will also have french fries, popcorn, candy and lots of other delicious treats along with ice cold Coca-Cola products.

Poppell Farms also has hand washing stations and restroom facilities available. More info & driving directions here.

“New for 2011″: Hop-A-Long Rodeo, Kiddie Hay Maze, Hay Jump

Poppell Farms is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. at 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, GA. For admission costs, click here. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215,  email:popfarms1@windstream.net  or click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you! Poppell Family Farm is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Scout Day “Being aMAZEd at the Farm”
Call ahead to reserve a Corn Maze patch for each Scout.
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Visit “The Haunted Woods”
Corn Maze and Play Area will be open

2011  Poppell Farms. Activities Include:
Hayride & Pumpkin Patch – Climb on board a hay wagon and take a ride in the country down to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets to pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. This is also the perfect location for beautiful fall photographs.

Duck Races – Come propel your “rubber ducky” down the shoot and into the water trough by pumping an old fashion hand water pump while racing your friends.

Cow Train – Hop on board, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to ride one of Poppell’s 10 cows powered by a lawnmower!. You may choose Moo-Linda, Bessie, Sweet Pea, Big Bertha or one of the others, but they are all guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Steer Roping – Say you always wanted to be a cowboy? Well here’s your chance, and you don’t even have to worry about falling off of your horse.

Petting Farm – Visit with Bunny the Pony, Elvis & Pearl the Donkeys, Claude the Llama, Vanilla & Chocolate the Sheep, Cheese & Quackers the Ducks, AbraHAM & LINKon the Pigs, Henny Penny, Miss Prissie, and a host of their other barnyard friends. Come watch Bill, Oreo & Cornelius as they cross over the “Golden Goat Bridge”.

Famous Catfish Pond – Watch the catfish have their breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Some are estimated to weigh at least 10 lbs. or more. Some days they may eat 15 – 20 times. The farm currently has them on a diet & are trying to avoid having WHALES by the end of October.

Farmer Brown’s Playground – Come and jump on the GIANT Crop Hopper (a really big jumping air pillow), dig in the Sand Pile, Fly down the Spyder Slyder, and have lots of good ole farmin fun.

10 –Acre Cornfield Maze – “We Love March Of Dimes” Poppell has a tiny tot entrance that can be walked in appox. 15 minutes for the young and the young at heart.

General Information

Picnic Area – Poppell has tents with picnic tables available for your use. You are welcome to either bring your own food or eat with the farm. The Calf-A concession stand will be grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches. The farm will also have french fries, popcorn, candy and lots of other delicious treats along with ice cold Coca-Cola products.

Poppell Farms also has hand washing stations and restroom facilities available. More info & driving directions here.

“New for 2011″: Hop-A-Long Rodeo, Kiddie Hay Maze, Hay Jump

Poppell Farms is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. at 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, GA. For admission costs, click here. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215,  email:popfarms1@windstream.net  or click here.

UPDATE: The winner is Cori Sessions! Congratulations.

This week, a SouthernMamas reader will win FOUR tickets to the corn maze, pumpkin patch, hayrides fall extravaganza at Poppell Farms.

The popular 10-acre Odum labyrinth near Jesup, that drew thousands of visitors last fall,  is open through Oct. 31, Fridays 5-10 PM; Saturdays 10 AM – 10 PM; Sundays noon – 5PM. Field trip hours, during weekdays, are available by reservation only.

To enter to win, “like” Poppell Farms on Facebook by clicking here. Answer this question on the Poppel Farms Wall: What fun activity at Poppell Farms are you most looking forward to? Or, for those who have been to the farm, what’s your favorite activity there? Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you! Not into Facebook? Please enter by answering the question in the comments section below this post.

Deadline to enter is noon Sun. Oct. 2. We’ll pick a winner and announce the winner here then.

2011 Poppell Farms Activities Include:
Hayride & Pumpkin Patch – Climb on board a hay wagon and take a ride in the country down to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets to pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. This is also the perfect location for beautiful fall photographs.

Duck Races – Come propel your “rubber ducky” down the shoot and into the water trough by pumping an old fashion hand water pump while racing your friends.

Cow Train – Hop on board, fasten your seatbelt, and get ready to ride one of Poppell’s 10 cows powered by a lawnmower!. You may choose Moo-Linda, Bessie, Sweet Pea, Big Bertha or one of the others, but they are all guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Steer Roping – Say you always wanted to be a cowboy? Well here’s your chance, and you don’t even have to worry about falling off of your horse.

Petting Farm – Visit with Bunny the Pony, Elvis & Pearl the Donkeys, Claude the Llama, Vanilla & Chocolate the Sheep, Cheese & Quackers the Ducks, AbraHAM & LINKon the Pigs, Henny Penny, Miss Prissie, and a host of their other barnyard friends. Come watch Bill, Oreo & Cornelius as they cross over the “Golden Goat Bridge”.

Famous Catfish Pond – Watch the catfish have their breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Some are estimated to weigh at least 10 lbs. or more. Some days they may eat 15 – 20 times. The farm currently has them on a diet & are trying to avoid having WHALES by the end of October.

Farmer Brown’s Playground – Come and jump on the GIANT Crop Hopper (a really big jumping air pillow), dig in the Sand Pile, Fly down the Spyder Slyder, and have lots of good ole farmin fun.

10 –Acre Cornfield Maze – “We Love March Of Dimes” Poppell has a tiny tot entrance that can be walked in appox. 15 minutes for the young and the young at heart.

General Information

Picnic Area – Poppell has tents with picnic tables available for your use. You are welcome to either bring your own food or eat with the farm. The Calf-A concession stand will be grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches. The farm will also have french fries, popcorn, candy and lots of other delicious treats along with ice cold Coca-Cola products.

Poppell Farms also has hand washing stations and restroom facilities available. More info & driving directions here.

“New for 2011″: Hop-A-Long Rodeo, Kiddie Hay Maze, Hay Jump

Special Events
Oct. 1 Grand Opening

Oct. 8 Altamaha Classic Cruisers. Boy Scout & Girl Scout Day

Oct. 15 A-MAiZE-ING 5k Run, & Pumpkin Patch Trot (All proceeds to benefit March of Dimes)

Oct. 22 A 4-H Day On The Farm

Oct. 29 Safety Day – Governors Office Of Highway Safety Roll Over Simulator

Poppell Farms is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. at 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum, GA. For admission costs, click here. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215,  email:popfarms1@windstream.net  or click here. Please say SouthernMamas.com sent you! Poppell Family Farm is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School Parent-Teacher Organization invites the public to the school’s fall celebration.

Come celebrate the season with Minute-to-Win-It-type games played for prizes, face painting, improvisation demonstrations from Savannah Children’s Theater, bounce houses, silent auction, concessions and much more.

When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011
Where: Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens, 2 Canebrake Road, Savannah GA, 31419, approx 1/4 mile south of Wal-Mart on Hwy 17
Admission: $5 per carload; additional tickets required for games and concessions. $15 wristbands for unlimited rides.

Besides a day of food and fun, the surrounding community will have an opportunity to learn about the school and the Montessori curriculum. Proceeds will benefit the PTO who will provide financial assistance to the school for curriculum support, enrichment programs, campus beautification, and future community outreach projects.

For more information send requests to cemcspto@gmail.com.

To find more fall festivals in the Savannah-Chatham County & Lowcountry area, visit the SouthernMamas.com 2011 Fall Fun Page here (Corn Mazes/Pumpkin Patches/Fall Festivals) 

Congratulations to SouthernMamas reader Amber McHargue who won FOUR tickets the Poppell family farm  pumpkin patch, hayrides, corn maze and more.

The popular Odum labyrinth near Jesup, that drew thousands of visitors last fall,  is open through Oct. 31, Sat. 10 AM – 10 PM & Sun. noon – 5PM. Field trip hours, during weekdays, are available by reservation only.

THE MAiZE is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. Cost: 4 years and up $ 12.50, and free for kids 3 and under. Military personnel are admitted free – if deployed, offer is extended to spouse. Discounts available for groups of 15+ and field trips. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215 or click here.

New for 2010, Poppell Farm will take on a Halloween twist with “Fright Thru The Forest.” Come take a stroll through the 200 yard haunted trail through the woods! But, “Beware of Quicksand, the Chainsaw Man and all of his FRIENDS who will be waiting on you!! Friday & Saturday 6 PM – 10 PM (The corn maze will also be open but not haunted).

In addition to the spooks that will be lurking in the “Fright Thru The Forest” on weekends, families can come enjoy the fall activities during daylight hours. Included are: Hayrides to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. Duck Races, Cow Train, Petting Farm, Farmer Brown’s Playground which includes the Crop Hopper, Steer Roping, and the Spyder Slyder. Make sure you visit the catfish pond. Calf-A concessions will be open grilling up lots of hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken sandwiches. Picnic facilities available (bring your own or eat food for sale there) as well as restrooms and hand washing stations.

Save the date: Oct. 30, 2010: “Halloween Party & Costume Contest” (Contest begins at 1 PM)

This week, a SouthernMamas reader will win FOUR tickets to 10 acres of corn planted and the mind-boggling maze design at the Poppell family farm .

The popular Odum labyrinth near Jesup, that drew thousands of visitors last fall,  is open through Oct. 31, Sat. 10 AM – 10 PM & Sun. noon – 5PM. Field trip hours, during weekdays, are available by reservation only.

To enter to win, tell us what your child or children are planning to be for Halloween. Either comment below or on the SouthernMamas Facebook page by clicking here. Be sure to “like” us while you’re there. Please! We’ll pick a winner and announce the winner here.

Deadline to enter to win is early this week: 9 PM Tues Oct. 12 so we can get the tickets to the winner sooner.

THE MAiZE is located just off Highway 341, outside of Odum, Ga. Cost: 4 years and up $ 12.50, and free for kids 3 and under. Military personnel are admitted free – if deployed, offer is extended to spouse. Discounts available for groups of 15+ and field trips. For more info or to make reservations, call 912-586-2215 or click here.

New for 2010, Poppell Farm will take on a Halloween twist with “Fright Thru The Forest.” Come take a stroll through the 200 yard haunted trail through the woods! But, “Beware of Quicksand, the Chainsaw Man and all of his FRIENDS who will be waiting on you!! Friday & Saturday 6 PM – 10 PM (The corn maze will also be open but not haunted).

In addition to the spooks that will be lurking in the “Fright Thru The Forest” on weekends, families can come enjoy the fall activities during daylight hours. Included are: Hayrides to the pumpkin patch where everyone gets pick that “just right” pumpkin to take home with them. Duck Races, Cow Train, Petting Farm, Farmer Brown’s Playground which includes the Crop Hopper, Steer Roping, and the Spyder Slyder. Make sure you visit the catfish pond. Calf-A concessions will be open grilling up lots of hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken sandwiches. Picnic facilities available (bring your own or eat food for sale there) as well as restrooms and hand washing stations.

Save the date: Oct. 30, 2010: “Halloween Party & Costume Contest” (Contest begins at 1 PM)

UPDATE: Winner is Amber McHargue! Congratulations, Amber!!

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens 22nd annual fall festival, Spooktacular comes to Jacksonville on Oct. 22-25 and 29-31 from 6:30-9 PM

Come to Jacksonville Zoo to experience the land of Pumpkinville come alive with hundreds of fancy pumpkins, candy and fun during the magical Spooktacular event. This is a merry, not scary, Halloween event for the whole family.

New for 2009 is the Pharaoh’s Tomb, featuring a funny mummy, and the Abandoned Mine Shaft. In additional, the festival has a Pirate’s Cove with seafaring men and women who fend off alligators.
Dress in your favorite costume and enjoy trick-or-treating, music, dancing, a giant slide, bounce houses and much more.

You can also have your photo taken with Jazoo or one his friends and visit with the Pumpkinville People, scarecrows, frog prince, fairies and many more.

Spooktacular is the Zoo’s largest fundraiser, with all proceeds benefiting the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens and going to the care and feeding of the animals. Admission: $8 for members and $9 for non-members, and children under 3 are free. Children also receive a free glow-in-the-dark necklace with paid admission.

For local Halloween events, corn mazes and pumpkin patches, read our SouthernMamas Halloween Fun Guide here.

Don’t forget to keep checking our SouthernMamas Halloween Fun guide for additions, such as the
Pumpkin Decorating Contest @ Midnight Star Pottery ; the Case Veterinary Hospital’s 24th Pet Halloween Costume Contest; and Hilton Head Is.
Pumpkin Patch @ Shelter Cove Park that includes a petting zoo; costume contest; pumpkin painting; carnival games; face painting; haunted hayride.

Click here to read the guide.

Check out the additions to the SouthernMamas Halloween Fun Guide.

Find out details on Patchville, the extremely popular Savannah Christian Church Halloween celebration, and info about Spooky Splash at Chatham Aquatic Center. Click here.

While we here at SouthernMamas are bummed about the cancellation of the annual Halloween Hike at Oatland Island Wildlife Center this year because of renovations, there are other fun fall events to check out.

So SouthernMamas put together a roundup of pumpkin patches, corn mazes, fall festivals, hayrides and haunted houses. Click here to read our SouthernMamas Halloween Fun guide. To submit an item to be included in this list, email the info to anne@southernmamas.com.

When you want to refer back to the Halloween Fun Guide throughout October, just click on the Halloween Fun icon in the column to your right.

Time to head to North Georgia to pick apples. Or, at least, partake in apple picking festivities.

The annual Apple Pickin Jubliee at Hillcrest Orchards in Ellijay – happening this upcoming weekend Sept. 19 &  20 and next weekend Sept. 26 & 27 –  has everything that you associate with autumn and farms: apple bobbing and corn shelling, cloggers and country bands, mule-drawn wagon rides, homemade fried apple pies and caramel apples, and, of course, pippin-picking from dwarf trees.

Kids can milk Buttercup, the farm’s milk cow; meet Barney the Talking Bull; watch a live bee demo; cheer on pigs racing toward an Oreo cookie; and compete in the John Deere Derby pedal tractor trike track. The farm is open all day, 9 am-6 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Click here for directions and more info.

Admission: $5. Separate $3 admission to petting farm.

All activities are available every weekend in October, too.

Nothing like putting your politics where your pumpkin is.

At Yeswecarve.com, you can find templates to carve the likeness or campaign logo of Barack Obama into your pumpkins. Call it a Barack O’Lantern. Or Jack O’Bama.

Check out some photos and videos of the finished products here. Sorry, no Biden Lanterns, complete with hair plugs are available.

Nor are there any Jack O’McCains that we can find. These pumpkins appear to be purely partisan.

The church that has EVERYTHING – Savannah Christian Church – also hosts a popular, completely different pumpkin patch experience.

The annual event, called Patchville, will be 6-9 pm this Wednesday (Oct. 29) @ the church’s main campus, 55 Al Henderson Blvd. Click here for directions.

Patchville is for families with toddlers to elementary school kids. No scary costumes please. Admission is free.

The fest includes too many fun-filled features to list here including games, rides, treats, Dan the Animal Man and his Creatures of Creation show. Click here for a listing of everything.

For more info, call 912.925.9657. To watch a video commercial about Patchville, click here.

This sounds as though it’s worth the drive.

Boone Hall Plantation near Charleston, S.C. has a Scarecrow Festival featuring an animated talking pumpkin, amusements for the kids, hay rides, kettle corn, animals and food. The Pumpkin Patch opens each year at the beginning of October and runs through the end of the month.

New attractions this year include a water duck race, giant twister, giant tic-tac-toe, a pumpkin shoot (that launches miniature pumpkins), giant 3,000 square foot rope maze, pumpkin checkerboards, and more. There’s also the traditional features including an animated talking pumpkin, hay rides, petting farm, jump castles.

Don’t forget the Boone Hall Corn Maze, cut in the shape of scarecrow. For details, click here.

Hours of operation are 9am-5pm Mon.-Sat. and 1-5pm Sun. throughout October. For more info, call 843.884.4371. The festival is off Hwy. 17 just north of Mt Pleasant.

Yes, SouthernMamas, there is a corn maze in South Georgia to visit this fall.

The labyrinth is on the Poppell family farm in Odum about six miles from Jesup. It’s expected to open TODAY, Oct. 4.

This year’s design is in the shape of “Uncle Sam, I Want You To Vote 2008.” Making your way through the two miles of twists and turns and 85 decision points takes about an hour. There are also hayrides, a cow train, corn box, petting farm and more.

The MAiZE will be open to the public from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 4-Nov. 1. Field trip hours, during weekdays, are available by reservation. The farm is @ 1765 Hyma Poppell Loop, Odum

Tickets for the maze, pumpkin patch hayride (includes a pumpkin) and all farm activities cost $12 each for ages 4 and up. Admission for children 3 and younger is free. For just the maze or just the farm activities, call for pricing.

Discounts are offered for groups, military personnel and field trips. For info or to make reservations, call 912.586.2215 or click here.

Coming soon to SouthernMamas: a list of other local pumpkin patches, hayrides and fall-festive farms.