This weekend, take your family out for a day of country charm at Finks Country Farm Fall Festival, located on Route 25 in Wading River. Finks offers an impressive selection of decorative items to trim your home for the fall season. Walk through a lengthy lineup of scarecrows and decorative garden stakes that depict black cats, witches, ghosts and all manner of spooks for your Halloween pleasure. There are even turkeys to bid your hungry Thanksgiving guests welcome as they approach your front steps and, if you really plan ahead for all of your holiday decorating needs, there are gingerbread men, candy canes, snowmen, elves and jolly old saint Nick to adorn your lawn. Choose from blooming mums in every autumnal hue, corn stalks and pumpkins, oh, the pumpkins! I had never laid eyes on such a vast variety of pumpkins until I visited Finks. White, black, reddish orange and covered with warts, pine green and other specimens join their traditional orange cousins.
Finks Country Farm dates back over 50 years, beginning as a romantic tale of sorts. It was started by Sophie and Edward Fink, who first met in Laurel in 1940. The couple was married two years later and the newlyweds purchased the Wading River property where they resided and farmed, opening their farm stand during the 1960s. The family saw its ups and downs as tragedy claimed the life of one of their five children, Thomas, leaving behind his wife, Kathi, and their four children. Despite the hardships that ensued, the love for farming prevailed when, in 2006, Thomas’ son, David, took the reins to revive the farm and has continued its operation since. In 2008, he and his wife, Michelle, hosted Finks Country Farm’s first fall festival. Each year since, the event has drawn progressively larger crowds who flock to Finks for a day of tradition and appreciation for this third-generation run family farm. As you approach the stand, a 1940s truck stands in greeting, the nostalgic icon of an era of farming gone by, and an encouraging nod to the farming endeavors that David Fink continues today.
The Fink family invites you for their annual Fall Festival, held this year every weekend from September 21 through October 27 from 9:00am to 5:00pm, as well as on Columbus Day for those seeking some fall fun on their holiday off. Pick pumpkins, embark on a hayride, join in for a pumpkin toss and get lost in a 7-acre corn maze. Be sure to visit the animals and bring a camera to capture your little ones as they enjoy a pony ride. Other events include pig races, face painting and plenty of edibles to savor, including fresh roasted corn. After dark flashlight quests through the corn maze take place at 7:00pm on Saturday, October 12, 19 and 26. Before heading home, browse the stand itself where you’ll find a cornucopia of fall harvest gems, homemade jams and preserves, baked goods, cut flowers and whimsical home décor items. In short, Finks Country Farm Festival offers plenty of fun for kids as well as grownups that are young at heart.
For more information about Finks Country Farm and their seasonal events, visit http://www.finksfarm.com/. Better yet, take a leisurely weekend drive to Wading River and see for yourself.
Finks Country Farm dates back over 50 years, beginning as a romantic tale of sorts. It was started by Sophie and Edward Fink, who first met in Laurel in 1940. The couple was married two years later and the newlyweds purchased the Wading River property where they resided and farmed, opening their farm stand during the 1960s. The family saw its ups and downs as tragedy claimed the life of one of their five children, Thomas, leaving behind his wife, Kathi, and their four children. Despite the hardships that ensued, the love for farming prevailed when, in 2006, Thomas’ son, David, took the reins to revive the farm and has continued its operation since. In 2008, he and his wife, Michelle, hosted Finks Country Farm’s first fall festival. Each year since, the event has drawn progressively larger crowds who flock to Finks for a day of tradition and appreciation for this third-generation run family farm. As you approach the stand, a 1940s truck stands in greeting, the nostalgic icon of an era of farming gone by, and an encouraging nod to the farming endeavors that David Fink continues today.
The Fink family invites you for their annual Fall Festival, held this year every weekend from September 21 through October 27 from 9:00am to 5:00pm, as well as on Columbus Day for those seeking some fall fun on their holiday off. Pick pumpkins, embark on a hayride, join in for a pumpkin toss and get lost in a 7-acre corn maze. Be sure to visit the animals and bring a camera to capture your little ones as they enjoy a pony ride. Other events include pig races, face painting and plenty of edibles to savor, including fresh roasted corn. After dark flashlight quests through the corn maze take place at 7:00pm on Saturday, October 12, 19 and 26. Before heading home, browse the stand itself where you’ll find a cornucopia of fall harvest gems, homemade jams and preserves, baked goods, cut flowers and whimsical home décor items. In short, Finks Country Farm Festival offers plenty of fun for kids as well as grownups that are young at heart.
For more information about Finks Country Farm and their seasonal events, visit http://www.finksfarm.com/. Better yet, take a leisurely weekend drive to Wading River and see for yourself.