The Red and Black

September 21st, 2007

Sept. 20 - Washington Farms corn maze

Sept. 20, 2007

Every fall Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga. builds a corn maze on their property that they open to the public. Every year before the maze opens, the farm hires a helicopter pilot to fly photojournalists over the fields to get a good look at the maze and tour the farm. In the fall the farm also sells pumpkins, has a hay ride, a petting zoo and a playground, as well as a corn canon and pumpkin launcher.

PHOTOS BY LINDY DUGGERa>

Red & Black photographer Richard Hamm shoots as farm owner Donna Washington prepares to go up in the helicopter with pilot Richard Hamilton.

Amy Washington, 20, a business marketing major at UGA, laughs while taking aerial photographs form the helicopter her parents hired for the morning of Sept. 20, 2007. She has worked on her parents’ farm since she was six years old.

The corn maze at Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga.

Donna Washington of Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga. laughs with helicopter pilot Richard Hamilton after a quick flight over the Washington Farms corn maze on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007.

A pie pumpkin sits on an ATV at Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Ga. on Thursday. The Washingtons sometimes use ATVs for quick transportation around their property.

Donna Washington holds out of a jar of homemade peach preserves that the farm makes and sells to the public. Peach preserves are very popular with the public, she said, but she prefers her homemade apple butter, also for sale.

Washington Farms grows a variety of sizes of pumpkins for everything from pies and Halloween decorations to gifts for school children on field trips. One of the largest pumpkins he’s grown, says farmer John Washington, was nearly 120 pounds.

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