8 Greenfields Close Andrews Farm

[Mandy Geise]

TheFall Festival Field Trip gives everyone the best of Anderson Farms! Guests will enjoy the Pumpkin Patch AND the Corn Maze with every Field Trip. Lunch facilities are available, but you may bring in your own lunch or snack to enjoy while at the farm.

Open during Fall Festival ONLY

9/7/23: At this time we are still taking applications but are not setting up interviews. Once we determine which spots need filled, we will contact candidates that fit our remaining needs.

I just love Anderson Farms. I go there with my school, which is full of kids with disabilities. The staff at Anderson Farms are extremely kind and accommodating every year we go. They set us up with our own wheelchair accessible tractor ride and make sure that we have tables, trash cans, everything we need. The kids always have a blast. Also, their popcorn is worth every cent.

This was really fun. We had our own fire pit with seating and plenty of wood to burn late into the night. We also had picnic tables to put all of our food and supplies on. My only complaint was that I think the corn maze should had been 10x darker. It was too brightly lit, which pretty much ruined any scare to it. Perhaps after like 10 P.M. it should be pitch-dark and only for adults. The 20-foot tall 'pumpkin heads' made me think the maze was scary in a way, but I was disappointed after finding how lit it was by the distant bright lights. Still a fun place to go, though.

Fantastic halloween setup which is why we were there. Tons of games/rides in a picturesque farm scene. Well done, well ran and very well priced. Highly recommend for young kids as I have but everyone has plenty to do.

We haven't been here in years and it didn't disappoint! All of my kids had a blast and my husband and I didn't feel like it was too crowded like some of the other pumpkin patches closer to our house are. We will definitely be back next year!

FANTASTIC PLACE!! It was very family friendly, has zombie paintball, a corn maze and all kinds of activities for the family. My favorite part was getting to see the baby goats frolic around their mother. I can't wait to go back.

Been coming here for about 10 years now. Love the fall festival they put on. Truly something for everyone! From train barrel rides to pedal carts, both free. Plenty of kid friendly areas for the little ones to run and play. (also free) The awesome corn maze is reason enough to visit. Shoot zombies with paintballs or walk through a haunted area, (not free) the options are endless. Gourd slingshots (also not free) to pumpkin chunkin. I can't say enough good things about Anderson farms. I would recommend that you bring your own food though. It gets extremely expensive if you buy food there.

One of my favorite places to visit in the fall. I have been going to Terror in the corn since I was a kid and they have been consistently improving the experience every year! Excited to see how this attraction will continue to evolve and remain the best corn maze on the front range.

This was AMAZING! Was there from 3pm-9:30pm with the kids and couldn't have had a better time! Did everything from pumpkin patch to feeding animals and the haunted corn maze. Very surprised at how terrifying the maze and zombie paintball hunt were. I was not expecting this great of a place out here, but it definitely out does any of the places we would drive to and pay a lot to go to. AMAZING!!!

Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, the novel recounts the adventures of an 11-year-old orphan girl Anne Shirley sent by mistake to two middle-aged siblings, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, who had originally intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way through life with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.

Since its publication, Anne of Green Gables has been translated into at least 36 languages and has sold more than 50 million copies, making it one of the best-selling books worldwide.[5] It was the first of many novels; Montgomery wrote numerous sequels, and since her death another sequel has been published, as well as an authorized prequel titled Before Green Gables.[6] This prequel was written in 2008 by Budge Wilson[7] to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the book series. The original book is taught to students around the world.[8]

The book has been adapted as films, television films, and animated and live-action television series. Musicals and plays have also been created, with productions annually in Canada, Europe and Japan.[9][10][11]

In writing the novel, Montgomery was inspired by notes she had made as a young girl about two siblings who were mistakenly sent an orphan girl instead of the boy they had requested, yet decided to keep her. She drew upon her own childhood experiences in rural Prince Edward Island, Canada. Montgomery used a photograph of Evelyn Nesbit, which she had clipped from New York's Metropolitan Magazine and put on the wall of her bedroom as the model for the face of Anne Shirley and a reminder of her "youthful idealism and spirituality."[12]

Montgomery was inspired by the "formula Ann" orphan stories (called such because they followed such a predictable formula) that were popular at the time, but distinguished her character by spelling her name with an extra "e".[13][14] She based other characters, such as Gilbert Blythe, in part on people she knew. She said she wrote the novel in the twilight of the day while sitting at her window and overlooking the fields of Cavendish.[15]

Anne Shirley, a young orphan from the fictional community of Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia (based upon the real community of New London, Prince Edward Island),[16][17] is sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, unmarried siblings in their fifties and sixties, after a childhood spent in strangers' homes and orphanages. Marilla and Matthew had originally sought to adopt a boy from the orphanage to help Matthew run their farm at Green Gables, which is set in the fictional town of Avonlea (based on Cavendish, Prince Edward Island). Through a misunderstanding, the orphanage sends Anne instead.

Anne is fanciful, imaginative, eager to please, and dramatic. She is also adamant her name should always be spelled with an "e" at the end. However, she is defensive about her appearance, despising her red hair, freckles, and pale, thin frame, but liking her nose. She is talkative, especially when it comes to describing her fantasies and dreams. At first, stern Marilla says Anne must return to the orphanage, but after much observation and consideration, along with kind, quiet Matthew's encouragement, Marilla decides to let her stay.

The book recounts Anne's struggles and joys in settling into Green Gables (the first real home she's ever known): the country school where she quickly excels in her studies; her friendship with Diana Barry, the girl living next door (her best or "bosom friend" as Anne fondly calls her); her budding literary ambitions; and her rivalry with her classmate Gilbert Blythe, who teases her about her red hair. For that, he earns her instant hatred, although he apologizes several times. As time passes, however, Anne realizes she no longer hates Gilbert, but her pride and stubbornness keep her from speaking to him.

The book also follows Anne's adventures in Avonlea. Episodes include playtime with her friends Diana, calm, placid Jane Andrews, and beautiful, boy-crazy Ruby Gillis. She has run-ins with the unpleasant Pye sisters, Gertie and Josie, and frequent domestic "scrapes" such as dyeing her hair green while intending to dye it black, and accidentally getting Diana drunk by giving her what she thinks is raspberry cordial but which turns out to be currant wine.

At sixteen, Anne goes to Queen's Academy to earn a teaching license, along with Gilbert, Ruby, Josie, Jane, and several other students, excluding Diana, much to Anne's dismay. She obtains her license in one year instead of the usual two and wins the Avery Scholarship awarded to the top student in English. This scholarship would allow her to pursue a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree at the fictional Redmond College (based on the real Dalhousie College) on the mainland in Nova Scotia.

Near the end of the book, however, tragedy strikes when Matthew dies of a heart attack after learning that all of his and Marilla's money has been lost in a bank failure. Out of devotion to Marilla and Green Gables, Anne gives up the scholarship to stay at home and help Marilla, whose eyesight is failing. She plans to teach at the Carmody school, the nearest school available, and return to Green Gables on weekends. In an act of friendship, Gilbert Blythe gives up his teaching position at the Avonlea School in favor of Anne, to work at the White Sands School instead, knowing that Anne wants to stay close to Marilla after Matthew's death. After this kind act, Anne and Gilbert's friendship is cemented, and Anne looks forward to what life will bring next.

Anne of Green Gables was first published by L.C. Page & Co. of Boston on June 13, 1908.[18] The book quickly became a best-seller, selling over 19,000 copies in the first five months. Since then, over 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.[19] A full scan of the first edition, first impression is provided by the L. M. Montgomery Institute.

Montgomery's original manuscript is preserved by the Confederation Centre of the Arts, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Since 2022, the Centre has hosted a project in which digital images of the entire manuscript can be examined online. A transcript of the manuscript was published by Nimbus Publishing in 2019.

The first edition has errors in the text. Critical editions will identify corrections that have been applied to the text by the editor. The choice of corrections depends on the editor and varies across editions. As an example, the Penguin Classics edition,[21] edited by Benjamin Lefebvre, lists the following corrections:

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