Baby Animals and Blooms at Maris Farms

Spring farm festivals can sound interchangeable. Flowers, food, a few animals, maybe a photo spot, done. But Maris Farms in Buckley is clearly trying to make Baby Animals & Blooms into something bigger than that — a full spring event with themed weekends, bundled attractions, and a last-chance Mother’s Day push on May 9 and 10. The basic idea is still simple. You go for baby goats and tulips. The actual package is much more like a regional day trip. ### What is happening at Maris Farms? Baby Animals & Blooms is Maris Farms’ spring festival in Buckley, Washington, running on select weekends from April 25 through May 10, 2026. The remaining dates are Saturday, May 9, and Sunday, May 10, with daily hours listed as 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The farm is pitching it as a spring counterpart to its better-known fall attractions — same destination, different season, softer vibe. (marisfarms.com) ### What do you actually get with admission? This is the part that matters if you are deciding whether it is a quick stop or an all-afternoon thing. Maris Farms says admission starts at $18, and the ticket bundles baby animal encounters, tulip fields, photo areas, more than 40 farm attractions, food options, and a maker’s market. The featured animals include goats, lambs, piglets, an(marisfarms.com)at makes small kids lose their minds in the best way. (marisfarms.ticketspice.com) ### Is this just tulips and petting animals? Not really. That is the hook, but the structure is more like an event stack. Maris Farms added themed weekends this year — Princesses & Pirates on April 25-26, Superheroes on May 2-3, and Mother’s Day Weekend on May 9-10. So the farm is not just opening fields and pens. It is programming repe(marisfarms.ticketspice.com)to choose a specific date and, in theory, come back. (marisfarms.com) ### Why does the maker’s market matter? Because it shows this is also an agritourism platform, not only a farm attraction. Celebrate HARVEST says it is hosting the fifth annual Baby Animals & Blooms Makers’ Market at Maris Farms on all three event weekends. That adds vendors, browsing time, and a more festival-like feel for a(marisfarms.com)ommerce hub, which is a different thing from a standard admission gate. (celebrateharvest.com) ### Why is the timing important now? Because May 9-10 is the final weekend. The Courier-Herald’s community calendar called out May 2-3 and May 9-10 specifically for this year’s event, and Maris Farms’ own pages show the season ending on May 10. So this is less “spring is coming” and more “last call if you wanted to do the spring farm thing before it closes.” (courierhera([celebrateharvest.com)lance-may-2026-community-calendar/)) ### Is this aimed mostly at locals? Mostly, but not only. Maris Farms explicitly frames the event as an easy day trip from Seattle and Tacoma. That matters because Buckley is not pulling walk-up urban foot traffic the way a city flower pop-up would. The farm has to be destination-worthy. Bundling tulips, animals, attractions, food, and themed entertainment is how it makes that pitch work. (marisfarms.com) ### So what is the real story here? The real story is that Maris Farms has turned a cute seasonal idea into a more polished spring product. Baby animals and blooms are still the headline. But the strategy is the package — timed weekends, broader entertainment, vendor participation, and pricing that starts low enough to feel accessible for a family(marisfarms.com)n. (marisfarms.com)