Inflatable
The corn maze
It is inflatable, so kids bounce their way through instead of wandering for forty minutes. Most of them go through more than once.
Reston, Virginia · Our 50th fall
Come spend the whole day on the farm.
Train rides, moon bounces, farm animals and cider donuts made on site — twelve days of fall at the garden market Reston families have been coming to since 1976.
- Season
- Sept 26 – Oct 31
- Days
- Weekends + Mon Oct 12
- Fest hours
- 10am – 5pm
- Built for
- Ages 3 – 12
What's out there
Everything in the Fest area.
No hay rides, no pony, and the corn maze is inflatable. Here is the real list, so you know exactly what you are buying.
Farm animals
The petting zoo
The animals are used to small hands and happy to be fed. For most families it is the first stop and the last.
Two of each
Slides & moon bounces
Two slides and two moon bounces, side by side. Plan on losing an hour here, because most families do.
Additional fee
Face painting & balloons
Face painting and balloon art on the lot, so your kid leaves as a tiger or a dragon. Priced separately at the stand.
Music all afternoon
A DJ, and a basketball hoop
Music plays all afternoon, and there is a hoop for the older kids who have decided they are done with moon bounces.
Slow on purpose
The train
A slow loop around the farm, gentle enough for the youngest riders. It is the most photographed thing we own.
From the bakery
Cider donuts, made on site.
Trays come out warm all day long. There is pumpkin pie and pumpkin loaf too, and you can order ahead for pickup so you are not waiting in line with a tired kid.
Order the bakery for pickup
Lunch, handled
Clandestino is on the lot all twelve days.
Arepas pressed to order, beef empanadas, Colombian hot dogs and loaded fries. Most of the menu is gluten free, and there is a kids menu.
Pick a day
Six weekends. Pick your day.
Every ticket is good for one date, so choose your day when you buy. The Fest runs weekends only — the market and garden center are open every day, all season.
September
26 – 27
Saturday & Sunday
October
3 – 4
Saturday & Sunday
October
10 – 12
Sat, Sun & Monday
Three-day weekend
October
17 – 18
Saturday & Sunday
October
24 – 25
Saturday & Sunday
October
31
Saturday
Halloween · last one
If we close for weather we make the call by 7pm the night before, email you, and your ticket moves to another date.
The rest of it
Still a garden market, seven days a week.
Mums, pumpkins, gourds, pottery and local goods — open every day of the week, ticket or no ticket.
Two stops, one day
Bring your NOVA Wild ticket and save on ours.
It runs both directions, through October 31, in whichever order suits you.
Show your NOVA Wild ticket here
$2 off a kid's Fall Fest ticket
Show your Fall Fest ticket there
$2 off NOVA Wild admission
Good to know
You never need a ticket to shop.
The market and the garden center are open 9am to 6pm, every single day, free to walk into, all year round. The ticket is only for the Fest area — the rides, the bounces, the animals. If you have come for mums and a pie, just come in.
Who needs a ticket
Every child three and older needs one, and every adult coming in with them needs one too. Children two and under are free.
Coming without kids
The Fest is built for families, so adults cannot enter the Fest area without a child. You are welcome in the market and garden center any day, no ticket.
One date per ticket
Every ticket is good for a single date, so pick your day when you buy. There is a season pass if you plan to come back.
If it rains
We make the call by 7pm the night before. If we close, we email you to choose another date and your ticket stays good. We do not offer refunds, but purchase protection is available at checkout.
Costs extra
Face painting and balloon art are charged separately, as is anything from the bakery or the food trailer.
How long to plan for
About two hours is right for most families, plus whatever time you want to spend shopping.
Two sets of hours
The Fest runs 10 to 5 on event days. The market and garden center are open 9 to 6, every day.
Where we are
10800 Baron Cameron Ave., Reston, Virginia. The same corner since 1976.
Questions
Call the market at (703) 759-0000.
Six weekends. Then it is over until next year.
Pick a Saturday. We will handle the rest.
Tickets are good for a single date, so pick your day when you buy. October 31 is the last day of the season — and yes, it is Halloween.
Take some home
Shop the season
Mums off the bench, harvest baskets built for the porch, and cider donuts made on site. Order online and pick it up at the market.
