Easter Bunny hops in on family-friendly fun at The Log Farm

Published Mar 30, 2024 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 2 minute read

Three-year-old Adelaide Boase, perfectly dressed for the spring occasion, was with her mother and grandmother, at the Easter egg hunt and other events at The Log Farm in Nepean Saturday morning. Photo by Ashley Fraser /POSTMEDIA

The Easter weekend was hopping at The Log Farm in Nepean, with the Easter Bunny among the hundreds of guests dropping in on the family-friendly festivities for the farm’s annual egg hunt.

The event was sold out weeks in advance, Log Farm owner Larry Orr said, after reaching the maximum capacity of 750 tickets sold for each of the three days.

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The warm sunshine was trying hard to over power the North wind at the The Log Farm on Cedarview Road in Nepean as families young and old came together for Easter celebrations on Saturday. Photo by Ashley Fraser /POSTMEDIA

“A lot of families are coming out to meet the Easter Bunny. We have all kinds of farm animals around that the kids can see, and the house on the farm is from the 1860s and we have a guide in there telling everybody how the pioneers would have lived,” Orr said.

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Easter egg hunts, a visit with some of the furry farm animals, wagon rides and yummy treats were some of the highlights of the farms special day. Photo by Ashley Fraser /POSTMEDIA

“And, at this time of year, we still have our sugarbush running, so we have wagon rides that bring everybody out to the sugarbush to learn how maple syrup is made.”

The Log Farm traditionally opens for the maple syrup season, with the Easter weekend representing a marquee event on their calendar.

“We follow what life would have been like on the family farm in the 1860s,” Orr said. “We try to let people see that, and we really have the farm set up for families with kids under 10. We have picnic and play areas, and each week we do a different theme for the kids.”

Easter egg hunts, a visit with some of the furry farm animals, wagon rides and yummy treats were some of the highlights of the farm’s special weekend events. Photo by Ashley Fraser /POSTMEDIA

This is the sixth year the farm at 670 Cedarview Rd. has been hosting an Easter event, which was revived last year after “hiccups” during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.

The first year they hosted an Easter event, more than 1,500 people showed up on the first day, Orr said, prompting organizers to set a capacity limit of 750 per day in recent years.

“That first year we just opened up the gates and the response was a little overwhelming, to say the least,” Orr said. “Little kids don’t like standing in line … and neither do the big kids!”

Families young and old came together for Easter weekend celebrations at the Log Farm on Saturday. Three-year-old Adelaide Boase who was perfectly dressed for the spring occasion, was with her mother and grandmother, to take part in the Easter egg hunt. Photo by Ashley Fraser /POSTMEDIA

The farm is open from the May long weekend through to October, when it shifts its focus to pumpkins and Halloween events.

“The community has been very good to us, they enjoy what we’re doing and we appreciate that,” Orr said.

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