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'Fall Funtacular' Set for Sunday at Arcadia Farm

Event is scheduled for Sunday from 1-5 p.m.

The cider is bubbling, the donuts are frying and the contra band is warming up.

Arcadia Farm at Woodlawn is holding its annual Fall Funtacular Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at Arcadia Farm at Woodlawn, located at 9000 Richmond Highway (see map below).

The family-friendly event features cake walks, apple bobbing, sack races, egg and spoon relays, learning about seed saving, sweet potato harvesting, chicken encounters, ugly fruits and veggies, nutrition, composting, and honey bees.

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Participate in kids cooking, contra dancing, a pumpkin “patch,” and watch (and taste) a seasonal cooking demonstration by Market Chef Jonathan Bardzik.

Arcadia Farm recommend pre-ordering your pumpkins from the “patch.”

Snacks will be available to purchase and you can pre-order a charcuterie lunch pack from Red Apron (pre-order by 8 p.m. on Thursday). Or bring your own picnic and a blanket.

Admission is free, and most games are free. You can RSVP for the Arcadia Farm Fallfest Funtacular HERE. Sponsors include Blue Jacket ,Charm City, The Junior League of Northern Virginia, Market Chef Jonathan Bardzik, MeadMakr, Misfit Juicery, Red Apron, Woodlawn-Pope Leighey and contra dancing and music by Eddy Viscosity and the Turbulent Core.

RSVP and pre-order pumpkins and lunch packs at 2015funtacular.eventbrite.com

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