Konow’s Corn Maze

We have come here a few times for their fall fests.
PROS:
The owner has expanded what is available to the public in recent years. Great for small kids and families. Animals, pumpkins, corn maze, games, poocorn, food…
CONS:
The parking lot is new and creates a lot of dust. With allergies, I dislike having to park there and walk through the dusty dirt.
Also, the price gouging for ALL local pumpkin farms is insulting. If these places wanted us to come back more than once a season, then they should ALL lower their inflated prices.

Overall great place! Had a fun time with family and friends, food was great and all the workers were very friendly! Prices were great in comparison to Bengstons, have been to Bengstons and to me it has become too corporate, will be coming back to Konow’s next year.

it was a fun place, much smaller than i was expecting especially for the cost, but still good.

It was my first year coming here. I was tired of This is a small gem in Homer Glen. The location is right by I-​355, which makes this a pretty good location.
Don’t judge this by the website because I think it’s not that updated. When I was there, I found out that there was something additional.
There are so much attractions here. There was an inflatable Wipeout «sweeper», a pumpkin train, a jumping pillow, a hayride, a straw playground, and a cow train. Your kiddos can play around at this farm for hours!
Their apple cider doughnuts taste great! It has a great apple cider taste. The service at the desk was also good. There was smiles on the employees’ faces, and the staff were friendly. They can even let your child in the front row of a tractor, but you have to ask.
All in all, this is a great pumpkin farm that you should try. I will come back this year.

the best pumpkin patch, imo. a beautiful farm with fantastic trees and shrubs, not just hay and corn. it’s 10.00 to get in and everything you do there is included. hayride and tractor trains, jumping pillow, corn kernel pit and hay stacks for the kids to climb through. live bands on the weekends. bar and food, great prices — everything is grilled to order. animals to feed. fire pits, a game like something from wipeout, for the kids. just great. will go back every year and I don’t have kids, but my friends do!

This is a great place for family fun and very affordable for a family on a budget!!! Highly recommend!!!

Who needs Bengtson’s when you’ve got this hidden gem just around the corner? Konow’s is entertaining for kids and adults, from infants to grandparents, and it is very affordable. The grounds are beautiful and make a pretty backdrop for pictures. The pumpkin train was lots of fun and is very scenic. The kids loved the corn pit and the hay playground. Adults, I think, had more fun on the jumping pillow than the kids did. We even got to see 13 piggies that were born that very morning. Workers are very friendly. Love having this farm right in my own backyard. Wonderful place to take your family. Guaranteed a great time.

I held my daughters first birthday here because they were so easy to work with and didn’t require tickets and included all their rides and fun activities into one low price per person. We rented their loft which is inside the red barn just in case the weather was bad. October in Chicagoland can be iffy. We catered Rosatis pizza and the kids all had a great time. It’s not as crowded as Bengstons and Goebarts. I love those farms as well but dealing with tickets and little children is not something I wanted to deal with. Thank you Konows for a great experience!

We have gone to Bengston’s for many years. Decided to try something different as Bengston’s is always so crowded. When I checked out the website, the price was listed as $ 10 per person on the weekends, which is quite a bit of a price difference when you consider the amount of people we had going. I live on the north side of Chicago, my brother lives in Georgia (in town visiting) and my mother lives in Homewood. So it was a bit of a trip for all of us to meet up here. We had coupons for $ 1 off admission as well. My mother paid cash for our group. No receipt was given at the time of purchase, just a paper that listed the price of each ticket. The price was listed as $ 12/​person. That is the amount she recalls paying. In the chaos of our group which included a number of toddlers, my mom did not look at what she paid per person until she got home later that day. We should have been charged $ 9/​person because we had the coupon. They overcharged her by $ 3/​person. Where did they get this random $ 12 price??? This is not listed on the website anywhere. Is someone pocketing the money??? My mom called to let Konow’s know she was grossly overcharged. She was told to bring in her receipt for a refund and if she did not have a receipt, she could have free passes. First of all, she was not given a receipt. Secondly, it took all of us over an hour to get there. Most of our group is going back to their home in Georgia, so 6 free passes really does not interest us. My mom told the lady on the phone that she brought her family who do not live in town. The reply was «oh». Management at Konow’s should be investigating what employees are charging patrons. They should be training them on providing proper receipts. I am sure most of their guests do not live in the farm fields of Homer Glen and can just drop by to be issued a refund. So they must be laughing all the way to the bank. Obviously, had we checked the ticket price and realized we overpaid while we were there, this could have been avoided. This was an expensive lesson to learn. However, we will not be going back to Konow’s where service seems to be quite shady.

Konow’s really gives Bengston’s a run for their money. So much so that I haven’t gone back since Konow’s opened. The staff that I interacted with has been for the most part friendly and helpful. To be fair though the majority of the staff that I interact with is in the beer barn. Which brings me to the best part of Konow’s, they serve beer and have some bands come through. It’s not just bring the kids and trudge around a crowded farm to look at some pigs. It’s actual fun for the whole family. The corn pit was awesome. I may have needed to get in the pit with my daughter. For adult supervision of course. The only downside for the pit was that there wasn’t anyone around to police the teenagers, there was a corn fight going on and if you weren’t paying attention you could get hit in the head with a sock full of corn. You can’t make this stuff up people. The little petting zoo was cute and there were enough farm animals there to keep my kid entertained for 20 minutes. It’s also nice that they give you a little cup of stuff to feed the animals, free. The big buried bounce pillow was pretty cool definitely worth a stop. The hay ride we didn’t do as the line was long. But there was very little wait to ride the cows which was a fun ride. The maze was really cool, just make sure you have time if you are going to do the big one. And prepare, pee first and bring a bottle of water or something, it’s not a quick tour. Konow’s is great and the best bang for your buck around here. You can bring a family of four for a nice afternoon and not break the bank.
Fun Fact #33: In 1963 Heineken beer came in bottles shaped like bricks that could be used to build houses in impoverished countries.

We have been going to Konows ever since it open! Every year when we ask the kids what pumpkin patch do you guys want to go to and. Their answer is «Konows»! Konows farms gives you the ambiance that you are on a farm and not a tourist attraction.

Great for kids but not much for adults who also love this time of year. Wish there was more food choices. Food that they have is average at best. Overall a good time if you have or go with kids. There are some better ones out there. Hopefully Konow’s will continue to add to it over the years.

We went to Konow’s again this year. Last year I wasn’t as thrilled but this year, you see, I no longer have a baby but now a toddler and a brand new outlook on life. Conclusion: We love Konow’s. It’s great for kids. GREAT. I mean the blow up bounce pillow… Too much fun. Okay, maybe mommy liked that one more than toddler. Toddler would have sat in the surround sand and played all day. They have a bunch of little toy tractors my son was obsessed with. Kids and ride and race them. I love how the pumpkins are all right there and you can walk through them and we could play amongst them. The corn pit is always fun. Although a woman lost her wedding band in the pit while we were there! Workers made it sound like it was going to be gone forever too. So you better believe I took my jewelry off! We went on a Tuesday late afternoon/​early evening and it was dead! Awesome. I wish they sold some more food. Or apple cider doughnuts or something pumpkin! I always crave those two things at pumpkin patches. On their website is a $ 1 coupon. $ 8 is a deal compared to Bengston’s. We will probably go back before the season is over!

I’m looking for feedback if this is a better place to go then Bengston’s pumpkin farm. Just looking for something different. I had to put something in so I just put 3.

Not a bad place, but yeah, there is better out there.
Relatively clean, some good activities, and not bad crowds…
however, very long line to check out at the end if you wanted to buy a few things — only one elderly lady working the register.
Food — not good at all. One small place for concessions and they ran out of most of the food. Only a few tables to sit; not nearly enough.
No hot apple cider — what? How could that not be on the menu?! No apple cider donuts either. boo!
Animal barn was only about a dozen animals or so… not impressive or very much fun.
Not a bad day for 8 bucks though (with coupon) cheaper than most other places but you get what you pay for!
I’ll skip it next year — there are better ones.

It is awesome!

Warning! The black alpaca is not to be messed with.
What started as a casual glance quickly turned into a staring contest. We locked eyes and even passed a few choice words as I drew closer. After I called his giraffe father a redneck for banging a sheep, things got really intense and we ended up nearly nose to nose.
This guy was unflinching and before he could bust through the fence to attack me, I made my move. I desperately huffed and blew into his face. In a flash he spit back, unloading a fine mist that covered my whole face as a nearby 5^th grader gave me a look that seemed to say «so this is what happens to kids that eat crayons when they grow up».
I could only retreat while trying to wipe my memory and face clean from this pitiful encounter. Two things became clear about that alpaca today: this was not his first rodeo and it won’t be his last!

This is a serious pumpkin patch.
My oldest two (ages 6 and 5) had a half day last week. What to do on a gray half day with two stir crazy kids? A-​ha! I know! Why not gather up a handful of their friends and hit up a pumpkin patch? Always a safe bet, right? Always a safe, fun bet, right? Always a safe, fun, expensive bet, right? Right? RIGHT?!
Hold up. Let’s talk finances for a second. I have a total of four-​point-​five kids (6, 5, 4, 3, and a baby girl in mah belly set to arrive on Valentine’s Day.) The very notion of a «pumpkin patch» leaves me feeling… broke. Like, really broke. Like oh-​em-​gee-​thank-​everything-​that-​is-​anything-​that-​Halloween-​comes-​but-​once-​a-​year BROKE. This is not the case at Konow’s. For ages three and up, it’s $ 9.00 to get in (but! if you hit up the website, there’s a coupon for a dollar off for up to six people!), and I think that, with the purchase of two pumpkins and three bottles of water, we spent an additional $ 13.00 total. You guys! This is AMAZING. So, okay. What does the illustrious $ 9.00-per-person admission provide? In short? Access to EVERYTHING.
Our group wound up consisting of, say, eight kids, and maybe five parents and we basically had the joint to ourselves. In the aforementioned admission fee, the kids hit up this amazingly huge «jumping pillow» (admittedly, my husband had a blast on it as well), a straw playground (bales of hay set about a zillion feet up in the air with a slide to the bottom), a huuuuuuuge pool (for lack of a better term) of corn kernels (a corn pit?) they couldn’t get enough of, a tractor trike race course, a cow train, a hayride, an animal barn… you name it, Konow’s had it. We were there for several hours and not once did a single child utter those dreadful words («I’m boooooored!»). On the contrary, when it was time to leave, NO ONE wanted to go – not even the grown ups. Now come on… that’s gotta be the mark of a good patch, no?! :)
As a life-​long local, I grew up going to Bengston’s Farm, but have found it a bit too pricey to take my clan of 6.5 for a day of fall fun. I’m so happy a friend of ours told us about Konow’s; we will definitely be back next year (and, if I’m keeping it real here, probably at least once more this year as well). Check ‘em out! And don’t forget to get on the website and print out the coupon – a buck off is a buck off, yo! :)

While planning my yearly trip to THE pumpkin farm in Homer Glen, I stumbled on these reviews. After reading all the reviews here with five star ratings, conspicuously absent are any honest comparisons to the other farm that most of these reviews seem to be referring to in an elicited and negative way. Last year we saw the ads for this place and it sounded like it might be as good as the farm we usually visit.
If you ask me this place should be called (Clone-ow’s) as they, as well as others attempt to emulate the farm that all of these jabs seem to be aimed at! Their ads all look the same, they claim to have as much stuff to do but when you show up, the disappointment is written on your kid’s faces like the mud on their shoes, and they will ask «now can we go to the other place with all the cool stuff!»
Yeah, you might save a buck or two here but they don’t have half of what the other place has, animated displays, food, rides, Pig Races, on and on! What is/isn’t ironic is that you all know who I am talking about without even mentioning their name! It is funny how everyone likes to attack the guy on top! There is a reason they are on top people! This place is a letdown after going to the other place, don’t waste your time or money! (I’m sure this review will end up in the «FILTERED» section as did any other non-​five star reviews of this place!)

This place is no joke. When I think back on all of the «family fun» activities my parents planned when I was a kid, I can only wish they’d had Konow’s back then. They’ve thought of everything.
corn maze (s) — check
hayrides — check
petting zoo — you bet
bouncy castles — they’ve got two
I could go on and on. Really, there are like 20 more activities but I’ll leave a little mystery for their website. Even stuff I never would have thought of like a huge pit of corn kernels, a hay bale playground and rubber ducky races. And they didn’t forget that the adults want to have fun too. There is a giant jumping pillow and mechanical bull rides (!!!) as well. Now if only they had a bar…
Our visit all started out with my desire to finally visit a corn maze. There was only one problem… we had a 3 year old along for the ride. After all of the rave reviews (and the $ 1 off per person coupon we found on their website), I suggested Konow’s. Couldn’t have picked a better place. For $ 8 each we were admitted to hours of family fun. Although our little one would have been completely content climbing on the tractors they have parked throughout, we tried to make the rounds to everything. I was especially impressed with the petting zoo. I usually hate these but their animals are beautiful and obviously well taken care of.
We actually didn’t get to try everything but it was an awesome experience all around. We didn’t have time to tackle the advanced corn maze this time but we’ll definitely be back to master it next time!