Families Embrace Season at Island Grown Fall Fest
Farm Hub at Thimble Farm hosted celebration of fall.
Farm Hub at Thimble Farm hosted celebration of fall.
Children in costume joined in on games and tours.
Children in costume joined in on games and tours.
Pumpkin tic-tac-toe and gourd checkers entertained kids of all ages.
Pumpkin tic-tac-toe and gourd checkers entertained kids of all ages.
Jamie O'Gorman demonstrated and passed out apple cider.
Jamie O'Gorman demonstrated and passed out apple cider.
Regan Fisher and Elizabeth Bonifacio visit with the chickens.
Regan Fisher and Elizabeth Bonifacio visit with the chickens.
Musicians performed Celtic music from mobile food truck.
Musicians performed Celtic music from mobile food truck.
Greenhouse are full of Island-grown produce.
Greenhouse are full of Island-grown produce.
Farm Hub director Matthew Dix greets people at festival.
Farm Hub director Matthew Dix greets people at festival.
Farm fields glow with autumnal colors.
Farm fields glow with autumnal colors.
Portable pens were set up for visits with farm animals.
Portable pens were set up for visits with farm animals.
Over 320 people, including kids in Halloween costume, turned out for the Island Grown Fall Festival at the Farm Hub at Thimble Farm. Outside families played games such as pumpkin tic-tac-toe and gourd checkers, visited with farm animals and took part in activities like face painting, pressing apples into cider and felting sheep’s wool. A fiddle group performed music from the Island Grown Mobile Market, a truck with a drop-down stage that doubles as a grocery stand when the market is doing business.