Whitney's Pumpkin Fest 2020

The Annual Whitney's Pumpkin fest is back in 2020!  We will be running our UPick pumpkin field & haunted corn maze on Fridays, and our Dairy bar on Saturdays & Sundays

COVID DETAILS:

Here are all the details!

In order to have a successful U-Pick season during the Covid-19 pandemic, careful planning and adjustments must be made with how we manage our guests, and our crops.

As a way for us to operate more efficiently, and meet the town, state and federal guidelines for social distancing, we are managing the U-Pick fields by limiting the number of guests we can have at one time. We hope that this will help us better manage our guest experience and safely maintain our crops during this time. So please have patience as we navigate new territory, and work out the kinks.

We have measured the fields, made maps, and divided them into sections according to social distancing and safe harvest guidelines mandated by the State of Massachusetts and the Cheshire board of health. This provides us a guideline for how many guests we can accommodate in each field.

Our Admissions process has changed

• All guests will need to check in to our Upick pumpkin patch and provide Covid Contact Trace information that includes your name, phone number, time into our field, and number in your party.

• Social distancing of at least 6 feet will be observed and maintained in all areas of the farm.

• Masks are required to enter the farm and the pumpkin patch. Any guests over the age of 2 must properly be wearing a mask.

• Hand washing is required before entering the Upick pumpkin patch.

• Children must stay within arm’s reach of adults and not wander in the field.

• No outside food is permitted. Our picnic area is reserved for guests purchasing food items from our Farm Market.

• We have set up two egress points one as an entrance one as an exit. The Upick field will be fully fenced in and you must enter and exit through the access points. This allows us to keep an accurate count on the number of guests we have in our field at once.

Haunted Corn Maze Admission

• We will be counting people in and out of the maze. When you enter you cannot exit unless it is from the designed exit point.

• We will be spacing each group out to allow proper spacing. This will increase the wait time, we ask for your patience.

• Social distancing of at least 6 feet will be observed and maintained in all areas of the farm, including the maze.

• If you are in the maze please give adequate space to others. If you see a group in front of you please allow them to move forward before advancing.

• Masks are required to enter the maze. Any guests over the age of 2 must properly be wearing a mask.

• Hand sanitation is required before entering the maze.

• Children must stay within arm’s reach of adults and not wander alone in the maze

• We ask that you do not touch props or decorations in the corn maze.

• Admission to the maze is $7 for unlimited trips.