Revel in autumnal fun – with hawks, owls, pumpkins and more – at this Saturday’s Fall Festival at Hoch’s Landscaping Garden Center in Barnegat.
“We definitely want to get people excited about the fall,” said Adrienne Cerefice, who owns and runs the business along with Daniel Hoch, a longtime landscaper in the area who branched out with the garden center earlier this year.
“Fall is a great time to plant trees,” Cerefice noted. Besides stocking, as Hoch pointed out, “all your garden needs” – plants, flowers, trees, soil, mulch, fertilizer, planters and much more – on the site’s two acres, the center also now offers pumpkins, hay bales, corn stalks and Indian corn.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, stop by to see live hawks and owls, brought from the Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge to the Migration Station, which moved in to the shop next door to Hoch’s last month.
There also will be pumpkin painting for kids all day; Hoch’s provides the paint with a pumpkin purchase.
The garden center staff also will hold a seminar at 10 a.m. on fall pruning, fertilizing and winterizing gardens and flower beds. “We have a very knowledgable and helpful staff,” said Cerefice. “They’re always willing to answer questions and help customers plan their gardens.”
Refreshments will be provided.
Hoch’s, located at 229 S. Main St. in Barnegat, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day through the fall.
For more information, call 609-361-4310, or visit hochslandscaping.com. —J.K.-H.
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