Wow here we go again a new year a year of new possibilities. The cool thing about farming and the winery is we really do get start all over again new each year. That is one huge reason many of us stay in the agriculture business. Each year brings a new chance to do better than years past. You can take lessons learned and apply them going forward. You read, surf the web, attend conferences, network with other growers. A new year is like Christmas morning with new gift of opportunity just waiting to be opened.
A Big part of what we do is a long list of special events on the farm. We can talk about farming and the joys and challenges that go with it but we also have to answer the question: what can we do for you? How can we bring you Hakuna Matata? Being authentic is very important to us. Out of these two ideas we try and develop things for people to come, see and do while visiting with us. Some things are grand some are simple, some are weekly, some are monthly some go on for weeks on end, some are seasonal. But we always want people to ask, “what is going on at Maize Valley?”
Way back in the day we pretty much got started with our Corn Mazes and pumpkin picking. We still do this every year and it continues to grow each year. But we also do a wide variety of other events starting in January.
Here is a quick list of what we have on the books for 2014 with more to follow.
January 18th – The Island Doctor in the Winery
February 14th – Valentines Day dinner
March 6th – Locker Club Dinner
March 22nd – Winery Open House
April 19th – Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
May 7th – “PINK” Party (Breast cancer fund raiser)
May 11th -Mothers Day Dinner
May 15th – 1st Cruse In of the Season
June 28th – 1st Lt. Ashley White Stumpf Memorial Day
July 19th – NEW EVENT! Food/Farm/Fun/Farmathalone, Kids Dream Day
July 26th – International Dance Day special event
August – We have no scheduled on farm events as we go into final approach for the Fall Harvest Season
September 13th – Corn Maze Opens ( This is a time of year where more things start to happen as we approach October)
September 27th – Balloon Lift; This also marks the beginning of expanded offerings centered around the corn maze and pick your own pumpkins
October 11th & 12th – Megasauras Days, Big event details on web site and will have its own blog post later.
November 28th & 29th – Christmas Tree Viewing Days
December 13th & 20th Breakfast with Santa
This is a listing of our “Core events”. Please keep in mind we will be also going off site to wine pours if you would like to join us.
Plus we have the monthly events such as our Vintner Dinners held the 3rd Thursday of each month, Wine’d up Wednesdays starting May and more. I’d keep going but you’re probably tired to scrolling already! In future blog post we will break down each event on its own, thank you for stopping by!