Bauman’s Farm and Garden

Pendleton Historic Inn (Pendleton, OR) would like to thank Bauman Farms for helping us to make our business look so inviting and beautiful! Thank you and keep up the great work!

This place is so much fun and they are all such nice people! It’s great to see an actual working farm open their doors to the public.
I took my grandson during the Harvest Festival in October. It was crazy but he had such a blast. I really appreciated how much effort they put into providing this for everyone to enjoy.
Today I went out to get flowers for all our pots and planters. It was another excellent experience. And I had a glass of the Bauman Cider — it was amazing. I’ll be having it for special events in the future.
Hats off to the Bauman family for all they are doing — nice work!

What a great nursery! I enjoy going to different places to benefit my yard because each place has its own stock of plants. I found quite a few unique items there which I happily grabbed and the prices are really good as well! They also have a bakery section selling pies, pastries and all sorts of amazing goodies. Just when you think you have seen it all you reach their farm store. Even in early Spring I found some amazing items including a variety of apple I have never heard of!

Can’t say enough about these people who run this place and work here. Best veggie selection around! In the summer time I spend $ 10 – 20 a week on fresh tomatoes. Great selection, great prices and excellent customer service.
While I shop I like to enjoy a nice cup of espresso which they serve near the ice cream bar.

Fresh pastries, apple cider donuts, red hot Northwest coffee, soooo good. At checkout they had their homemade caramel that fills your mouth with heaven
They had freshly pressed apple cider, jalapeño mustard with chips to try and oh brother their jams! Had to buy 3 different ones to add to my morning oatmeal yum yum!!!

This business is fantastic year round. The items they sell is excellent and very tasty. The fruits, preserves and bake mixes are fresh and of very high quality. The staff is there to help you, locate things for you and there to answer your questions.

Great place for the family. Lots of activities for little kids. Great tasting donuts and lots more!

Always a fun family time. Lots of great activities. With that said I would like to make a couple suggestions. A hand washing station near the apple sling/​cannon area would be nice. One of our favorites but your hands get really sticky. It would be nice to have a staff member located near where some of the great picture places like the painted hay bale areas. Last but by far my greatest suggestion is to have a sign posted for the last tractor rides to pumpkin patch. Our family waited approximately 20 minutes for what we figured would be last tractor to go out, only to have disappointed kids because tractor got full before our turn. Bummer for all the people that were waiting along with us, some more than 30 min. You need to close the line and not just let families wait only to be turned away. We will return but hope management will consider these suggestions. Thanks!

Bauman farms used to be a very family friendly, community oriented business. When I lived in the Salem area, I took my children to their pumpkin patch every year. This year, my parents took them there for an outing and were so disappointed to discover the farm has sold out to consumerism and the almighty dollar.
The entrance fee (even for very small children) would be reasonable if upon entering, they didn’t charge 2 – 5 dollars for every little activity from the dark maze to the barn swings. Just a few years ago, all of these activities were included in the cost of entering. It was an absolute shame that my kids couldn’t participate in any of the fun activities because the cost of entry alone blew the budget. This is a pumpkin patch, not an amusement park, and charging so much for every activity just shows that even long standing family businesses cannot resist the greedy temptation to nickle and dime the customers.
Despite the many happy memories we have at Bauman farms, we won’t be going back.

I like the free parking and the animal treat dispensers were prices right at 25 cents. The event itself is too crowded, activities are too much for what you get, and I can get pumpkins for much cheaper at Roth’s or a road side stand. It’s Ok and not very fun.
I would have been happy with some cheese corn as it was on the menu at the snack bar. I was told this event is not doing cheese corn and I said they may want to consider crossing that off the menu. They never did.

Went here on a weekday for pumpkin patch and it was a ton of fun! Loads of fun activities for all age groups! Crowds were not bad, but it was Monday. The place was so well decorated, you could not feel festive walking around.

Bring the family here every October to get pumpkins and enjoy the activities with our 4 year old daughter. She loves it! Yes it’s busy and yes you will spend $ but it’s well worth it to see the excitement it brings kids. Thank you and we will be back next year!

Was in the store and asked for warm donuts. Was told that she can’t bag «hot» donuts (i asked for warm, I’m not an idiot) and the ones on the table were as hot as they were going to get. Funny thing was that before I asked, I had then watched other people walk up and feel the bags for warm ones. Most walked away without picking them up. I bought a bag and have to say didn’t like them as much as EZ Orchards.
If you don’t think it makes much of a difference… go to Bauman’s first, get a bag of donuts (don’t eat any yet) drive to EZ Orchards, get a bag of their donuts. Go out to one of their tables, eat the EZ Orchards one first (while it’s warm) then try the Bauman’s (cause it’ll be the same temp as when you bought it anyway)…afterwards, tell me which you preferred!
If you read this and own or manage the store there, watch people touch the bags, they’re doing it to check the temp of the donuts. If you want to know if you can bag and sell a good warm Apple cider donut, go to the competition and see how an Apple cider donut should be consumed.

This place is great for corn, berries and a smiling staff!

Let’s start with the freakishly larger flower baskets on steroids. And they’re everywhere, lining the drives in and out of the farm, in the abundant green houses, in the retail spaces. Don’t go after ¹⁰⁄₁₅ or after 9 AM on the weekends in October. It’s a beautiful farm with lots of great activities for children, so it will be packed and you’ll spend your time negotiating movement in a farm with funky parking and orange-​vested teenagers who ineffectively wave cars on. No, don’t do that. That would be a foolish waste of a weekend.
Instead, go anytime after Halloween but before 10/​15, and you’ll find stunning grounds – the garden area to the north of the pristine farmhouse is worth the drive. Linger there; have something to eat. This is masterful gardening. Soak it in.
Wander into the store for coffee, pies, yummy breads, donuts and jams. There’s good produce here, too. Grab enough for the week ahead. Meander into the retail greenhouse – in the winter, this is a glorious warm space to feel like you’re in July again. Plus, they offer a large variety of plants for sell. If you have time, and if the working greenhouses are open, journey through them – this is a serious, working farm that happens to be beautiful and open to the public. I admire the creative marketing of Bauman’s Farm and Garden as a well-​oiled machine that makes production look easy.
You’d be remiss if you left without a pie or two – you can get them fresh or frozen – and they are delicious. Apple happens to be our favorite but the mixed berry is right up there, too.

Whenever I visit my parents in Silverton, visiting Bauman’s is kind of a given. I love coming here and walking around, looking at their seasonal or holiday goodies, grabbing a bag of soup bean mix or a pie to take home.
Normally, the staff here are pretty great, however, the last time I came for a visit the energy was a bit off-​putting. Several people seemed impervious to a smile and «hello». Eh, ok. Hopefully it’s not the same next time.

If you are looking for an authentic experience, this is NOT the place for you.
Also, as a person with a disability this place was very rude to me. I am aware that I will have difficulty walking on the terrain and I am prepared to deal with that. It’s when after a long day of commercialized, overpriced and overrated activities, I just want to go home. It’s difficult when I go to where my car was parked in the handicapped parking area and I can’t get out because there are tractors and cars without handicapped placards blocking us in. I did not appreciate the rude employee telling me if I shouldn’t have issues, because it’s just a farm. It is not just a farm and I doubt the owners would appreciate it being called just a farm. If you pay admission and pay to partake in some activities, it is more than just a farm.

Bauman’s is one of the best pumpkin patches that I have been to. They have a ton of activities (corn mazes, Pumpkin Hill, bug train, hay rides, etc.), good food and lots of pumpkins to choose from! The best part about the place is their homemade apple cider and apple cinnamon doughnuts. The kids come for the fun and the adults come for the food. The prices aren’t bad either with $ 5 for admission and $ 15 for an unlimited activity bracelet. A day at Bauman’s is definitely a fall favorite!

I’ve been coming here during the Fall for the past four years, this year is the first time they’re charging for admission. It’s $ 5 a person which isn’t bad and we always tend to get a wristband for my husband and the kiddos that go with us. If you get an activites wristband for $ 15, it will count towards admission. Since we went during the first weekend of the harvest opening, the wristbands were discounted to $ 10 so we paid for $ 35 for three wristbands and one general admission. I didn’t think it was too bad.
The activites for kids, I would say the bug train is most popular. It’s a bumpy ride and kids go crazy over it! We took our niece and cousin who are the 5 and 3, they went on the ride FOUR times and still couldn’t get enough. The girls also loved the acorn pit… again, I am not sure why but there was a line shortly after the girls started playing in there and they didn’t want to leave that either! I love the baby goats, they are sneaky little things and always looking for food. Feeding and petting them is fun to me, but the kiddos were feeling a little sassy and didn’t care for that too much. They have a newer playground now, mainly for bigger kids, didn’t go to that area but it looks very nice.
This year they changed the layout and I like it better… they have the food court area towards the main activities and it’s much cooler (temperature wise) than previous years. Last year I remember it being sunny and hot that it felt like we were in a sauna, I mean it is a green house. Apple cider donuts are an absolute must! Although they weren’t super busy as previous years, they made a lot of donuts ahead of time and had them cooling on racks and plenty already bagged. I remember being able to get them a little warm but overall they are still good. The apple cider slushy is refreshing for a hot day like today but VERY sweet for my taste. I did try the mexican roasted corn this year, it was okay. Nothing spectacular and I guess I can say I’ve had better.
Overall, I enjoy Bauman’s farms and come back each year to get into the Autumn spirits and of course, apple cider donuts :)

This is our go to place when we need to get out of the house! After wandering through the farm store and picking up some frozen berries and of course a bag of apple cider doughnuts and fresh veggies (they cancel each other out) we headed out to the barn to see the animals. My 14-​month-​old walked around for over an hour petting goats, playing in the fort and going down slides. Then we went over the the little kids play area and he wandered through the little town. When he’s bigger I’m sure he will be enthralled with the tire mountain and swing set. In a few weeks we will return to get some plants and shrubs for our yard. This place is a gem year round and we look forward to going back.