The Bay Net Photos by Anna Bedford

Yesterday, Thursday October 26, students from St. Mary’s County schools took a first time field trip to Bowles Farm corn maze, where they took part in math activities and enjoyed the corn maze and petting zoo.

“We hope to partner with the corn maze and make a math week for all 6th graders in the county to enjoy for next year and will be looking for similar types of events for other subject areas,” said Kathy Norton, of St. Mary’s County public schools. “Mr. Bowles will also be hosting a corn maze design competition for students to submit designs for next year’s corn maze.  The theme will be Maryland Lighthouses,” continued Norton.

The students measured the circumference of pumpkins, worked on math problems about chickens and cows, calculated hay volume and the perimeter of a barn, and visited sheep, pigs and goats that were at the farm. Cindy, who works at the farm in the mornings during the week, told The Bay Net she was not looking forward to its closing next week. “The children love it here. Some cry when they have to leave,” she said. The farm is a working farm run by the Bowles family, but opens to the public for their annual corn maze, which this year spanned 15 acres of field carved through living 10 foot cornstalks, and over 3.5 miles of twisting and turning trails cut into a maze. “From the sky [the maze] depicts our attempt to educate everyone on the importance of “saving the bay,” say the Bowles.

 

The corn maze is open to the public for the last time this year this weekend. Speaking Thursday to The Bay Net, Tommy Bowles said they’re hoping the weather will allow for a final good weekend.

Bowles Farm is Southern Maryland’s largest cornfield maze.

If you’d like to go this weekend, the maze  is open this evening until 9 pm, Saturday from 10 am to 9 pm, and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm.

Admission is $8, or free for children under 5.

It is located at 22880 Budd’s Creek Road (Route 234), in Clements (at the intersection of Route 234 and Pincushion Road).

For more information call 301-475-2139.