My now husband and I had the privilege of having our wedding here 9/14/24. It's an absolutely beautiful and stunning venue. It's the first and last venue we looked at; I knew immediately I wanted to marry the love of my life here. The entire staff is top tier; they pay attention to detail and make sure everything is perfect for your big day. The owners are the sweetest and purest people I've met. Marilyn and her daughter-in-law Mary made the process easy as heck for us. Sarah and Lisa were our day of coordinators and they were beyond amazing all day and night. They're all genuine people who love love, as most people do. If I could get married here every year, I would do it in a heartbeat. We're blessed by God to have met the people of Akron Acres who gave us a pinterest perfect wedding day. read more

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Everything I was looking for in fall activities!! I came across this place on Yelp, through suggestions of friends looking for a place to pick pumpkins straight from the patch. It's one of the activities I enjoy doing most in the fall, and have grown disappointed with other farms as the years went by and their popularity skyrocketed. This place is fairly under the radar - a bit of a drive even past the attractions in Clarence, but I've grown to love Akron lately and so I (of course) didn't mind making the journey. In fact, I loved this place so much that I brought my family back here the very next day. Akron Acres is a part of the Kelkenberg farm family. I haven't been to their namesake farm, but if it's anything like Akron Acres I'm sure I would have an absolutely amazing time. Activities here during their fall season included a hayride out to the pumpkin patch, corn maze, and things like pony rides for the kids. The hayride is $12 and you're allowed to pick any pumpkin you want from the patch (even the biggest one you can't carry) - they also had combo ticket prices if you wanted to participate in some of the other activities here. Sadly we went during a wet and rainy weekend, so I had to miss out on the corn maze BUT the farm animals 10000% made up for my FOMO. Oh yes, there are dozens of farm animals roaming about! Most notably, we saw ponies, a large draft horse (not sure what breed they are? but they are HUGE), pigs, sheep, turkeys, chickens, and of course GOATS. There were also BABY GOATS and they were absolutely ADORABLE, one of them tried to eat my clothes. Made my life complete. You can also buy an assortment of other things while you're here, not just tickets for fun activities! They sell pumpkins and gourds if you don't feel like going out to the patch - they also have Indian corn and corn stalks, hay, among other things. There's a food stand that sells kettle corn, maple cotton candy, and candy apples. You can also shop a super cute country store here, with all sorts of goodies - I ended up buying a delicious smelling candle that they were burning in the store while I was there. Needless to say, there's a ton of really fun things to do while you're here, both for kids and adults. It's a bit less well known than some of the other pumpkin places in WNY, which is why I ended up liking it so much. Both days we went, it was pleasantly busy but not overly crowded. There is also "The Gathering Barn," which is where weddings are hosted - and from the pictures I've seen online, it sounds beautiful! All in all, we had such an amazing experience here that we're going to be back in November for their Christmas trees! Can't wait to return!! read more

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This is a farm that has gotten larger over the years. The first time my family came here a few years back it was just a little barn with a pumpkin patch, now it has a hay ride, animals, a wedding venue. So many things it is crazy how fast they have grown! We came to buy pumpkins, during Covid there wasn't reservations so we weren't sure how it would be. We chose a very nice October weekend so it was crowded like it would be in a normal October year. Unfortunately there wasn't any social distance or making people wear masks. Which if you don't have reservations then how could you enforce masks with big crowds. They should of had reservations during Covid to make sure everyone was safe. We didn't buy any pumpkins here the prices seemed high and lines were crazy so we left and went to the local garden shop not to far down the road instead. read more

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Wonderful place to visit, awesome pumpkin picking and wonderful people. Farm camp is an amazing time too. It's not the value it used to be but it's worthwhile. read more

With all the COVID restrictions, this place has had to make some changes and is offering private tours of their farm and land. We had 10 people in our group with every age from young kids to seniors, and we all thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent there. Laura started by telling us about all the different animals on the farm, from the large draft horses, to the ponies, cows, goats, sheep, bunnies, chickens, turkeys, pigs, and ducks. The kids got to gather the chicken eggs, pet most of the animals including a week old calf and week old bunnies. Then they learned about feeding the goats and got to go into the goat pen to pet them up close and personal. After that, they each got to ride a pony around the goat pen a couple times, they loved it! We finished up with a ride out to the pumpkin patch where we each got to choose a pumpkin to take home. There was a store for us to purchase additional pumpkins, cider, jams, decorations, etc. as well. It was so much fun for the kids and adults and I would love to go back. They also offer similar services in the winter, with fresh cut, or cut your own trees, along with horse drawn carriage rides, and Santa sightings! There is a venue for weddings as well. Great place, great time, so enjoyable! read more

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We had a great day here. The corn maze is intense and we were lost for almost an hour. The animals are fun. The kettle corn is some of the best I have had. And we loved picking out our pumpkin. This may turn into a yearly tradition. read more

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It was really great to visit this place on such a beautiful day! The staff were awesome ! They were processional and welcoming during our stay! Cost is very reasonable for pumkins and fun activities! $20 per adult for a combo of maze/hayride with a pumkin to take home! It doesnt matter the size! Mine was at least 20 pounds! $19 per kid with maze/pony ride/hayride with pumkin to take home! We were spaced out without concern. Everyone wore masks and were respectful towards one another! So many varieties of Pumpkins and other gourds to decorate or carve at home! This will be our go to place in the future for holidays! People are sleeping on this place for sure! During the corn maze, if you find the scarecrow and take a selfie with it , you get a free small bag of kettle corn! Let me tell you, it was sooo good! I normally don't buy it but I ended up buying the $8 bag! Worth every penny too! The cold cider was so refreshing $4, I think. You will not regret coming here and making memories! read more

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Can't say enough about Akron Acres! We just picked out a beautiful fragrant Christmas tree to bring home, got my floating creme colored star candle ahead of time this year (they always sell out) and ordered my Christmas week Centerpiece with Marilyn. This family run business definitely knows about customer care and service. This farm experience is for all ages and worth the drive! You might want to take a sleigh ride, visit with animals in barn or just mingle around country store for amazing smelling candles, jams, food and so much more. Check out their Instagram for updated days/times and events. read more

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Love Akron Acres! Excellent service and such a wide variety of products available for the Christmas season in farmhouse decor. Would highly recommend. read more

This review is mostly about Akron Acres' Covid-19 safety precautions. I'm sorry to leave this review as there are many good things about the Akron Acres' pumpkin picking weekends (which I've listed below)--but while it says here that masks are required and social distancing is enforced, that's just not true. There are mask/distancing signs posted at the entrance as well as near the ticket lines, but I saw many maskless people and zero enforcement. Other places put X's on the ground to show people where to stand in line to safely distance, but in this ticketing area people were standing close together. Directly in front of me the family who bought tickets weren't wearing masks at all, and the ticketing agent didn't say anything like, "Before entering the farm please put on masks." Many people were walking around with no masks on, and staff walked past them without saying a word. Towards the end of the day there were two unmasked female staff members in the barn speaking closely with guests. Initially we had planned to take the hayride to the pumpkin patch, but there was no distanced seating enforced in the wagon, and the driver didn't enforce mask wearing. I'm sorry to sound like the mask police, but I've had two friends lose their parents to Covid, one friend lose her (young) bandmate, and another whose husband was on a ventilator and almost died. No one likes wearing these stupid masks--but it's for the greater good. It didn't feel like our safety was a priority. The good: 1) It's not listed on the website, but there is a tractor-drawn animal train for kiddos that is very worth it. Tickets are cheap ($3? $4? can't remember) and it's a long ride back into the fields. My 5-year-old loved it. There was no line to get on it at 3:45pm. 2) There is a pretty large sand play area full of different molds and tools for kids to play in. 3) Very clean, well-stocked bathrooms and an outdoor area with soap, sinks and hand sanitizer. 4) Large, free parking lot and massive reserve parking in grass field. 5) Everything felt pretty new and lovely. You can tell this is often used as an event space. 6) I asked to be refunded for the 4 hayride tickets we had purchased because we weren't comfortable getting on the wagon after seeing it. The young woman who helped us was very understanding and quickly refunded us. 7) There are some open spaces you can find to sit and be distanced from other people (mostly on the farmhouse lawn). We did that while we waited for the crowd to thin out so that my son could experience some of the fun-looking stuff. Other things worth mentioning: 1) You do not need to pay anything to visit the animal barns, so you don't need to actually buy a ticket from the booth if you only plan on visiting the barn, letting the kids play in the large sandbox, climb the large haystack, and buy snacks from the snack shack/visit the store/buy pumpkins. 2) The pony ride--while cheap--is one short lap around the goat enclosure--it takes maybe one minute. Up to you, but it wasn't worth it to us. 3) There is no timed entry on the weekends so you don't have to buy tickets in advance, but as you'd assume that means you can't gauge how big the crowds will be. It was busy when we arrived around 1:30pm on Sunday (but *nothing* like The Great Pumpkin Farm--we drove by there on the way home and the place was MOBBED. So much for their timed entries!). 4) They have a 3-month-old calf on display in the barn which bummed me out. I used to work on a beef/sheep farm, and 3 months is pretty young to wean a calf from its mother. While the children were delighted that the calf was licking them and sucking on their fingers, it's because young calves have a compulsive sucking reflex, and they are trying to suckle. I can't imagine how much hand sanitizer this calf must be ingesting, haha--blech. Although chance of infection is rare, calves are more likely to shed harmful microorganisms than other farm animals. It's recommended that kiddos under 5-years-old shouldn't have contact with baby ruminants (like calves). If you or your kiddo interacts with the calf, please wash your hands with soap and water right after. I asked one of the workers if the calf was orphaned by its mother and she told me that they actually raise the calf for a local farm so that there's a cutie calf in the barn for visitors, then return it when it's older and take on a new calf. 5) There is a machine where you can buy corn to feed to the goats/sheep. read more

Came to Akron Acres for a friends kid's 3rd Birthday. I have to say it was amazing. The weather was great and the kids had a wonderful time. There were pony rides before and after we ate. Barn tour with goats, horses, chickens, donkeys, ducks, pigs, etc. we watched a goat race and then the kids got to feed them. They had a horse drawn hay ride out into the fields. There was a very comfortable room for lunch. Overall a great time was had by all. read more

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Talk about a nice surprise !!! My wife and I wanted to take the kids to a Pumpkin Patch but didn't want to deal with the craziness that the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence can end up being...also didn't feel like re-mortgaging our house just to spend a few hours there as can happen at the Pumpkin Farm. As such my wife came across Akron Acres while doing a search and living out in Depew it was only about a 20 minute drive to get there, approximately the same amount of time it would have taken to get to the GPF. We pulled in at around 3:30pm on a Sunday and found a parking space very close to the entrance. Kids 3 and under are free and even get a free hayride and pony ride and the price for the rest of us with entrance / hayride and a pony ride for my two kids worked out to be $32 which compared to the Pumpkin Farm was great value. Very nicely laid out with very friendly employees, the Hayride is very cool as it includes a Pumpkin you can pick out of the patch yourself ( although trying to get 4 Pumpkin's back to the farm from the patch was a struggle with two kids, but thats more a reflection on my kids wanting large Pumpkins ). Also the Pony ride was fun for my kids and there is kind of a petting zoo there with different animals to experience. You can tell it's a working farm and the animals do seem well kept and happy. Also a very cool sandbox that my kids would have spent more time in if I had let them ( it closes at 6pm on a Sunday ). There is a corn maze also but we didn't try that out as mazes freak my wife out...but it seemed very cool. We didn't really eat there, although there didn't seem like a cafe / restaurant or anything there as some pretty incredible Kettle Corn to snack on while you're there. Overall if you're looking for a few hours with the kids at a fall themed pumpkin patch / farm this place is certainly a hidden gem. read more

This is a place we came last year with the kids and really loved. Pumpkins, apples, mums, and animals are nice, not to mention a country store that my wife liked. Too bad, but this year they are proudly flying political flags...a bold move with no concern for losing customers. Well that is what has happened. Won't be back. Good news is that WNY has many other pumpkin farms to visit. read more

Small patch up front that was just enough for us to pick from. With little kids in tow, we were able to be in and out without too much trouble. Fresh kettle corn, apples, corn, gords. A lot of fun! read more

What a great place for a wedding! We came here for a wedding in the Gathering Barn. It was the most beautiful wedding I have been to. The barn was elegant and the view was amazing. They had a fire pit outside with beautiful scerery. I would recommend this place to anyone getting married. It is sooooo beautiful. read more

Started coming here a few years ago, and will continue to yearly. Good prices for a nice, clean, family owned business. You can tell this family puts a lot of time and effort Into making it an enjoyable time with your family, instead of seeing dollar signs like the great pumpkin farm. read more

This is the perfect place to bring your little ones to get a pumpkin. We took the hayride to the pumpkin patch where we picked our own pumpkins. The hayride cost $10, but that includes a pumpkin. Kids 3 and under are free and they even get a pumpkin! They also offer a little tractor ride for $3 and a pony ride for $2. They also have lots of farm animals and huge sandbox for kids to play in. They sell cider, kettle corn, and other snacks. My family spent almost 3 hours here- we had a great time, got tons of great photos and made some amazing memories. read more

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! If you are looking for a down-to-earth family farm, it's right here everyone:) The Kelkenberg family is wonderful and make you feel so welcomed and at home. Hay rides are great to go on and get a pumpkin with your family. The kettle corn and maple cotton candy is to DIE for! They melt right in your mouth. The kids had a great time feeding the goats and visiting all of the farm animals:) Pricing is perfect and reasonable! 10/10 would recommend this enchanting experience for you and your family! read more