If you've ever wanted to get utterly bamboozled by a botanical labyrinth, Sauchuk Farm in Plympton, Massachusetts, is your prime destination—featuring a seven-acre corn maze designed as a tribute to the state's 250th anniversary, with a Lexington Minuteman theme. As CBS Boston reports, Sauchuk Farm's owner, Scott Sauchuk, has been the mastermind behind these corn mazes since 2007 and doesn't seem to be running out of steam or creativity anytime soon.
Going beyond the impressive maze, Sauchuk Farm, detailed by Sauchuk's own website, has an exclusive tug-of-war with THE MAiZE company, which brings a boatload of expertise and show-stopping agricultural delights to the table, this collaboration ensures that each year is packed with new activities, learning opportunities, and the promise of fresh, evergreen memories for families, now that's a lot of expectations to live up to and yet Sauchuk's seems to manage just fine.
The farm not only prides itself on its memory-making corn labyrinths but also places a significant emphasis on agri-entertainment—a fancy term for luring city folks to play farmer for a day. As the corn maze grand wizard Scott Sauchuk "said, "agritainment brings people to the farm and it helps you sell more of your product," according to CBS Boston. With more than 50 family-centric activities such as rollerball, apple shooting—no, not on your latest iDevice—and a peachy jumping pillow, there's something for every age and agility.
Every fall, the farm's décor takes a full swing with Scott pulling the strings, planting in the spring without assurance of what will buzz in the fall and praying for relevancy by harvest season; one year, his maze homage to Tom Brady hit the sweet spot at the peak of his New England pizzazz, as he recalls. "That was when Tom Brady was at the peak of his success here in New England—that was good timing," Scott told CBS Boston.
In the end, for Sauchuk and his team, it's not just about getting people to appreciate where their food comes from—it’s about stitching together an experience that sticks, "To open this up and have people come with their kids here and have a good time that's rewarding and satisfying," he effectively summed up his farming and entertainment philosophy to CBS Boston.
