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Throughout October, you might be looking for Halloween-themed activities to do before the end of the month.
One of the most popular things to do is go pumpkin picking to carve with a spooky face to go outside your home.
The Balloon Tree farm shop and café not only offers pumpkin picking but also has lots of fresh and local produce to pick up to take home as well.
The farm shop and café can be found a short drive away from York and is a great option for a day out with your family.
What is The Balloon Tree like?
Throughout the autumn, The Balloon Tree offers pumpkin picking where you can grab the perfect pumpkin for your Halloween display at home.
The pumpkins come in a range of different colours, shapes, and sizes.
After picking your pumpkin, you might need to warm up in the café with a hot coffee or one of the many teas on offer.
The café has a breakfast menu featuring full English breakfasts, a range of egg dishes, light bites, and sweet pancakes.
At lunchtime, you can enjoy a range of hot meals like jacket potatoes, steak and ale pies, and the Balloon Tree burger, as well as breakfast rolls and sandwiches.
For those who love sweet treats, the onsite bakery provides the café with fresh cakes and desserts from scones and fresh fruit roulade to chocolate cakes.
The farm shop is also worth a visit where you can pick up lots of seasonal fruit and vegetables as well as high-quality meat you can take home to create your own dishes.
The bakery has a range of cakes from lemon drizzle loaves to Victoria sponge cakes.
If you need to find a gift for someone, the farm shop has a variety of mugs, candles, soaps, and chocolates that you can pick up.
You can grab a couple of items that The Balloon Tree can wrap up and create a personalised gift hamper with.
What do customers think of the Balloon Tree?
The Balloon Tree has a rating of 4 out of 5 on Tripadvisor with 209 people leaving a review.
One person wrote: “We visited here for the first time and had a great day.
“We came mainly to pick some strawberries which was great fun.
“All the staff were polite, friendly and helpful, we be looking forward to visiting again soon.”
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Another person wrote: “A great day out with the family.
“We visited last week for breakfast which is fantastic, and the children loved it, especially the little farmers option.
“Afterwards we picked strawberry's, which the children loved and the staff were very helpful and friendly. Would highly recommend.”
Will you be visiting the Balloon Tree to get your pumpkin for Halloween? Let us know in the comments.