Local Pumpkin Patches Offer Fall Flavor

In time for fall, here is a look at some of the area's pumkpin patches, starting with Plymouth Meeting's Maple Acres Farm.

Maple Acres has a wide selection of big pumpkins, perfect for carving. There are also smaller pumpkins and mini pumpkins available, all the sizes you need to decorate your house for Halloween and the fall season.

To entertain the kids, and for some pictures, there is hay set up on the back of a tractor’s trailer for kids to play on. This entertained my niece, and the other kids at the farm, for a while.

You can also pick up some hay barrels to take home, corn stalks and Halloween decorations to complete the look you’re going for.

There are also fresh picked apples from Maple Acres fields, and plenty of fresh produce and meats.

Maple Acres Farm is not the only pumpkin patch in the area. Check out these local Montgomery County pumpkin patches for fall family fun:

Maple Acres Farm

• 2656 Narcissa Rd., Plymouth Meeting
• Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Daily
• Pick up some of local apples plus fresh apple cider. Fields of pumpkins come in almost any shape, size, and color.

Merrymead Farm

• 222 Valley Forge Rd., Lansdale
• Mon. - Sat. 8AM - 9PM
• Sun. 12PM - 9PM

Harvest Days run Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

• Harvest Days run every weekend through Oct. 30
• 5 Acre Corn Maze, 700 ft. Cornstalk Tunnel, Pumpkin Painting, Wagon Rides for children, hayrides around the farm.
• Pumpkin patch and fresh cider donuts.

• St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
• 654 N Easton Rd., Glenside
• Open thru Oct. 30
• Tuesday thru Thursday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes.

Freddy Hill Farms

• 1440 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale, PA
• Monday thru Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Just one mile south of the Lansdale exit of the Pennsylvania turnpike
• Pumpkin Patch, pig races, cornstalk maze, mini golf and gourmet ice cream.

• 1262 Limekiln Pike, Prospectville, PA
• Friday afternoons in October. Rides leave at 4, 4:30 and 5pm        
  A 20 minute hayride with the option to get off and pick a pumpkin in the patch and run through the mazes.
• Saturdays and Sundays during the month of October - 10am - 5pm
  A 20 minute hayride around the farm with the option to get off the hayride and pick-your-own pumpkin. Corn maze, hay maze, and obstacle course can be enjoyed out at the patch as well

Whitemarsh Fall Pumpkin Festival

• October 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Victory Field, Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School
• Hayrides, pumpkin decorating contest, face painting, costume contest and parade, bingo, games, carnival rides and inflatables, a Homerun Derby, and a King of the Grill cook-off contest!
• Free Admission. Tickets needed for rides and games

• October 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• The Harvest Festival features contests, health fair, live entertainment and music, amusements, food and more.