Trick AND Treat

Here is your guide to some spooky and fun-TASTE-ic outings leading up to Halloween!

1. Monster Month in Centre Wellington

There are so many reasons to visit beautiful Elora and Fergus this month! Get a drink or a bite to eat The Elora Brewing Company, La FONTANA, Elora Mill or The Wild Tart, and stroll around admiring many spooky paper and wire creatures that haunt the town day and night.

Additional attractions include Ghost Walks, the Halloween Haunt Street Walk and a Monster March Parade!

2. Halloween Treats

Not just for kids: With the Grain's Halloween treats are available every day leading up to October 31.

Also check out what delicious and spooky Halloween concoctions Fergies Fine Foods is creating.

Pop in for a hot drink and treat or place an order for the whole family!

3. Jack O'Lantern

Pick your locally grown pumpkin at the nearest pumpkin patch or farm store and get creative. For pumpkin-carving inspirations, see here.

No Waste: A great bonus - your Jack O'Lantern can spread joy, even after Halloween. Here are some quick tips:

• Take your carved pumpkin to a local pumpkin walk, such as this one at the Wellington County Museum and Archives in Fergus
• Donate to a local livestock farmer as a treat for their animals, like 4th Line Cattle Co. or Mapletwiss Farm's Pumpkin Party (Please note: carved pumpkins only- leave your painted ones at home). Check our Facebook page updates on other farmers accepting pumpkins close to Halloween.
• Or simply compost your pumpkin. It makes great garden soil for next years veggie garden!

4. Spirit Walks at the Poor House

Visit the Wellington County Museum and Archives, a National Historic Site formerly known as the Poor House and join this popular 'Spirit Walk'.

After you've 'met characters' of the Poor House's past, round out the evening and head for dinner at the Breadalbane Inn (Fergusson Room Pub or Scozia), Tapivino Wine and Tapas Bar, or the Brew House on the Grand in Fergus, known as the most haunted town in Canada.

5. A-MAZE-ing Fall Fun

It's always a good time to visit a farm!

Let Mapleton's Organic Dairy's cedar hedge maze and fall festival activities add to your seasonal experience! Thatcher Farms has an amazing 4-acre corn maze or head over to Strom's Farm and get lost on 6km of trails inside their corn maze, and a variety of activities in at their Harvest Fun Area such as pumpkin' chuckin', jumpin jack tile maze, straw maze, cedar spiral, sand pit and more.

6. Scavenger Hunt

On October 31, dress up and bring the kids for a romp around the property at Crieff Hills in Puslinch. Receive a map, instructions and your first clue when you check in at the schoolhouse. Follow the clues to the spooky forest, the old barn and the hay bale photo spot.

Before you go, pick up some Crieff Hills honey or fresh baking at their Halloween farm stand.

7. Halloween Beverages

If you are looking for a perfect Halloween drink check out Silver Fox Distillery’s Dracula’s Flower liqueur. This is a blend of Lavender flowers and blood orange providing a unique experience in amazing flavour for your palate. Note: for adult vampires only!

Get into the holiday spirit with one of Park Eatery's new spooky milkshakes.