Bi-Zi Farms

This is our annual tradition! ! Hay ride, petting zoo, corn maze & more. We love it! Our holiday season just wouldn’t brew the same without it #bizi #pumpkins #applecider #lostinthemaze

I hadn’t been to BiZi farms for years until today. Mainly I hadn’t gone in so long because of the crowds, but today we went right when they opened. The main parking lot was full however once we were inside the place actually wasn’t too busy and there were no lines at any of the activities.
It was $ 10 to get in but with that you get 1 pumpkin any size, 2 pumpkins for the pumpkin launch, 1 free hot drink and tons of activities for children.
The pumpkin launch was definitely the best part! Riding the tractor to and from the pumpkin patch was great as well.
Even though the rain didn’t cooperate, we all had a great time! I recommend going right when they open on the weekends because by the end of our time there, the place was getting packed.

Our Mom’s group comes to Bi-​Zi once a year to do the obligatory pumpkin patch gambit. While the children seemed to have fun (clearly the most important part), I have a few things to note.
1. It’s usually swamped, and total chaos. Even when we pre-​book an event, it never seems to start on time, and there always seems to be hundreds of kids there.
2. We always feel rushed and corralled around the place. I understand that there needs to be structure and some guidance to maintain order, but we don’t need 15m to walk through a 2 minute long maze. And when said kids finish the maze, they go to the fence to look at animals. right next to the Honey Buckets. Ew.
3. The guy who did the tractor ride was downright mean to several moms in our group both on the way out and way in. We were all looking out for our kiddos, but he felt the need to chastise several mamas. He seemed unhappy to be there, and for a festive place, that’s not okay.

Parking was a breeze. The corn maze was super muddy but a lot of fun. I’m glad they gave me a map because I used it to get extra-​lost, then challenged myself to get out. Until the muddiness stopped being fun and started being annoying. Then I used the map to get out as quickly as possible!
The hayride out to the massive pumpkin patch was fun — not too long, not too short. I was impressed by the size of the pumpkin field and the selection of pumpkins even only 2 weeks away from Halloween.
Your entrance fee gets you one free pumpkin, and I love that they have stands to wash the mud off your pumpkin. Very thoughtful.
There was a pyramid of hay bales for kids to climb on, and a petting zoo.
A couple hours of good clean fun. We’ll definitely come back next year!

$ 9 get free pumpkin free tractor ride free apple cider ride the pony. That’s pretty good deal if you have lilttle kids. Every staff is friendly, the hayride tractor line gets long but it moves very quickly. free tasting apple cider is the bomb .
Face painting range from $ 3 – 12
We skip the food line coz it’s too long. Wish there’s more food stand and sitting area .
Parking was a breeze consider is a Sunday noon.

Went with a school group and it was not a great experience. When viewing all the fun things to do on their site it looked great. When we got there there were no pony rides, no hot cocoa, no cider, no pumpkin sling shot and NO CORN MAZE! They actually told the children, after we all paid, that the maze was $ 20 extra! I brought 3 children one was kicked off the hay stacks for jumping??? Isn’t that what you do on hay? Jump and climb and jump again? Staff was RUDE… especially the very large woman. Animals were okay. ONLY good part was the pumpkin tram ride. The driver was super nice and did not look at you like you were just another bunch hurried through, but he treated us like individuals trying to make happy memories. Make the drive and go to Schiltner farm in Lacey, WA so great! Fun, less expensive. This year is a Wizard of OZ theme and it was so fun guessing to get out of the maze. worth every penny to go there, NOT this place!

There was a time this was a great place. Unfortunately, word of mouth and popularity has changed Bizi Farms from a fun family place, to utter chaos. Congestion on the road backed up for miles, long lines everywhere from getting in to trying to buy a water to getting on the tram to get a pumpkin. Which was a horrible selection this year. This will be our last year. Too many other little local farms.

Usually a great family place, but this year (2014) it’s over priced, over crowded and the pumpkins are mostly rotten. May be our last year.

Can’t help but notice the rolling admission prices from year to year. We paid $ 9 each, got a hot drink, a hay ride and a pumpkin of our own. We also each got two shots on the pumpkin slingshot thing. Compared to the other places we had visited this price seemed a bit high. For $ 7 I would be giving 4 stars but for $ 9 i’m giving 3.
They had a nice corn crib, plenty of animals to pet and a little hay maze and tower for the littles. It was a little cramped together making things seem like they were more crowded than they really were. I realize we went on a weekend but around the time the Ducks game started things really thinned out. It was a bit pricy and not as exciting as other farms we’ve visited but I think they can get away with it because they don’t have many competitors up that way. I would not go out of my way to go back.

Alot of fun if you have little kids. If you don’t have kids you’ll be annoyed by all the kids. Animals seemed unhappy and most locals were missing one or more teeth. Got lost in the corn maze and had to get rescued. Tractor ride to get «free» pumpkin was a little scary. Driver seemed like he was new to driving. Overall good times!

Beautiful farm and very well organized market area.
The staff are super nice and the produce and flowers are wonderful. The prices are a tad steep but you hey what you pay for.
During Holidays the farm has many wonderful family oriented activities. Be sure to check it out, you’ll be glad you did.

Free business consultant tip: first person to genetically grow a «Pumpkin Spice» pumpkin will be rich. Filthy rich.
During pumpkin season, don’t come on weekends (especially Sunday). It’s just too crowded and parking is like sports stadium slow.
Otherwise, if you can stomach the $ 9 admission per person to walk away with a pumpkin and walk through corn and pet animals, then you’ll have a good time.
It will definitely satisfy all the requirements for parents to post punkin patch pics of their punkins sitting with punkins.
Nice people, decent experience, I’d just rather grab one at the Grocery store for less!

Watch when you go. If you go early it will be less crowded and I’m sure you’ll avoid most of the problems I encountered.
I just went on a weekend (11 days before halloween) and it was pretty fun. Once you get in the general vicinity though the traffic was horrible. Like, take 45 minutes to make it in the parking lot horrible. I had to park half a mile away and walk with the kids. The pumpkin launch line took about 30 – 40 minutes to get through with my kids bouncing around and getting antsy. Then once we made it to the pumpkin patch itself I was pretty disappointed. They had been REALLY picked through. Nothing worthwhile was left, and what was on the ground was mainly rotted. I considered going to the store and just buying a decent pumpkin.
Next year I will either go earlier on October or try somewhere else. I’m not going to brave BIZI in the last two weeks of october ever again.

Went today with our 11 year old kiddo. Was a great experience! A bit crowded, but for the $ 9/​person you get to do most activities. The people were cheerful and helpful. The petting zoo had baby goats! We were there for hours and it just breezed by. All and all a great pumpkin patch!

By far My Favorite Pumpkin Patch to go to every year!
For $ 7 you get all of the following:
— Hot Chocolate or Hot Cider
— 2 shots at the Pumpkin Launch
— Hay ride to the Pumpkin Patch
— One Pumpkin of Any Size
— Petting Zoo
— Awesome Corn Maze that is pretty challenging
— Kiddie Maze
— Kiddie Hay Pyramid
— Corn filled Play Pen
They also have a Produce Market and Food stand on site. Live Music. Face Painting and Pony rides for purchase.
As I said, I LOVE this place during October!

This place was fantastic. My two year old had a ball. I winced at the $ 8 entrance fee, but when you count in the included pumpkin, the included drink, the included hey ride, etc, etc. The place was an entertainment bargain. The included petting zoo was perhaps my daughters favorite. The squeels of joy of being licked by a calf was worth the trip.

Nice feeling locally owned place to buy produce. Their produce usually looks decent and their prices are OK, but not spectacular. The only real minus of this place is that most if not all of their produce is not grown by them. They do make their own preserves and other products but usually I go to a place like this to get local produce. I went their today and they had tomatoes from Canada.
I want to love this place soooo much because it’s adorable and feels local. I really wish they sold all local, or at least all American grown produce.

Went to BiZI farms in vancouver today, had 2 unused tickets from past weekend, had to argue to use them because they where paid for and not used, there was no cider stand, no pumpkin launching, and no corn grinding of shucking… just kinda irritated for first time there… there was no indicationon there website that they only do the extras on the weekend. Its 2 weeks till Halloween you think they would be doing everything they advertise. The they tell you that you are on the last Hayride out and then the second ride comes 5 minutes later trying to round you up and hurry your pumpkin choosing. In its prime seems like a good place for the dollars but today wasnt the greatest experience.

If you live on this side of the river and don’t go to Bi-​Zi… you are an idiot!
Here: $ 8 admission gets you; a free cocoa/​cider, pumpkin launching, duck races, corn maze, hay slide, tractor ride to the pumpkin patch… where you get to pick out your own pumpkin of ANY size… that is worth 2−3X the price of admission alone!!!
Anywhere else: drive an hour, spend massive amounts of money to do their jank rides/​activities and then pay 13 dollars for some 25Lb pumpkin and drive home… wow… that was great!
Don’t make your spouse and kids hate the memories of their childhood. Just because the Jonses’ are buying there pumpkins in Oregon doesn’t mean you have to! Don’t give into the peer pressure… sack up and tell the Jonses’ to go to hell!
Just imagine… Your kids will remember you as a better person and see you in a different light, knowing that their father supporting a local family farm during the worst depression in 80 years.
Who knows… you might even win a Nobel peace prize… we all know that it has been awarded to someone much less deserving for accomplishing nothing… at least you will be helping out a local family.