Lake Metroparks

Part working farm, part scientific center, this educational trip to the country still thrills the little farmers... The Scene
These days, when fewer and fewer of us have family members with working farms that our children can visit, a place like Lake Farmpark is all the more important. The Farmpark serves a duel existence, partly operational for the study of agriculture and farming, and part country-life theme park. For kids, it's all fun. Where else can they go for a wagon ride, milk a cow, get up-close-and-personal with lambs, horses, pigs, and other livestock, and even come face-to-face with an ostrich or llamas. Watch how they make cheese, ice cream, and bread. There's also a greenhouse and a hydroponics lab, plus a plant science center for the more serious-minded.

Great Pumpkins
Whatever you do, don't miss stopping by in October to buy Halloween pumpkins, get lost in the corn maze, and huddle together for the haunted hay ride.…