Prairie Gardens — Attraction in Alberta

I responded to an add selling cabbage. I was asked to call a phone number to place my order. I called the number, left my name, the numbers of lbs I wanted, and gave the pick up date and time, which I was told worked great (I gave 5 days notice). I showed up today to pick up my order as I was passing by on my Way to teach in Edmonton. When I arrived, I was told I was in the right place and they would check for my order after helping another group. The staff helped them and then began to help another group. She motioned that she would again help me after the next group. I indicated that I had somewhere to be and I would prefer not to wait. So, the staff went off to look for my order. I was brought out a different type of cabbage than I had ordered and I explained that I had ordered the specific cabbage that I wanted. The staff disappeared again (I waited 15 minutes) and can't back to tell me that the other cabbage was fine for what I was doing and that they could go harvest the cabbage while I waited. I explained that I needed the type of cabbage that I had ordered and that I had called a days ahead of time because I would be passing by at a certain time on my way to work. Her response was oh okay. No "I'm sorry we didn't have your order ready" no "I'm sorry we didn't call you to let you know that we couldn't fill your order and so you wouldn't have to drive 30 min out of your way".

Unfortunately, I can't recommend the service. Even a very basic apology would have changed my opinion in...

Prairie Gardens is a great place to go to get your veggies, and a wonderful place for some family fun.

They have a U-Pick and a Community Supported Agriculture garden with lots of workshops and hands on activities.

They have festivals all through the year and a corn maze during the summer to navigate. The staff is always friendly and welcoming. Always something for the kids to do!

They have a souvenier shop that is full of all kinds of neat things and a candy store with some great fudge available for sale.

My favourite is the pumpkin festival. You can take a tour through the corn maze and then ride the bus over to the farm where you can enjoy a great lunch with a slice of pumpkin pie! There is always a balloon artist on hand that has an inventive sculpture every year and there to make balloon animals for the kids.

Even as an adult, I love the petting zoo. Goats, Llamas and bunnies to pet. They have peacocks and other animals as well that are great to watch, but not open to the public.

If you want a different activity to do for a gathering of friends or a birthday party, they have firepits that you can reserve for your activities.

The only thing that I don't enjoy about the visits is the "tokens". You need to go and purchase tokens to be able to collect your food items at the different concession stands. I don't remember having to do this when we went last year.

All in all, a great way to support your...

It was horrible. Definitely targeted for little kids. Like maybe 2-4years olds. Website was completely misleading. Weren’t able to actually use the upick, could not take home the scarecrow that was made. (Online said you can), the corn maze was so low and gross looking, the sunflowers were half dead and again waist high. My kid was taller than it. There was no tire toss when we went, we went to try the corn cob toss- no one was there, and no corn. It’s overpriced for what you actually get. The haunted house was mediocre at best.. again, probably meant for very little kids as my 6 year old thought it was boring. Very disappointed because the website made it seem amazing, so we drove 5 hours to check it out. Not only that, but the produce you could buy at the little store, it’s okay prices.. but when we got home, realized that 90% of it was rotten. (My fault for not picking through each carton), the tops looked great.. but everything underneath was god awful. If you’re looking for a good corn maze that’s worth the money, the one near Stoney plain & the one in I think lacombe is also great! Definitely better than this one.

It was such a waste of money & effort driving.

PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WEBSITE AND MAKE IT MORE ACCURATE!! I have a screenshot of what it says of today. It’s not okay. And it needs to be fixed. Or at least updated to say it’s targeted for...