Farmstead Home
With the Kansas Family Farm slowly disappearing, the Children's Farmstead was established in 1976, and was re-named in 1985 in honor of the first Overland Park Police Officer killed in the line of duty as the Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead. Deanna Rose's Legacy is to preserve the Farm Legacy so children in the city can learn facts of life from the charm of the farm. Children treasure such memories as gathering eggs, the sweet smell of hay, and learning first hand where milk comes from.
Today, the Farmstead is twelve acres of family fun, education and entertainment. Each season it has in excess of 450,000 visitors a year.
The Farmstead depicts a turn-of-the-century farm that includes:
- Petting zoo
- Picturesque gardens
- Authentic one-room schoolhouse
- Kanza Indian Encampment
- Authentic mining exhibit
- Fishing pond
- Pony rides and much, much more.
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Featured Event
9/18/2010 Y'all come out and see us at this year's Apple Fest, where you can enjoy a day of old-fashioned fun with crafts, quilts, old-time children's game, apple cider, caramel apples, great music and so much more!!!
10/1/2010 Includes:
Horse-drawn wagon rides
Corn Tunnel
Pumpkin fishing
Hay pyramid with slide
Giant Hay Worm
Pumpkin hoops
Plus, everyone gets to take home a pumpkin of their choice!
To make Pumpkin Hollow reservations for groups of 25 or more, email farmsteadfriends@opkansas.org or call 913/897-2360.
10/29/2010 Old-fashioned lanterns and carved pumpkins lead you through pathways of graves and ghouls.
At this family event, you will see features, such as:
Games
A haunted barn
A flashlight scavenger hunt
A haunted horse-drawn hayride
Tractor pulled wagon rides for little trick-or-treaters
A marshmallow roast and campfire
A Halloween dancing stage
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