Looking for "FALL" activies in Phoenix area

[1growingsprout]

Ok, I seriously have the fall itch in phoenix and I'm starting to plan, or want to plan some field trips for my family. I need ideas... my kids love pumpkin patches, hay rides, all that good stuff (we loved youngs farm in prescott but they closed a couple years ago).... My kids range in age from 9 all the way down to 2....

I am so ready for summer to be over.... BTW we homeschool so any activity can be a learning activity lol.... I know the state fair is coming but I'm not too excited about that, I'm looking for more 'farm' type things....

HELP

[Odessaphile]

Sept 18-20
Slide Rock Apple Festival in Sedona

Sept. 26-27
Alpaca Farm Days, Prescott Valley
peacefulprairie.com

Oct 11
Mesquite Beans, Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior
according to the AAA magazine "...teaching students how to prepare a flour from the beans...medicinal uses and the nutritional values"

Oct. 9-11
Greater Phx Greek Festival
holytrinityphx.org

Oct. 2-4
Tempe's Oktoberfest

Oct. 3
Otsukimi Moon Viewing Festival
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phx

Oct. 24
Mesa Arts & Culture Festival

I know most of these aren't "farm" type things, but they might be educational & fun