Family Fun on the Farm
Holiday season a great time to explore Sweet Eats
By Amy Rognlie | Photos courtesy of Sweet Eats Adventure Farm and Petting Zoo
Looking for a full day of family fun this holiday season? The Sweet Eats Adventure Farm and Petting Zoo offers a big bang for your buck.
Located on 80 acres just east of Georgetown, Sweet Eats offers something for everyone. Live reindeer will be waiting for you every day during December with a picture zone including Santa’s sleigh. Santa himself will be available on weekends for visits and photo ops.
After you greet Santa and his reindeer, visit the giant 11-foot-tall gingerbread house or take a wagon ride. All activities are included in the general admission price, so stay and ride the pedal cars around the track, get lost in the maze, dig for treasure in Treasure Mountain, jump on one of the two huge jumping pillows or get your face painted.
New to the farm this year are the apple cannons where you can test your aim by firing an apple at a target. If shooting apples is not your thing, you can take a pony ride or spend time playing on the playground where you can challenge your family to a pipe race.
Folks of all ages will be delighted with the goats, alpacas, pigs, miniature donkey and free-range chickens. The farm is home to many unusual breeds and runs its own chicken-breeding operation, resulting in many unique-looking, one-of-a-kind chickens.
The farm also offers plenty to do for the smaller set. Little ones will especially enjoy petting bunnies or snuggling with a baby chick, bouncing in the bounce corral or riding a trike around the trike track. The farm is well-shaded with many trees and offers picnic tables, hammocks and benches when everyone is ready for a little downtime. Visitors can even wander down through the farm to San Gabriel River for a beautiful view.
And when you are hungry for a snack, you can purchase a treat from the nearly endless choices: kettle corn, giant turkey legs, tacos, snow cones, cheeseburgers, ice cream, wine slushies and apple pie in a cup are only some of the great offerings you may be able choose from, depending on when you visit the farm. Wine and beer are also available.
“People come out here for an experience,” says owner Jon Meredith, “so we try our best to provide a lot of value to our visitors every day.”
Sweet Eats Adventure Farm is open seven days a week and offers many activities and special events throughout the year, such as pig races, mutton-busting, horse shows, fireworks, live music and campfires. They also offer birthday party packages, school field trips and a once-a-month homeschooler’s day, not to mention their annual Easter egg hunt, Sunflower Festival, and Fall Festival complete with a four and half-acre corn maze and large pumpkin patch. And, in spring and summer, don’t forget to come out to the farm to pick your own strawberries and peaches.
“We’re the biggest operation of our kind in the area even though we’re the newcomer and have only been around for five years,” Meredith says. He credits his wife, Jonni, and a great staff for helping the farm grow to what it is now.
Meredith and his crew at Sweet Eats may have only been around for a few years, but they have a big vision. Opening early in 2022, the 10,000-square-foot Sweet Eats General Store and Bakery will offer homemade jellies, jams, doughnuts, pies and coffee. In addition, Meredith has recently planted several acres of Christmas trees and plans to offer “choose and cut” Christmas trees starting in 2025.
If you go
Save money and time by purchasing tickets online.
Open daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting
14400 E. State Highway 29, Georgetown
Phone: 512-766-3276
Online: https://www.sweeteats.com/
https://www.facebook.com/SweetEatsFruitFarm
