Hayrides Added for this Wed, Thu, Fri

Although we had officially ended the hayrides on Sunday. We've decided that we will run the hayrides this Wed, Thu, & Fri afternoon from 3PM-5PM. We are trying to get the ponies to be here too. Hayrides are weather permitting.

New Events for this Weekend!

As of Yet Unannounced Events.

It's been an exciting week. We've been working on making this weekend Special and have added a few events to our calender.

We will have a few of the crew at Ice Age to help us this weekend. As part of a nationwide initiative, Fox will be hosting Family Fun Days this Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25. We will have a professional pumpkin carving artist on Saturday (he just dropped these two pumpkins off). There will be movie giveaways and we will have a craft table set up on both days.

You will have the chance to win prizes including DVD copies of the first two installments of the Ice Age trilogy, and all kids will receive a branded Ice Age glow stick to keep Halloween night fun and safe.

Child Safety Day

We have partnered with New York Life this Saturday to help keep your child safe. They will be here from 10am-4pm giving free fingerprint and photo ID cards. These cards can be an important tool in an emergency. They will also be providing information on safe trick or treating.

Win at our 18th annual Costume Contest

This Saturday October 24th at 2 P.M.

Please arrive early

There will be 3 age categories:
5 years & under
6-12 years
adults (age disclosure not required).
Prizes will be awarded for First place winners for both the 5 and under, and the 6-12 year olds and adults. First prize is a $50 Gift Card, Second prize is a $25 Gift Card, and third is a $10 Gift Card.

Shown is last years 5 and under winner Georgia from Mountainside as Charlie McCarthy.

See the other pics from Last Year.

Cider Donuts
We will have cider donuts both Saturday and Sunday. Donuts arrive fresh around 10:30. We will also have plenty of Cider and more apples.

Don't let the Rain keep you inside. Lots to do, and lots undercover.

Hours

We are open 9am-6pm 7 days a week weather permitting.

Hayrides
Hayrides will probably not be running on Saturday because of the rain, but we will keep the status updated on our blog.

Remember events are weather permitting, and you can get event status by following williamsnursery on Twitter, or by visiting our blog williamsnursery.blogspot.com.

See you Soon!
-Dave Williams
Williams Nursery

Dry Pumpkins Under Cover!

I know its raining this weekend, and the weather has messed up your decorating plans. Greg has moved tons of pumpkins inside to the greenhouse, so you can pick out the best for carving and decorating and not get wet. We also have hundreds of mums that just arrived with flowers starting to open and they're nice and dry.

You can even get a head start on carving this weekend. I had found a product called Dr Frybrain's Pumpkin embalmer at the Halloween show this year. One jar is enough to do all of your pumpkins. (and yes we have it in stock) Your carved pumpkins will last for 3 weeks with a treatment. It will also make your pumpkins squirel resistant, since the squirrels only attack the pumpkins looking for the seeds.

So don't let the rain let you down. Stop in grab a pumpkin and some tools, to take home and start carving. If you get a gallon of cider this weekend, we will even throw in a package of mulling spices to help warm you up.

Sun, October 4th - hayrides opperating 10-5pm

A beautiful fall day! Stop in for a hayride, pumpkin picking. Jersey fresh apples.


-- Post From My iPhone

Harvest Festival Rainy Day Fun

Last Sunday we proudly were a sponsor of the Pumpkin Patch at the Union County Harvest Festival. Although it was a misty sort of day, My son Dakota, and his friend Max helped, and even though there wasn't any large crowds, we considered the day a success, and we had quite a bit of fun.  
 
 
 

Wooden Pumpkins

My sister and brother-in-law have a friend who stopped in this week
with some large wooden pumpkins that have he carved out of giant
blocks of wood. Sizes range from 12 inches to 30 inches across.
They're very cool and you don't have to worry about the squirells
eating them.

These are only here for a few days on consignment.

Bellagio Conservatory

Here are the pictures from the Bellagio Conservatory in Las Vegas, showing it in its Fall Splendor.

That's Ent-ertainment!

Yesterday my meeting ended at 4pm so I had a chance to rush to the
conservatory at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas.
The conservatory changes there display seasonally and the change into fall was stunning.
Here is a picture of an 'Ent' decked out in berries. For those that haven't read Tolkien, an Ent is a is a race of tree-humans from middle earth.

A sign states that their Ent "takes the time to sit among the colossal pumpkins and enjoy the view of the conservatory.