Pumpkin Fest, Bootanica this weekend
Botanica and Dyck Arboretum of the Plains in Hesston will each have a Halloween/pumpkin-themed event next weekend.
Bootanica, a family event and fundraiser for Botanica, will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 11; costumes are optional. It will include music and other performances, games and crafts, kiddie rides, animals and a climbing wall. Admission is $8, $6 for members; children under 3 are free.
The Dyck Arboretum of the Plains will have its Prairie Pumpkin Festival from 9 a.m. until dusk Oct. 11. It will have arts and crafts, food vendors, a pumpkin decoration contest, a hedge-apple launcher, barrel train, hay rack rides, a petting zoo, face painting and duck racing. Pumpkins will be for sale, or kids and adults can bring one for decorating. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for children ages 3 to 15. The barrel train and hedge-apple launcher will cost extra.
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This story was originally published October 3, 2014 at 9:52 AM with the headline "Pumpkin Fest, Bootanica this weekend."