Pumpkin and Spice are a pair of pigs who call the Queens County Farm Museum home. They were also born on Halloween, so as you would imagine, autumn is their favorite time of year!

They are in the right place at the 47-acre site in Floral Park, which has been a working farm since 1697, and is full of fall fun for the family.

“This is our season. You know, it’s really great to be able to welcome New Yorkers right here without leaving the city,” said Jennifer Walden Weprin, the farm’s executive director.

Among the signature attractions is “The Amazing Maize Maze,” a corn maze that’s the real deal. It’s the size of three football fields and it’s the 16th year for the challenge, which has an art theme inspired by famed painter Georgia O’Keeffe’s work “Ram’s Head, Blue Morning Glory.”

“Our little ones like to run through here pretty quickly, but it can be quite challenging if you follow all the game board and the puzzle pieces as well,” said Walden Weprin, referring to clues found along the way in mailboxes.

There is also a pumpkin patch, a farm stand with items grown on the property, and the historic Adriance Farmhouse from the 18th century.

That’s not to mention all of the farm’s residents, besides Pumpkin and Spice. There are chickens, steers, alpaca, sheep and goats. There’s all the festive fall activities, with plenty of farming and history sprinkled in.

“We have a lot of fun here, our visitors really enjoy themselves, but at the end of the day, they connect to the environment, to where their food comes from, shortening that distance from farm to fork, and hopefully helping us all become better environmental stewards,” said Walden Weprin.

Plan your visit at: https://www.queensfarm.org/