Lincoln Gardens taking part in Halloween scares

Trick-or-treating isn’t the only spooky activity you can take part in this Halloween.

The Corn Maiden Market at Lincoln Gardens will be hosting many different activities for people who want to take part in the spooky season.

Lincoln Gardens, which is located in the Qu’Appelle Valley near Lumsden, is a vegetable, herb and pumpkin farm that has been operating since 1987. For this year’s Halloween, Lincoln Gardens will have three major attractions for people to enjoy.

The first is the corn maze, which has been operating since September.

The second — and one of the most popular at the facility — is a haunted house.

Wayne Gienow of Lincoln Gardens said the haunted house holds a lot of different surprises in store for those who come to visit.

“It was actually built in 1919,” Gienow said. “I moved it there, and every room is kind of a theme room this year.

“We upgraded a lot of it, and everyone’s been telling me it’s the scariest one they’ve been in, just (with) the way we’ve set some of the rooms up with really unexpected things. I don’t want to give a whole lot away, but there’s a lot of scary surprises in there.”

Scarecrow sitting on bench with pumpkins and ominous sky (Corn Maiden Market at Lincoln Gardens Farm/Submitted)

There will be several live actors working inside the haunted house.

Gienow said the Halloween celebration also will involve a scarecrow.

“We have about a 30-foot scarecrow in the corn maze, and at 10 o’clock at night, we set it on fire and have a big celebration and burn it,” said Gienow.

That celebration will also include a monster fireworks display.

The Lincoln Gardens Haunted House is open from 1 p.m. until midnight on Saturday and from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Sunday. The scarecrow burning will take place Saturday at 10 p.m.

Those hoping to visit this year’s attractions are urged to wear proper footwear when visiting the attractions due to the heavy snow on the ground.