Current Hours:

Gift Shop & NC Products Barn
Thursday-Saturday: 12:00 pm-8:00pm
Sunday-Wendesday: Closed

Restaurant
Thursday-Friday: 4:00pm-8:00 pm
Saturday: 12:00pm-8:00 pm
Sunday-Wednesday: Closed
 

September

  • Christmas Reservations Open!  Booking for all 2022 Holiday Events will open September 1st at 9:00 am. All events will be available to book online and will be linked below. 
 
  • Annual Antique Tractor Show: Saturday, September 24th. Come kick off our Fall season with our Annual Antique Tractor Show! Everyone is welcome to bring antique tractors and equipment to show starting at 10:00 am with no registration fee. We will have awards, tractor games, and a tractor parade around the farm. Pumpkin patch hayrides will run from 10-8. Gift shop, bakery and NC Products Barn will be open from 10-8 and our family style restaurant will be open from 12-8 with no reseravations needed. 

October

  • Pumpkin Patch Hayrides: We offer hayrides around the farm to the pumpkin patch Tuesday and Wednesday from 1-5, Thursday and Friday from 1-8, and Saturday from 10-8. Hayrides run continuously through the day. Cost is $2.00 per person for ages 3 and older with no reservations needed. Pumpkins are $0.79 per pound with a $4.00 minimum. 
 
  • Fall Festival Saturdays: Join us on Saturdays in October for fall family fun! Pumpkin patch hayrides will run continuously from 10-8, Animal Area, Gift Shop, Bakery & NC Products barn will all be open fom 10-8. Restaurant and our Food Truck (weather permitting) will be open from 12-8. Rockstar Magic of Chris & Neal will have FREE magic shows at 12:00, 1:00, and 2:00. Free tastings of NC wines, wine by the glass and wine slushies will all be available in the NC Products Barn. We will have live music from 3-7 so bring your lawn chairs to enjoy a nice fall afternoon on the farm! 
 
  • Live Music: What better way is there to spend a fall afternoon than listening to live local music than with a glass of NC wine or a with a wine slushie in hand?! We will have a variety of local musicians Fridays from 5-8 and Saturdays from 3-7 during the month of October. Keep checking back for our Fall Music Lineup!
 
  • Fall Educational Tours: Held every Wednesday- Friday from October 12th-28th. School, daycare and homeschool groups of all ages are welcome! Tour includes a guided hayride around the farm to the pumpkin patch where everyone will pick out a sugarpie pumpkin to take home. On the hayride you will learn about NC history and about different crops we grow here on the farm. An apple cider demonstration and sample is also included where you will learn how apples used to be pressed and turned into delicious apple cider. A stop at Granny Mae's smokehouse will teach everyone the old timey way of how things used to be done on the farm homestead. And finally you will also get the Dream Big Motivational Magic Show by NC's favorite magicians, Chris & Neal. Tours run on the half hour and start at 9:00 am. Guided portion takes about 1.5- 2 hours. You are welcome to bring lunch and use our picnic facilities and also visit with our farm animals after your tour. Cost is $12 for students, parents, and siblings. Teachers and staff are complimentary. Reservations are required and can be made by giving us a call at 910-324-3422 ext 34 or 35. 
 
  • American Red Cross Blood Drive: Saturday, October 22 from 9:00am-1:00pm. For more questions or to schedule an appointment call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit www.redcrossblood.org.
 
  • Haunted Hayride: The annual Haunted Hayride is put on by our local volunteer fire departments with all hayride proceeds going directly to them. Held October 27th-29th, 2022!

November & December

  • Festival of Lights Hayride: Our famous Festival of Lights Hayride draws people from near and far and has become a family tradition! Come enjoy a 30 minute hayride through the woods with lighted Holiday scenes, a live nativity and Christmas music along the way. It will run nightly from November 17th-December 23rd from 6:00-9:00. No reservations are needed for the hayride only and tickets are $12 for ages 5 and older. We will also have an encore after Christmas on December 26th-28th from 6:00-9:00.
 
  • Thanksgiving Day: Our restaurant is CLOSED but our Gift Shop, Bakery, and NC Products Barn will be open from 3-9 and our Festival of Lights Hayride will run from 6-9.
 
  • Dinner & Hayride Reservations: From November 17th-December 28th our restaurant is by RESERVATION ONLY for groups of any size. This reservation is for our all you can eat family style dinner and the Festival of Lights Hayride. Dinner times are either 4:00 or 6:00 with the hayride following, or dinner at 8:00 with the hayride first at 7:00. A credit card is required to hold the reservation but the final payment is due the evening of your event after your meal but please note that it will be totaled on ONE BILL. Nothing is charged to your card on file unless you do not show up to your reservation without letting us know in advance in which case a $50 fee will be charged. Prices include the meal, hayride, tax, and gratuity and are $35 for adults, $34 for seniors (56+), $25 for ages 7-11, $22 for ages 5-6, and $10 for ages 3-4. Reservations may be made here starting September 1st at 9:00 am. Get Tickets Here
 
  • Wilmington Celebration Choir: We are excited to welcome back the Wilmington Celebration Choir for a special Holiday Performance November 17th-19th! This is an all inclusive package including our famous southern style all you can eat menu served buffet style, Holiday Concert by the Wilmington Celebration Choir, and the Fetival of Lights Hayride. Doors open at 6:30, dinner at 7:00, show at 8:00, and Festival of Lights Hayride at 9:00. Cost is $65 for Adults, $40 for ages 7-11, $35 for ages 5-6, and $25 for ages 3-4. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are non refundable once booked. Tickets will be available to purchase online here beginning September 1st. Get Tickets Here
 
  • Supper With Santa: Come spend an evening with Santa and Mrs. Claus! The evening begins with Mrs. Claus reading a Christmas story, followed by our famous all you can eat menu served buffet style, time & photos with Santa, and then end the evening with our Festival of Lights Hayride. Held select Sunday-Tuesday nights from November 20th-December 20th. Doors open at 5:30, dinner at 6:00 and hayride after. Cost is $48 for adults, $35 for ages 7-11, $29 for ages 5-6, and $16 for ages 2-4. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are non refundable once booked. Tickets will be available to purchase online here beginning September 1st. Get Tickets Here
 
  • Ho! Ho! Christmas Show: Gaylon Pope & SweetWater are back again by popular demand this Christmas season! Come out for our famous southern style all you can eat menu served buffet style, followed by a musical variety show of Christmas classics & a touch of comedy, then top the night off with the Festival of Lights Hayride. This is an all inclusive event the whole family is sure to enjoy. Held Wednesday-Saturday from November 25th-December 23rd and an evening encore on December 26th. There is a matinee and evening show each day and the event timelines are as listed below. Cost is $65 for Adults, $40 for ages 7-11, $35 for ages 5-6, and $25 for ages 3-4. Tickets must be purchased in advance and are non refundable once booked. Tickets will be available to purchase online here beginning September 1st. Get Tickets Here
    • Matinee: Doors at open 2:00, dinner at 2:30, show at 3:45, hayride at 5:30
    • Evening: Doors open at 6:30, dinner at 7:00, show at 8:00, hayride at 9:00
   
  • Mike's Private Mini Wagons: Come enjoy our Festival of Lights Hayride on one of our 3 private mini wagons! This provides a magical trip through our lighted hayride for up to 8 people maximum. Cost is $125 and the first wagon goes out at 5:45. Reservations may be made here starting September 1st at 9:00 am. Tickets are non-refundable with the exception of inclement weather. These wagons are not handicap accessible. This is a reservation for the hayride ONLY, if you would like to also make a dinner reservation you will need to do that separately under the Dinner & Hayride Reservations link. In that event, you will only be charged for dinner the night of your reservations. Get Tickets Here
 
  • Hotdog Roast & Hayride: Available for groups of 20 or more. This includes an open campfire to roast hotdogs and marshmallows and the Festival of Lights Hayride. Chips, assorted drinks, mustard, ketchup also included. Availabilty is extremely limited! Cost is $22 for ages 5 and older and $10 for ages 3-4. A $50 non refundable deposit is required to book but will be deducted from your total the night of your event. Please call 910-324-3422 ext 34 or 35 to schedule this event. 
 
  • Christmas Eve & Christmas Day: Merry Christmas! We will be closed and reopen December 26th-28th for our after Christmas encore.