Join the Bryer Patch for their "Fall on the Farm" season and their annual Fall Sunflower Festival! There will be farm activities, live music, vendors and more! Admission is $12. Farm activities include: upick flower fields, a crop maze, hayrides with ducks and cows, farm animal petting, photo ops, games and more.
At the Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses, bring 2 carrots to pay for your admission to feed retired horses!
Visit the Cade Museum every Saturday for its Maker Workshop Series! This is an innovative program for kids ages 9 and up to participate in hands-on "maker sessions" to build and create using different materials, electronics and coding platforms. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
Head out to the Swamp and support the Gators for the UF vs. LSU football game!
At the annual Alachua Main Street Fall Festival, celebrate fall the streets on the streets of historic Downtown Alachua! They will be lined with vendors.
Beyond Bourbon Gainesville 2024 will have food, a live auction, a silent auction, a bourbon tasting experience, live music and more! Buy your ticket now!
At Sweetwater Wetlands Park Wednesday Bird Walks, tour Sweetwater Wetlands Park for 2 to 3 hours to view a variety of birds and wetland species. Because of the park’s open prairie and cypress domes, viewers can expect rare birds that migrate for the Winter and Spring months.
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and the Alachua County Library host the free Story Time at the Zoo event in front of the zoo on the lawn the third Wednesday of each month. Feel free to visit the zoo afterward!Â
With Barnyard Buddies at the Living History Farm, visitors interact with farm animals and help staff feed them apples, sweet potatoes and melons, all of which can be donated.
Head out to the weekly farmers market at Celebration Pointe to enjoy live music and yard games while shopping for fresh produce, baked goods, handmade items and more. Vendors include: Green Shirt Ag Produce, Life in a Bottle, Lucky Locks Chiefland, Thai US-A Roll, Love Seeds and many more.
