Snohomish Times Newspaper: Red Rooster Route

Published:05/13/2009 Entertainment
Red Rooster Route

A new self-guided farm tour is available in the Arlington area. Open from May 1st this year, visitors to the six family farms on the Red Rooster Route farm tour will find scores of family adventures ranging from picking your own summer berries and vegetables and learning about naturally-grown food to trolley rides and hay mazes for kids!

The Red Rooster Route is a marketing partnership of six local family farms including Biringer Farm, Bryant Blueberry Farm & Nursery, Fosters Produce & Corn Maze, Garden Treasures Nursery & Organic Farm, Lavender Hills Farm and Ninety Farm which collaborate to promote agri-tourism in the Arlington area. Arlington has a long history of generational farms and our groups goal is to give local families as well as families in outlying areas a venue for play dates and fun day excursions. says Connie Foster from Fosters Produce & Corn Maze. Its a chance to experience the family farm&.an experience that has been lost to many generations.

The Red Rooster Route offers a wide variety of agri-tourism destinations that can be found with an easy to follow road map that takes you through the back country and directs you to local farms. Visitors to the six farms on the Red Rooster Route will find that the farm tour has everything to offer from locally grown berries and sweet corn to u-pick lavender, organic produce, eye-catching plants for your gardening needs, farm markets, kids activities and gourmet foods and ice cream. The Red Rooster Route farm tour is a great staycation for families, couples and groups this spring and summer. states Foster. People are beginning to explore their own backyards due to the current economy and eat local movement which helps sustain local family farms for more generations to enjoy.

The Red Rooster Route Farm Tour is kicking off the start of its spring & summer season with the following special events and farm activities; Flower Festival during Mother's Day weekend at Foster's Produce & Corn Maze and Garden Treasures during the weekend of May 9-10 from 9am to 6pm, The Strawberry Festival at Biringer Farm and Garden Treasures during the weekend of June 27-28 from 10am to 5pm,The Lavender Festival at Lavender Hills Farm on Saturday, July 11 from 10am to 5pm, and The Blueberry Festival at Bryant Blueberry Farm & Nursery on Saturday August 1st from 8am to 4pm. Check the Red Rooster Route website for more exciting summer events on the farm! Brochure maps for the Red Rooster Route are available online at www.redroosterroute.com where additional information and links to the individual farm websites can also be found.

The Red Rooster Route farms will also be combining their favorite autumn and winter activities during the fall & winter farm tour from September 1st to December 20th. Families who are looking for a wide variety of fall activities will find them in fall foliage, pumpkin patches and harvest festivals on the farms. Its really something to crow about!

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