Image: L. Gomes / PML / Science World’s T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is the theme for this year's Chilliwack Corn Maze.
Chilliwack Corn Maze

Maze-goers will enjoy T. rex and a chicken design at this year’s Chilliwack Corn Maze

Aug 22, 2022 | 6:33 PM

CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Corn Maze at Greendale Acres isn’t short of education and fun this year, as it teamed up with Science World for this year’s designthe prehistoric dinosaur and a chicken.

One of six owners of Greendale Acres, Vanessa Oddy, explained the concept of the 24th Chilliwack Corn Maze.

“This year we partnered with Science World, which is super fun, and we placed a giant T. rex and a chicken in the maze,” Oddy said. “They share similar characteristics in their bone structures, and that makes the chicken the closest living relative to the T. rex.”

Image supplied by Greendale Acres / The 12-acre creation will feature Science World’s T. rex: The Ultimate Predator.

Oddy said in the maze, there are 12 questions to help propel people through.

“They’re all curated by Science World’s T. rex: The Ultimate Predator,” she remarked. “So, if you know your T. rex facts, you’ll get through super quickly and have no trouble, but if you don’t, you’ll just go in circles.”

There are two maze options available—a short maze and a long maze.

Image: L. Gomes / L. Gomes / There are two maze options available—a short maze and a long maze.

“Our short maze is more family-oriented, which is our T. rex this year,” Oddy elaborated. “It has a bridge in it; it’s about 15 to 20 minutes, and it’s always maintained to accommodate strollers and ensure accessibility. The long maze takes approximately half an hour to complete.”

Last October, the Chilliwack Corn Maze started something new called the Mud Maze.

“The short maze is always very well-kept with woodchips because in October it gets super rainy and muddy,” the part-owner of the family business said. “And then the long maze is known as our Mud Maze. It rains a lot in the Fraser Valley, there’s like a foot of mud at times, and we make a competition out of it.”

Greendale Acres has a lot more to offer than life-sized maze puzzles. It also boasts rows of lavender fields, sunflowers, zinnia gardens, and friendly farm animals.

Image: L. Gomes / PML / Zinnias at Greendale Acres.

“We have lots of great photo ops, a lot of families come and dress up, and we have our pumpkin patch in the fall, our apple orchard here,” Oddy said. “One of our brand promises is that we want guests to feel like they are friends and family, and we want people to create traditions here. I think it’s a place where people can gather, which is so lovely to see.”

For more information, people can visit https://shop.greendaleacres.ca/.

Image: L. Gomes / PML / Sisters who are part owners in the Greendale Acres family business / Left to right: Mariah Vermeer, Vanessa Oddy, and Danielle Miller.
Image: L. Gomes / PML / Aug. 22 / Greendale Acres.
Image: L. Gomes / PML / Aug. 22 / Greendale Acres.
Image: L. Gomes / PML / Vanessa Oddy, one of the owners of Greendale Acres, walking through the maze.