137 - Inside Oakes Farm: How a Knoxville Fall Tradition Was Built
What started with daylilies, a family farm, and an idea for a pumpkin patch has grown into one of East Tennessee’s favorite fall traditions.
Haley sits down with Ken Oakes of Oakes Farm in Corryton to hear how the farm evolved from tobacco, cattle, strawberries, and a mail-order daylily business into the fall destination Knoxville families know today.
Ken shares the story behind launching the corn maze in 2001, how today’s elaborate maze designs are planted using GPS technology, and what it takes to prepare for the thousands of people who visit the farm each fall.
They also talk pumpkins…
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