October 2023

Holiday Events!

If you have any upcoming events on the farm, we would love to share them on our website! Our events page is one of the most visited pages on our website and we want to make sure it is full of fun and exciting events that are happening all around the state! If you are hosting any type of event such as, goat yoga, farm tours, wine wagons... just to name a few, we want to hear about it! To add your events to our website just go through your extranet account! For step-by-step instructions or to follow along by video, click the button below! For additional questions or your extranet log-in information, please send me an email at Kelsey.wendling@ks.gov

Add Your Event!

PUMPKIN PAGE PALOOZA!

As the 2023 pumpkin season comes to a close, we wanted to share some exciting news with you! From September 1 through now, our pumpkin patches page on our website has seen record breaking numbers! We had a 1000% percent increase in page views! Of those views, there was a 37% increase in engagement rate, with a 600% increase in people directly clicking on pumpkin patch listings!

Your listings really do make a difference! Make sure your listings on our website are up to date with current information and pictures! If you need help updating your listings, send me a message at kelsey.wendling@ks.gov

Pumpkin Patch Page

RECENTLY ROAMED

One of my favorite parts of this job is getting out and experiencing the amazing locations Kansas has to offer! This month I enjoyed visiting the following very festive locations!

P and M Pumpkin Patch

Walter's Pumpkin Patch

Pleasant Ridge Inc.

Hickory Hollow Pumpkin Patch

I am always looking to market a new adventure, send me an email or give me a call and I would love to set up a visit and discuss our program and how I can better serve you and your operation!

New Blog Alert!

Recently the Kansas Tourism Office hosted a FAM (familiarization)trip, we invited writers and influencers to join us as we highlighted some wonderful agritourism destinations in the south-central region of Kansas! Not only was I excited to spread the word about Agritourism, but it was also wonderful to head back to the Wichita region where I grew up and rediscover my hometown! To read more about being a tourist in your hometown and the wonderful agritourism locations we visited, click below!