Household-owned farm expands, hopes to draw extra individuals to Fortville

FORTVILLE, Ind. — A family-owned farm in Fortville is welcoming company for an additional season of fall enjoyable, and this yr, they’ve expanded their choices to supply a one-of-a-kind expertise for guests of all ages.

Piney Acres Farm has been a staple in Hancock County for 20 years. What began as a easy Christmas tree farm has grown right into a full-scale seasonal vacation spot.

“We wanted to expand on the trees, so we did,” stated Rex Zenor, who based the farm with the assistance of his spouse and daughter.

Over the years, Piney Acres has blossomed from promoting pumpkins to providing all kinds of actions, together with a corn maze, gem mining, hayrides, barnyard animals, and even haunted points of interest.

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“We sold the pumpkins and the pumpkins turned into a corn maze and then the corn maze turned into a haunted corn maze. Then we just started adding the activity,” Zenor stated.

The 73-acre farm now hosts households from throughout the area, lots of whom return yr after yr.

“It’s combining fun with agriculture,” Zenor stated.

“We have a lot of people that have come for many, many years that have made this a family tradition,” added Rachael Hardwick, supervisor of Piney Acres.

This yr, the farm has launched much more points of interest — together with an ice skating rink and a brand-new 150-foot twin slide, additional enhancing its attraction for fall thrill-seekers.

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When the solar units, Piney Acres transforms into Piney Acres Scream Farm, providing a lineup of nighttime points of interest.

“What’s right behind us is the entrance to our trail. It is called Monster House,” stated Brandon Doerner, basic supervisor of the Scream Farm.

“We have lasers, we have fire cannons, we have a bunch of fog. We’ll have actors out here some of the time,” added Lion Brake, additionally a basic supervisor on the scream park.

The haunted expertise features a haunted path, hayride, and a revamped haunted loft.

“So new this year we have three or four new rooms in the loft that we re-did,” Brake stated.

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Brake, who grew up visiting the farm, now works to recreate the magic he remembers from his childhood.

“There was a lot of memorable spots in the maze behind me. And those are spots that I try to recreate this year,” he stated.

Whether through the day with pumpkins and playgrounds or at evening with fog and frights, Piney Acres continues to be a vacation spot that attracts households to Fortville every fall.

“We always want to make sure that they enjoy it so they come back and their kids come back,” Zenor stated.

The farm positioned at East 1000 North, Fortville, IN, is open Monday-Sunday.

The scream farm is open Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 7.

The farm instructed WRTV they can even maintain a Holiday mild present through the winter.