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Hope the first chilly mornings went okay and at least one jacket from last year still fits somebody. Hang in there, parent! 🍂

This week's scoop has a farm morning just for autism families, a Halloween trail with no jump scares, and real fire trucks you can walk right up to. Plus a harvest weekend with cider pressing and wagon rides.

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📍 Milton Andrews' Scenic Acres Farm Market · SAT Oct 3 · 9 to 11 AM · 💰 $5 per ticket

A morning at the farm booked just for Autism Ontario families. Farm animals, wagon rides and the pumpkin patch. Register ahead. → Register

📍 Campbellville Mountsberg Conservation Area · opens FRI Oct 2, then Fri to Sun to Oct 31 · 4:30 to 10 PM · 💰 $23 adult, $19 ages 5 to 14, under 4 free

A Halloween trail with no jump scares. Stroller-friendly paths, and support workers get in free. → Tickets

📍 Oakville Spruce Lane Farm, Bronte Creek Provincial Park · SAT Sep 26 and SUN Sep 27 · 10 AM to 4 PM · 💰 Park vehicle permit, pumpkins by donation

Harvest weekend at the heritage farmhouse. Cider pressing, tractor wagon rides, farmhouse tours, and a pumpkin to pick. → Details

Exclusive offers for our community. See full list on our perks page

Fri Sep 25 to Sun Sep 27

📍 Burlington 6705 Appleby Line · SAT Sep 26 and SUN Sep 27 · 9 AM to 3 PM · 💰 Pay for what you pick

A small family farm stand in north Burlington opening its pumpkin patch, with green beans still ready to pick. → Details

📍 Burlington Ireland House Museum, 2168 Guelph Line · SUN Sep 27, then Sundays to Oct 18 · 1 to 4 PM · 💰 Included with museum admission

Hands-on Victorian life in the 1830s farmhouse for ages 5 to 12. October's theme is superstitions. Pre-registration recommended. → Details

📍 Ancaster Ancaster Fairgrounds, 630 Trinity Rd S · THU Sep 24 to SUN Sep 27 · Fri and Sat 9 AM to 9 PM, Sun 10 AM to 5 PM · 💰 $15 adult, $5 ages 5 to 12

The 176th fall fair, with livestock barns, exhibit halls and the midway. Note: the midway and demolition derby are the loud end, the barns are the quiet one. → Details

Mon Sep 28 to Sun Oct 4

📍 Burlington RBG Hendrie Park · SAT Oct 3 and SUN Oct 4 · from 10 AM · 💰 Free with registration

70+ children's authors and illustrators across the gardens, with programming built for kids of all neurotypes. Registering gets you free RBG entry. → Register

📍 Burlington Burlington Public Library, four branches · SAT Oct 3, SUN Oct 4, 11 and 18 · 2 to 4 PM · 💰 Free

Build a cardboard haunted house together and add it to the branch's village. → Details

📍 Milton Kelso Conservation Area · weekends from SAT Oct 3 to Nov 1, plus Oct 9 to 12 · 10 AM to 4:30 PM last chair up · 💰 $16 per ride plus park admission

A slow ride up the escarpment over the fall colours. Riders need to be 42 inches or taller. → Details

📍 Winona Puddicombe Estate, 1468 Hwy 8 · WED to SUN, while the apples last · 10 AM to 4:30 PM · 💰 Pay for what you pick

Apples and pears in the orchard. Weekends through Oct 31 add a family fun zone, pumpkin decorating, and estate train and wagon rides as add-ons. → Details

On the horizon: FRI Oct 9 is the PA Day. Burlington libraries run a free PA Day drop-in STEAM at New Appleby and Tansley Woods, 2 to 4 PM.

Fire Prevention Week is Oct 4 to 10. All free, all small, all with a real truck up close.

📍 Burlington Tansley Woods and New Appleby branches · WED Oct 7 and SAT Oct 10 · 10:30 to 11:30 AM · 💰 Free

Firefighters read a story inside, then everyone heads out to look over the truck. → Details

📍 Hamilton Stoney Creek, Concession, Binbrook, West Harbour and Westdale branches · TUE Oct 6 to SAT Oct 10, one branch a day · 11 AM to 12 PM · 💰 Free, drop-in

A small, up-close visit with a real fire truck, for ages 0 to 5. The West Harbour one lands on the PA Day. → Details

📍 Oakville Central Library Studio, 120 Navy St · FRI Oct 9, the PA Day · 11 AM to 12 PM · 💰 Free, tickets at the service desk 15 min before

A small-group talk for ages 5 to 8, max 20 kids. Then outside to watch firefighters gear up and look inside the truck cab. → Details

These run every week, see the full list on our sensory hours page.

🏊 Sensory Swim: SAT 4 to 5 PM @ Tansley Woods CC, Burlington | SUN 3:45 to 4:45 PM @ Sixteen Mile Sports Complex, Oakville | SAT 3 PM @ Milton Leisure Centre ($0-$3.40)

Oakville Trafalgar CC runs THU 2 to 3 PM, weekly.

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