ARDENWOOD - Join us in the Country Kitchen for a taste of the season's delicious orange gourd! If you want to know what's cookin', you'll have to come and see! This is a drop-in program; no registration is required. Disabled accessible. Ardenwood admission fee applies. For information, call (510) 544-2797.
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Walk the first‑floor stacks at Fremont Public Library, creating secret messages and cracking codes in a drop‑in STEM activity for grades 4‑8, ages 5–10 and 13–18.
Hidden dinosaur appears weekly in the Kids' Department; find it and claim a prize at the Kids' Help Desk, all ages.
Story circle shares classic barnyard tales with The Little Red Hen, Billy Goats Gruff, and other farm friends at Ardenwood, all ages.
Make pine‑nut bracelets and earrings while learning Ohlone traditions at Coyote Hills Visitors Center; parking fees apply, all ages.
Felted pumpkins workshop at Ardenwood lets participants craft woolly pumpkins for home décor, drop‑in, no registration, disabled accessible, admission fee applies, for all ages.
Make a mini yarn hat ornament to decorate lockers or backpacks, using drop‑in kits at Fremont Public Library; kits available while supplies last, ages 13–18.
Hand‑print dinosaur craft kits available for pick‑up at Fremont Public Library, first‑come, first‑served, one per child, all ages.
Close the Little Farm for the night, meeting farm residents at the pig pen, learning their diets and delivering their evening meal, all ages.
Haunted Train (Ardenwood, Fremont) — Nighttime train rides through a haunted forest, spooky but not scary; tickets $20 each, free for children 2 and under.
Halloween Farm Games at Ardenwood offers festive farm games and pumpkin playtime in the farmyard, drop‑in, disabled accessible, with Ardenwood admission fee.
Field training at Monarch Bay Golf Club teaches volunteers to count overwintering monarchs as Community Scientists after completing Xerces Society’s virtual course, for ages 18 and up.
Power with Poles training at Tilden’s Orchard Picnic Site teaches uphill endurance and downhill joint safety, includes a <3‑mile practice hike, levels welcome, for ages 18 and up.
