Maris Farms Baby Animals & Blooms Festival

Spring festival news is usually simple — but this one had enough date confusion floating around that it was worth pinning down. Maris Farms’ Baby Animals & Blooms is not in Half Moon Bay, and it is not an open-ended spring run. It’s a Buckley, Washington event with two remaining 2026 weekends: May 2–3 and May 9–10. That matters if you were planning around old listings, older photo galleries, or last year’s schedule. ### Where is this actually happening? It’s at Maris Farms in Buckley, in Pierce County — not Half Moon Bay. The farm’s own event pages and ticketing pages place Baby Animals & Blooms in Buckley, Washington, and frame it as one of the farm’s spring seasonal events. That sounds obvious, but location errors are exactly the kind of thing that can send a family to the wrong place on a Saturday. ### What are the actual 2026 dates? The 2026 run started April 25–26 and continues on three select weekends total: April 25–26, May 2–3, and May 9–10. Since today is Friday, May 1, the next chances to go are Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, with one final weekend after that on May 9–10. The Courier-Herald’s May 2026 community calendar matches those final two weekends, which is helpful because local calendars pages. ### What do you get with admission? Basically, this is Maris Farms’ spring package: baby animal encounters, tulip fields, photo spots, food, and the farm’s broader play lineup. The ticket page says admission includes goats, lambs, piglets, and ducklings, plus 40+ farm attractions, a Maker’s Market, and on-site treats. So this is not just a flower field with a petting pen tacked on — it’s a full family outing built around spring. ### What’s special about this weekend? This weekend, May 2–3, is the event’s superhero-themed weekend. Maris Farms is also framing the overall festival around themed weekends, with Princesses & Pirates on opening weekend and Mother’s Day Weekend on May 9–10. That theme structure is part of the pitch now — not just background decoration — because it gives repeat visitors a reason to come on a specific date. ### What hours should people plan around? The farm lists Baby Animals & Blooms hours as 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on event days. That matches the dedicated event page and lines up with how Maris has run prior spring editions. If you are planning a drive from Seattle or Tacoma, that window matters — especially with kids, naps, and parking all in the mix. Confusion? Part of it is that older coverage and galleries describe the event in broader terms like “through early May” or show photos from prior years. The Courier-Herald’s new May 2026 calendar uses 2025 photos while listing 2026 dates, which is normal for a community calendar but easy to misread if you’re scanning quickly. Add one wrong location in a summary, and suddenly a straightforward spring event starts looking fuzzy. ### Do you need to check before going? Yes — especially for admission details. The dates and hours are clear, but tickets are sold through Maris Farms’ event pages, and those pages are the best place to confirm pricing, availability, and any last-minute changes. Spring farm events are weather-sensitive by nature, and this one is built around outdoor attractions. ### Bottom line If you were trying to figure out whether this weekend is one of the remaining chances — it is. The clean version is simple: Maris Farms in Buckley, May 2–3 and May 9–10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with baby animals, tulips, and a superhero theme this weekend.