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Zachary tried his hand at the slingshot, where he loaded an apple, pulled the slingshot back and fired at targets down the field.
His mother, Nicole, said Zachary and his older sister Mackenzie, 7, love what the farm offers.
"The kids did camp here this summer and absolutely loved it," she said. Nicole and husband, Rob, along with the children, moved to Wilton about a year ago.
She praised Ambler Farm for what it offers and for the chance for children to get a better understanding of the environment.
Gretchen DeMattia knows better than most what Ambler Farm has to offer to the community.
"It's a true treasure," said DeMattia, the past president of the Friends of the Ambler Farm, as she volunteered her time Sunday.
She's amazed at the fall festival's popularity.
"It has just grown into this unbelievable event," she said.
Her fellow volunteer, Florine Kruger, said the event attracts people from well beyond Wilton's town borders, noting she has talked with people who have visited the event from as far as Long Island, N.Y.
The town purchased 22 aces in 1999, one year after the death of Betty Ambler - the last of the Raymond-Ambler family to live at the farm.
The Friends of the Ambler Farm was created to celebrate Wilton's rural roots through educational programs, sustainable agriculture and historic preservation.
The farm has its own Director of Agriculture, Jonathan Kirschner. The site has gardens and offers a wide variety of fresh produce and flowers.
The event also drew a vendor that creates traditional brooms using broom corn.
Anne Hopkinson and Janelle Higdon said they couldn't face a lifetime of office jobs and jumped at the opportunity to take over the broom-making business of a man who was about to retire.
They said their traditionally made brooms appeal to people who are looking for something different and also want to support traditional crafts.
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