OMGosh! It’s so windy at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch, we must be closed on Friday, Oct. 3. All of our big cottonwoods are bending, and we are concerned about everyone’s safety. Please hold hands and help one another along today. Hopefully, the winds will die down and things will be brighter on Saturday! Take good care,…
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Papa Thanks Our Volunteer Magic Makers!
It takes several hundred volunteers to make the magic at Papa’s happen each fall. As we move into October, Papa and the family would like to publicly thank the volunteer “magic makers” who helped serve you — our guests — in September. From Sept. 14 through Sept. 30, there were 13 groups volunteering at Papa’s…
Papa’s Is Open and the Dust Is Gone the First Day of October
It’s a cool fall day at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch, and Papa plans to be open and ready for guests Wednesday, Oct. 1. We have a full day of class field trips and will be open to the public from 12-7 pm. Can you imagine? We have over 200 field trips booked this fall with well…
Papa’s Is Closing at 5:30 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 30
It is cold, raining and windy at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch. Papa is closing the gates for the evening at 5:30 pm. today. Please check back — we hope to be open at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 1! Take good care, Papa
We’re Working on a Bountiful Harvest at Papa’s!
Almost daily, Papa is receiving more favorites from the fields as harvest is underway. On Monday night, we unloaded New Moon (large white) pumpkins, Wee Bee Little pumpkins, Snow Balls (small whites), a wide variety of gourds and Lunch Ladies, and decorative corn. Many of you have been waiting patiently for the corn, and it…
The Squash Are Arriving!
A cooler, wetter August has made for a late harvest at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch. That means almost daily we are getting more produce. Today, we unloaded our most popular varieties of squash: buttercup and spaghetti. We also have acorn squash, and we expect to get hubbard, carnival, butternut and turban in the next two weeks….
