This page provides a detailed list of Southern California's pumpkin patches, corn mazes, hay rides and other Halloween farm stuff!!   Just scroll down this page! Some are farms, where you take a hay ride out into the field, others are elaborate farm stands with mountains of pumpkins and other activities and some are simple roadside stands.  All should have loads of pumpkins to choose from.  To really make it fun for  your kids, look for those that have the extra activities, like a corn maze, spook house, or hayride.  There is usually a small fee for the mazes (of course, the  more elaborate mazes tend to charge more. Hayrides are often free. ALWAYS call before you go to confirm all information, they don't always report changes to me!

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• How to EASILY carve a beautiful Jack-O-Lantern, fully illustrated!
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On our Pick-your-own website, we also have pages with our own simple instructions on canning, freezing and drying  many other fruits and vegetables, such as  how to make jam, apple butter, applesauce, spaghetti sauce, salsa, pickles, ketchup or freezing corn  (these links open new pages, just close them to return here).   Be sure to come back at Christmas if you are looking for a cut-your-own Christmas tree farm!   Look at the bottom of the page for links to resources on home canning, picking tips, recipes, etc..

I'm always looking for more to add and feedback about any patch, stand or farm you have visited, so write me using the Feedback form!  And if you have a farm and want to add it or correct the information, please click on Add My Farm!

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Southern California's Pumpkin Patches, Corn Mazes, Hay Rides and More, by County

Kern County (Bakersfield area)

• Dries Farms - Apples and Raspberries
  22710 Highline Road, Tehachapi, CA. Phone: 661-823-9829. Open: Wednesday through Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm; Closed Monday and Tuesday.
• Knaus Ranch - apples
  Cherry Lane and Tucker Road, Tehachapi, CA. Phone: 661-822-4142.  U-pick apples, gourmet olives, crafts, apple peelers, apple and pumpkin butter.
• Murray Family Farm - Pumpkins and Gourds, Winter Veggies,  Arachnotastic Spider Maize, Petting Zoo, Hayride (including a small pumpkin chosen from the field), Arachno-attach Gourd Spider Craft,pumpkin patch, hayrides
  6700 General Beale Road, Bakersfield, CA 93307. Phone: 661-330-0100. All for just $8.00 per Person. Hay Wagon ride around the farm. Get ready to make your Halloween jack-o-lantern and find your perfect pumpkin in the Pumpkin Patch. Your FUN-RIDE on the wagon is $3 per person which also includes the FREE small pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch. Open: OCTOBER HOURS : Sun-Thur: 9:00am – 6:00pm; Fri-Sat: 9:00am – 9:00pm; REGULAR HOURS : Mon-Fri: 9:00am – 6:00pm; Saturday: 9:00am – 6:00pm; Sunday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
• Tehachapi Organics U-Pick Farm - Apples, apricots, blackberries, Christmas trees, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums
  21658 Highline Road, Tehachapi, CA 93561. Phone: 661 823-8058. Email us at: Beautifulday4all@direcway.com. Directions: Tehachapi Organics U-Pick Farm 21658 Highline Road Tehachapi, CA 93561 661 823-8058 west end of Highline Road - 2.5 miles west of Tucker Road - south side of road - between Descanso & Banducci watch for our signs - up when fruit is ready Click here for a map to our farm. We are open June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Our hours are: Daylight hours, signs are up indicating fruit is ready for picking (no signs = we are closed) We have a 36 varieties of fruit trees including: June - Cherries (7 varieties) - Black Tartarian, Bing, Rainer, Vans, Lambert, Lapins, Montmorency July - Plums (2 varieties) - Shiro, Friar July - Apricots (1 variety) - Tilton August - Peaches (7 varieties) - Red Globe, Loring, Suncrest, Redskin, Elberta, JH Hale, O'Henry August - Nectarines (5 varieties) - Firebrite, Sunglo, Redgold, Fantasia, Flavortop August - Plums (2 varieties) - Duarte, Santa Rosa September and October-November - Apples (12 varieties) - Gravestein, Pacific Gala, Spartan, NW Greening, Golden Delicious, Early Red Delicious, Jonagold, Winter Banana, Mutsu, Red Rome, Red Fuji, Granny Smith Christmas tree cutting starts the day after Thanksgiving - $25 any size tree, cut your own - saws provided. u-pick self serve for detailed information on our fruit varieties please visit our website.

Los Angeles

• A BarnYard Party.com - , pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours, events at your location (call for info)
  We Come To Where The Party Or Event Is, Any Where In California. Phone: 562 394 7456. Email: ponypals4@earthlink.net. Open: All year. We can do church and school events any day of the week Soon to have wagon rides with our pony. We dress ponies for each holiday Payment: Cash, only. Animals have been in movies. We will take money orders for deposit and cash at the party or event Thank You
• Calabasas Pumpkin Festival - HELD ONLY ON October 20 & 21 (in 2007), pumpkins, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, face painting, petting zoo
  3701 Lost Hills Road, Calabasas, CA 91320. Phone: 919-222-5680. Email us at: artcouncil@cityofcalabasas.com. Directions: 101 Freeway Exit Lost Hills Road in Calabasas And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Sunday, October 22nd 10 am to 5pm Sunday October 22nd 2nd Annual Calabasas Pumpkin Festival Payment: Cash, only. Child rides, classic car show, food, beer, live stage entertainment, pumpkin patch, pumpkin carving, touch a truck exhibit and much more!
• Calypso Farms - pumpkin patch and many events and activities - see the website for the calendar (NOTE: Sept 1, 2005: Their website is down - has anyone heard if they have closed?)
  4225 Escondido Canyon Road, Acton, CA 93510-1610. Phone and Fax: 661-269-3657. Toll Free: 877-301-5867.
• Cottone & Sons Pumpkins & Christmas Trees - pumpkins
  3720 Pacific Coast Highway, Torrance CA 90501. Phone: 310-375-6373.
• Faulkner Farm Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch, hayrides, pony rides, mini train
  14292 W. Telegraph Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060. Phone: 866-321-9995. Open daily, 10 am to 5:30pm, Cost: Varies according to activities. Takes major credit cards, but bring cash for food and face painting. Email: farminfo@faulknerfarm.com Open: Four Weekends in October, Saturdays & Sundays,  October Four Weekends in October - Saturdays & Sundays 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 27-28 from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. Acres of bright orange pumpkins, a giant sunflower forest for the kids, towering hay pyramids, hay rides with historic information about the area, farm animals, pony rides, mini train rides, face painting, a country store, delicious food and great entertainment.
• Forneris Farms - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, child-sized haybale maze, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, tractor-pulled hay rides
  15200 Rinaldi Street (1/4 mile east of Sepulveda Blvd. on Rinaldi), Mission Hills, CA 91311. Phone: (818) 730-7709. Email us at: fornerisfarms@socal.rr.com. Directions: Located in the San Fernando Valley 20 minutes north of Los Angeles,just off the 405, take Rinaldi Street Exit. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in April through December. Open: Farm Market and Pumpkin Patch open daily 10am to 6 pm in October. Cornfield Maze, Tractor-pulled Train Ride,Farm Frolic Area, Antique tractors and cars, Farm Animals, open Mon to Fri, 3pm to 5pm, Weekends 10 am to 5pm. Gates close at 6pm daily, except last week of October call for late night (818) 730-7709. Visit our outdoor Farm Market featuring fresh picked vine ripened produce on a daily basis...taste the difference! Payment: Cash, only. Special guest appearance, Leasehold Jug Band, Sunday October 22. Call (818) 730-7709 for more information or see our website!
• Great Pumpkin Fest at Cal Poly Pomona - pumpkin festival
  Cal Poly Pomona, Agriscapes building 211 (the farm store), 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768. Phone: 909-869-2215. Email: publicaffair@csupomona.edu. Directions: take the 10 West and exit Kellogg, there will be pumpkin signs that lead the way to the festival. Park in lot D (across the street from the pumpkin patch). Open: Saturday October 21, 2006 and Sunday October 22nd from 8 am to 5 pm.  Pick your own pumpkins from their HUGE pumpkin patch. Bring a wagon if you have one because carrying the pumpkins from the patch to your car can be heavy! Students from the College of Agriculture plant and care for the crop until it’s ready for harvest in October. Most pumpkins are priced at $4 each, and visitors often bring gloves, shears and perhaps a wagon for their chance to pick a great pumpkin. The festival also offers a petting zoo ($1), insect fair ($4 adults, $3 kids and 2 and under free) , horse rides (not sure on this yet), Saturday pancake breakfast ($4), entertainment and games. Also, there will be food, game booths, a petting zoo, music and much more. Pumpkins range from softball to basketball size. Pumpkin Festival admission is free, the popular Insect Fair, featuring educational displays and demonstrations, will run concurrently. Insect Fair admission is $4 for adults, $3 for children under 12, and children 2 and under are free. Phone: 909-869-2215.
• Halloween Harvest Festival/Rob & Cathy's Christmas Trees - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, corn maze, haunted corn maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, , prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  20800 Victory Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. Phone: 818 999-6300. Fax: 818 700-9720. Email: info@HalloweenHarvestFestival.com. Directions: From 118, exit at DeSoto, Head South on DeSoto for about 6 miles, Turn left at Victory Blvd, Turn Right immediately after your turn into the Halloween Harvest Festival. From 101, exist at DeSoto, Head North on DeSoto for about 2 miles, Turn Right at Victory Blvd, Turn Right immediately after your turn into the Halloween Harvest Festival. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October, November, December. Open: Fall: October 1 to October 31, Sunday through Thursday 10am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to Midnight Christmas Trees: Day after Thanksgiving through December 24, Sunday through Saturday 10am to 10pm. Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Nordman Christmas Trees also available. We offer delivery of your Christmas Tree. We offer custom flocking of your Christmas Tree.
• JL Farms Pumkin Patch - melons, pumpkin patch-pick in the field
  7651 E Avenue U, littlerock, CA 93543. Email us at: Jlfarms@sbcglobal.net. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Saturday 9am to 5pm Sunday 9am to 4pm Payment: Cash, only.
• Kenny O Design - flowers, pumpkins, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, prepicked produce, gift shop
  7353 Clybourn av, sun valley, CA 91352. Phone: 818-759-7159. Fax: 818-759-7166. Email us at: kennyodesign@sbcglobal.net. Directions: 5 freeway north to Sunland Blvd south to Valerio make left to Clybourn av. we are located the corner of Valerio and Clybourn And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Tuesday thru Sunday 9 am to 5 pm Friday open till 7 pm Sunday hours are 10 am to 4 pm call for extended holiday hours October thru December pumpkin patch is open October 6 thru October 31 flower shop and nursery are open year round. cut flowers and arrangements available year round Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, AmEx. tropical plants, bedding plants, banana trees, hanging baskets, indoor and outdoor plants
• Lombardi Ranch - pumpkins
  29527 Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus, CA. Phone: 661-296-8697. Email: joann@c-s.net. Activities from September 25 through Halloween. Bands perform most weekends, youth groups build Halloween tableaus for Scarecrow Alley, and visitors grab wagons to haul pumpkins.
Our hours are Monday through Saturday 9:00am to 6:00pm, Sundays and holidays 9:00am to 5:00pm. Our months of operation are from approximately mid-August to mid-November.  Location & Contact Information
• Lopez Pumpkin Patch -  pumpkins, entertainment
  Corner of 3rd and Fairfax Ave, in the heart of the Hollywood/Beverly Hills area, CA. Phone: 213.949.6880 Mr. Charlie Lopez, carries on his 40 year tradition again with his pumpkins and larger than life fiberglass jack-o-lantern for kids to play in -- a PICTURE PERFECT photo op. CHANGO makes a comeback this year, AGAIN, sparking interest from all ages -- COME SEE CHANGO! Starting October 1st.
• Lost Adventures Corn Maze at Woodley Park - corn maze  - Anyone know more about this one, like a phone number, website or email address? Write me!
  6335 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, CA.
• Mr Bones Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch, Pony rides
  702 N. Doheny Dr., Beverly Hills, CA. Phone: 310-276-9827 and
  310-276-9827.  Open: 9-8pm, Oct. 7-31. Pony rides every day except Monday, 10:30-6pm.
• Nancy's Ranch - Pumpkins, related seasonal produce, Christmas trees and related items
  25039 Magic Mountain Pkwy, Valencia, CA, 91355. Phone: 661-255-6943. Phone: 661-255-6943. Email: NancyRanch@aol.com. Open: October - December, 10 am to 8pm weekdays; Sat & Sun 9am to 8pm. Directions: one quarter mile east of the Magic Mountain Pkwy, Interstate 5 junction in Santa Clarita
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• PA's Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch, rides
  6701 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90803. Phone: (562) 596-7741. Directions: on PCH, near PCH and 2nd street, across the street from Wild Oats. Rides for little kids and a petting zoo. There is a little train ride, a carousel and a tank of water that has one-person boat rides for little kids. It is kind of like bumper cars in a pool of water. And of course, loads of pumpkins.
• The Pumpkin Patch at Santa Fe Dam - pumpkins , hayrides, moon bounce, haunted house 
  15501 East Arrow Highway, Baldwin Park, CA 91706. Phone: 626-334-6555. Fax: 805-650-7771. Email: wheelfunrentals@yahoo.com. Directions: Located where the 605 and 210 Freeways meet. From the 605 freeway, exit Live Oak Avenue. Head East on Arrow Highway. Turn left into the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area. Located by parking lot 4. Right on the Lake! And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Open 7AM to 7PM Saturday and Sunday. Open weekdays by reservation for groups/schools. Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard. There are farm-grown pumpkins, harrowing haunted house, ghoulish games for the kids, a jack-o-lantern jumper, fall hay rides, creepy carriage rides and the coolest weekly costume contests! Of course, there will also be plenty of our unique multi passenger cycles, paddle boats and kayaks available to rent at special prices. Don’t forget your camera! There are several spots setup for photo opportunities. If you get hungry, the best carnival food will be only steps away, including candied apples to satisfy your sweet tooth and refreshing drinks to wash it all down! Guaranteed fun for the whole group!
• Santa Monica Farmers' Market - One-day pumpkin sale
  Wednesday Farmers Market, 2nd St at Arizona Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401-3126. Phone: 310-458-8712.  The state's largest farmers' market opens its "All-You-Can-Carry Pumpkin Patch" is held on Wednesday October 31st ONLY - it takes place at the Wednesday Farmers Market, from 8:30 am - 11:30 am (or until the pumpkins are gone.)
• Shawn's Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, face painting, birthday parties
  2300 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Phone: 310-621=8419. Fax: N/A. Email: shawnstrees@hotmail.com. Directions: Coming from the 405 Freeway, exit on Wilshire Blvd. going west, towards the beach, until you hit 23rd Street. Our pumpkin patch will be on the left side. Or, take the 10 Freeway towards the beach, (West) and exit on Cloverfield going North (it only goes North off the Freeway) . Drive until it becomes a dead end (only about four blocks), which is Santa Monica Blvd., make a left on Santa Monica Blvd. and an immediate right. That will be 23rd Street. Our pumpkin patch will be at the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and 23rd Street. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Monday to Saturday - 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 Am to 7:00 PM. Opening October 17, 2007 to October 31, 2007. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. Our pumpkin patch has a bouncer, a ball house, face painting (certain hours only), a huge variety of pumpkins, gourds, squashes, bales of hay ( to sell or rent), corn stocks, etc. We carry a large selection of carving tools and carving kits. We also rent our pumpkin patch for parties (for kids and adult parties)
• Tapia Bros. - Pumpkin patch in October with some animals to see, hay climbing structures, things for kids to take pictures on, etc
  Corner of Burbank Blvd. and Hayvenhurst Ave, Encino (San Fernando Valley), CA, 91436. Open every day I believe. During pumpkin patch weekends, sell roasted corn and have a picnic area.. Popular farm stand in the middle of the city during the rest of the year; known for their tomatoes and corn.
• Do you know of any other pumpkin patches that are within an hour or so of Los Angeles?  If you do, tell me about them using the Feedback form!  Thanks!!!!!  
  

Orange County

• Irvine Park Railroad - UTrain Rides, pumpkin patch, costume contest (ages 0 to 12), hayrides, pumpkin moon bounce, hay maze, haunted house, pony rides, picture stands, pumpkin weigh off, petting zoo, pony rides, face painting (weekends only) and a lot more.  Irvine Park Railroad is located at 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA 92862. Phone: (714) 997-3968. Email us at: info@irvineparkrr.com. Directions: click here.  Open: September 22, 2007 to October 31, 2007 -- weekdays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and weekends 10:00 am - 6:00 pm.  Costs are as follows:  Train rides - $4.00 per person, Moon bounce - $4.00 per ticket, Hay rides - $4.00 per person, Face painting (weekends only) - $4.00 per painting, The Orange County Zoo - $2.00 per person over 3 years old. Costume Contest: Saturday, October 27, 2007 (all contestants must be in by 11:00 am; winners will be announced at 12:00 pm).  All children who enter the contest will get a FREE train ride ad the end of the day for the costume parade.  Food, from hot dogs and hamburgers to cotton candy and fresh popped pop corn. All of the county fair favorites are there and are just waiting to be eaten. Plenty of benches to enjoy the perfect family picnic and are spread throughout the Pumpkin Patch!  Irvine Park Railroad welcomes schools and groups!  Call about weekday group rates! Parking Fee for Irvine Regional Park: Weekdays $3.00 per vehicle and weekends $5.00 per vehicle.

• Johnson Brothers Pumpkins & Christmas Trees - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, , gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, face painting, pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  15670 Jeffery Road S. W. Corner of Jeffery Rd & Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618. Phone: 949 733-0650. Email: info@johnsonbros.net. Directions: From the 405 or 5 freeways, take Jeffery Road exit. We are on Jeffery Road between the 405 and 5 freeway at Irvine Center Drive, next to Irvine Valley College.. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in October, November, December. Open: 7 days, 9 am to 9 pm. Pumpkin Patch is open Oct 1st to the 31st. The Christmas tree lot opens Thanksgiving day, until December 23rd. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Full service, selling fresh wreaths & garland, custom flocking, color flocking (blue, pink, green, purple, Santa dust). We are officially licensed Calif. Fire Marshall flame retarding applicator. Loading & tying, Christmas music. Tree stands & mistletoe. All trees displayed in water. Delivery/Removal service. Tree shakers to remove loose needles. Tree baler/netting. Fresh cut on every tree. Commercial/Business accounts welcome. Personal checks accepted as well as Visa, Master Card, American Express & Discover. Order by phone, we Deliver. We are what you're looking for. Satisfaction guaranteed.

• Laguna Hills Mall - pumpkins
  24155 Laguna Hills Mall Road, Laguna Hills. Phone; (949-586-8282.  Pumpkin City's annual patch in the mall's parking lot.  There is a petting zoo throughout October. Despite being in a parking lot asphalt location, it's a fun atmosphere for families with carnival rides, game booths, and live music.
• Lost Adventures Corn Maze - corn maze - I'm pretty sure they must have closed a few years ago - there's no trace of them today. - 23452 Knollwood, Aliso Viejo, CA.
• Peltzer Farms, Inc - Pumpkins and gourds, pig races, corn maze, pony rides, Christmas Tree farm. UPDATE September 15, 2006: This location is closed. They relocated and opened in Temecula Wine Country.Click here for their new listing
  8415 E Chapman Ave, Orange, CA, 92864.
• Pumpkinpalooza at Zoomars - petting zoo, pumpkins and hay maze
  31791 Los Rios, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Phone: 949 831-6550. Email: carolyn@zoomars.com. Directions: Click here for directions. Open: the whole month of October from 10:00 to 6:30 daily (the petting zoo closes at 5 pm). 200 Admission: It is 25 cents to enter.  Restrooms and a picnic area, they accept credit cards. A home town pumpkin patch located at Zoomars Petting Zoo in the old historic part of San Juan Capistrano. There is a craft section, games, pumpkins, gourds, cornstalks, a Hay Maze, a train table and sand box - Kettle Corn and much more.  |    
• Tanaka Farms - pumpkins, strawberries
  5380 three quarters University Drive, Irvine, California 92612. Phone: 949-653-2100. Fax: 949-653-9050. Email us at: TanakaFarms@tanakafarms.com . Directions: 405 freeway, take the University Drive off-ramp, south one half mile to Strawberry Farms Road. Farm and Produce stand is on the left. Click here for a map to our farm. and another map is here. We are open Mid-March through October 31st., Mon thru Friday 9am to 5:30pm, Saturday & Sunday 9am to 5pm. Open again Thanksgiving Weekend for Christmas Trees. The produce stand is open all year around seven days a week 9 am to 5 pm

Riverside County

• Big Horse Feed Corn Maze - UPDATE October 14, 2007: A visitor reports that "Big Horse is now graded for development."
  corn maze, hay rides, scarecrow making, Pumpkin Patch, Scout Patch, Pony Rides, Moon Bounce, Face Painting, Balloon Animals, Photo Stops, Farm Animals, Corn Box, Corn Tunnel and more.
  33320 Hwy 79, Temecula, CA 92592. Phone: (909) 676-2544. Email: rosecorona@bighorsefeed.com. Directions: Conveniently located off the I-15 Indio/79 Exit; 3.7 Miles East on the Corner of Butterfield Stage Road and Highway 79. Open: October 6th to 31st, Monday-Friday from 1pm to 5 pm, Saturday-Sunday from 10am to 5 pm; Last trip into Maze is 4:00pm. Children under 2 years old Free, Scout/Group Price Call 951.551.8818, Educational Call 951.303.8177. Have you ever made a Scarecrow? Well here is your chance while supplies last. Be creative with old clothes and stuffing for your designer scarecrow, fun or scary scarecrow. $3.00 per Scarecrow or bring your own old clothes for $1.00 per Scarecrow. Old Fashioned Farm Days - October 21nd & 22rd, featuring hands on demonstrations and exhibits of Butter Making, Blacksmithing, Wool Spinning and Sheep Sheering. Enjoy all kinds of farm activities for the whole family. Old Fashioned Carnival Days - October 28th &29. This is our Non-profit weekend: We invite non-profit groups to create a carnival booth to raise money for their organization. FUN Activities for every weekend! Field Trips: Please call Rose Lunn at:(951)303.8177 for inquires regarding ALL field trips and group events.
• Mid Hill Dairy (aka, Get Lost LLC). - corn maze UPDATE October 14, 2007: A visitor reports that "Mid Hill is still a pretty dairy, but no signage to welcome visitors. We looked it over and doesn't have corn growing.
  13000 Citrus Street, Corona, CA 92880. Phone: (909) 371-4045. Directions: The Mid Hill Dairy is owned by the Van  Leeuwen family and is located on the south east corner of Cleveland and Citrus caddy-corner from Eleanor Roosevelt High School.
• Peltzer Farms - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, corn maze, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, farm animals, birthday parties, school tours
  39925 Calle Contento, Temecula, CA 92559. Phone: 951-695-1115. Fax: 951-695-1117. Email: carriepeltzer@cs.com. Directions: see website Open: Open Sept 29th to Oct 31st 9 am- 8 pm Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard.
• Providence Farm - tractor-pulled hay rides, Honey from hives on the farm, prepicked produce, gift shop, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties
  40376 Brookside Avenue, Cherry Valley, CA 92223. Phone: (951) 845-1210. Fax: (9510 845-1210. Email: mycherryfarm@yahoo.com. Directions: From Los Angeles, take either the 60 Fwy East or the 10 Fwy East. Exit off the 10 Fwy on Beaumont Avenue. Turn left and head north on Beaumont. Turn right on Brookside Avenue. From Palm Springs, tkae the 10 fwy West and exit onto Highland Springs Blvd. Turn right and travel north on Highland Springs Blvd. until you reach the country club. Turn left onto Brookside Avenue. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September. Open: Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 5 pm. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, only. We are a small, family owned farm. We sustainably grow wall of our crops and never use any chemicals. Weeds are controlled with our sheep and pests with natural predation. We also harvest and sell Asian pears, Shiro plums, Meyer Lemons, English walnuts, Fuji apples, apricots, a variety of fresh and dry herbs, farm fresh eggs, honey, and smoking chips in our country stand. An admission fee applies during the cherry season. Hold your next private outdoor function at our farm.  Below are examples of some of the events Providence Farm hosts. Parties - When you celebrate a birthday at Providence farm, you and your guests will enjoy a country ambience complete with hay rides for you and your guests and interaction with farm animals.  Your reservation ($100 minimum) will provide you with use of two picnic tables for up to 15 guests for two hours.  Additional guests $6 each.  Extra options available include a clown, treat bags, fruit picking experience, and more.  Please call or email to inquire. Special Events - Providence Farm provides you and your guests with a fun, relaxed country atmosphere.  Providence Farm has hosted weddings, anniversary parties, and community barbecues, all customized.  Let us know how we can help make your next event a memorable one.
• The Pumpkin Factory LLC - Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins, Precut Christmas trees, Christmas wreaths and boughs, Mistletoe, Christmas-themed park, Santa appearances, trees bagged, trees tied, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, child-sized haybale maze, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo
  1545 Circle City Drive, Corona, CA 92879. Phone: 805.689.4659. Email us at: reactress@yahoo.com. Directions: Corona is off the 15 south Magnolia exit - 1 exit from the 91frwy (by Coco's) Anaheim is off the 91 Harbor/Lemon exit (in front of Lowe's) Both are freeway frontage property Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in October, December. Open: Monday - Thursday 10-9; Fri. 10-10; Sat 9-10; Sunday 9-9 (corona); Monday - Thursday 2-9; Fri. 12-10; Sat 9-10; Sunday 9-9 Pumpkin Patch is open last Thursday in September to 5pm on October 31st. There are 12 rides, full snack bar, ponies, costumes, face painting, petting zoo, arcade where everyone wins, contests, fieldtrips, etc.. Also another huge location at 1520 N. Lemon Street in Anaheim, CA Orange County USA - Tree lot opens day after Thanksgiving to December 23rd Payment: Cash, Check. We have huge inflatable slides and bounces. An ATV ride, halloween costumes (1st year)
  Christmas tree varieties:
  PreCut varieties: Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, Grand Fir, Noble Fir.
• The Wickerd Farm - Pumpkins, honey, Christmas trees
  26852 Scott Road, Menifee, CA, 92584. Phone: 909-672-3020 or 909-679-5910. Open: December, 10 - 6. Seasonal Farmers Market call to see if it's in progress. Indian Pow Wow before Vetran's Day weekend (call for exact dates). Tipi Village Camp. Directions: From the 215 freeway in Menifee take the Scott Rd exit. Go west 1 mile. From the I-5 in Lake Elsinore exit Bundy Canyon Rd, go east 6 miles.

San Bernardino County

• Fraziers U-Pick Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze - pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, corn maze, gift shop, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, farm animals, school tours
  19773 Bear Valley Rd., Apple Valley, CA 92308. Phone: 760-247-8423. Email: farmingfraziers@aol.com. Directions: Interstate 15 north, towards Victorville (or Las Vegas), to Bear Valley Rd. Go east on Bear Valley Rd (approx. 7 miles). Go past Apple Valley Rd, and the Pumpkin Patch is on the right side of the road (approx. 1 mile) **Map Quest is helpful! And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Open everyday from Oct. 13 to October 31, 2007 Open daily at 9 a.m. close at dusk (typically 7 p.m....no later) Free parking and admission No Pets, please! OCTOBER, only Payment: Cash, Check. We also have dried gourds and finished gourds. The corn maze is created out of field (feed) corn. It is not for humans to eat (that would be sweet corn) For tours (youth groups only) call Della at 760-247-8423.
• Greenspot Farms - Apples, other berries, pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, corn maze, haunted corn maze, straw or hay bale maze, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo
  10133 Ward Wy., Mentone, CA 92359. Phone: 909 794-7653. Directions: From I-10 in Redlands Take university off ramp go left to Lugonia right to Ward Wy. about 4 miles go right on Ward Wy. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in May, October, November, December. Open: Monday to Sunday 8 am to 6 pm. Haunted hayride last 2 weekends of October.Evenings only. Payment: Cash, Check.
• Julian Mining Company - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, , Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises)
  4444 Orchard Land & Hwy 78, Julian , CA 92036. Phone: 909 499 1611. Email: julianminingcompany@aol.com. Directions: From San Diego take 78 East toward Julian. We are a located 3 miles east of Julian on Left hand side btw Orfila Winery and Spencer Valley School. Click here for a map and directions. Click here for picking updates. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October. Open: Weekends throughout the fall and Christmas season; Call for times and availability 909 499 1611. Raspberries and Olallieberries July-October, Pumpkins October-November, U-Press Apple Cider September 15 pm to December 1, Corn June-October. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check. Julian Mining Company also offers various living history tours and field trips such as the California Gold Rush, Civil War Adventure, Native American tour, and Creation Science tours. For those that 'drop by' a bag of mining rough can be purchased and used at the extensive sluice box, Gold Panning trough, or 'rockers' to reveal gold and other semi-precious gems and minerals. Other activities include tomahawk throwing and archery.
• Live Oak Canyon Ranch - pumpkins, Christmas trees
  32335 Live Oak Canyon Road, Redlands. Phone: 909-795-8733. Email: gregg@liveoakcanyon.com. Directions: Corner of Interstate 10 and Live Oak Canyon Rd in Redlands/Yucaipa Area. Open: Pumpkin Patch: September 24-October 31, 7 days a week, 9am-6pm. Christmas Trees: Nov 15-Dec 21, 7 days a week, 9am-5pm. The hay ride takes you around the farm but does not drop you of to pick pumpkins. There are also Christmas trees growing there, and the children's area sells tickets for pony rides, giant slides, and a petting zoo where goats "walk the plank" for food. We have huge selection of gifts and decorations for both Fall and Christmas.
• Riley's Farm & Orchard - Apples, cherries, corn (sweet), olallieberries, pears, peaches, pumpkins, raspberries, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, prepicked produce, tractor-pulled hay rides
  12261 S. Oak Glen Road, Oak Glen, CA 92399. Phone: 909-797-7534. Fax: 909-790-2552. Email us at: info@rileysfarm.com. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in June, July, August, September, October, November. Open: Monday - Saturday 10 am to 5 pm. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Living History, Revolutionary War and Civil War field trips, Banquets, Dances, General Store
• Rileys At Los Rios Rancho - follows organic methods, pumpkins, Pick-your-own apples, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, horse-drawn hay rides, tractor-pulled hay rides, Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises), prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, petting zoo, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  39611 Oak Glen Road, Oak Glen, CA 92399. Phone: 909-797-1005. Fax: 909-797-2207. Email: info@losriosrancho.com. Directions: From the I-10 Freeway Exit Yucaipa Blvd and go north Make a Left onto Oak Glen Road Follow Oak Glen Road to Los Rios Rancho. Click here for a map and directions. Crops are usually available in July, August, September, October, November, December. Open: 7 Days a Week, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Raspberries: Late July through 1st frost Apples: August - November Pumpkins: Late September - end of October Chestnuts: November - December Pears: August - September. We follow organic methods, but are not yet certified. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. Supper Shows and Hoedowns Apple Butter Hoedown Currier and Ives Christmas Dinner and Dance Chuckwagon Supper Shows. (UPDATED: May 28, 2008)
• Riley's Log Cabin Farm - U-Pick Apples, Raspberries, U-Press Cider, Hayrides, Bakery, BBX, Archery/Tomahawks, Living history & Hoedowns
  12201 South Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa, CA 92399. Phone: (909) 797-4061. Open: weekends from 10-4 from August through November (fall) and May-June (spring). We are closed on Mondays. See this page for hours and directions.
• Snow-Line Orchards - Raspberry PYO.
  39400 Oak Glen Rd, Yucaipa, CA. Phone: 909-797-3415. Hours Open: 9:00 to 5:00 seven days a week mid-August to mid-December. (Snow-Line we open for the season on Labor Day weekend; August 30th) E-mail:snow-line.com,  mail to: scotth@pe.net, E-mail Linda:  linda@snow-line.com, E-mail Scott: scott@snow-line.com, E-mail Mert:  mert@snow-line.com

San Diego County

• American Barnyard Company - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, petting zoo
  2115 Miller Ave., Escondido, CA 92025. Phone: (619) 291-2473. Email us at: americanbarnyardcompany@cox.net. Directions: From I-15 Take Felicita exit and go East on Citricado Pkwy. to Miller Ave. Go left on Miller Ave. and take immediate left into parking lot. Click here for a map to our farm. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Tuesday to Friday, 12-6, Saturday and Sunday, 10-6 Closed Monday Open April-October Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard.
• Apple Lane Orchard - apples
  2641 Apple Lane, Julian, CA  Phone: 760-765-2645  
• Bates Nut Farm- pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, straw or hay bale maze, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, face painting, pony rides, petting zoo
  15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center, CA 92082. Phone: 760-749-3333. Fax: 760-749-9499. Email us at: info@batesnutfarm.biz. Directions: We are located approximately 12 miles east of Escondido, CA. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December. Open: Bates Nut Farm is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm except Thanksgiving and Christmas. A 40+ year tradition, the Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch is held October 1st -- 31st. Bates Nut Farm is open year round, except Thanksgiving and Christmas. We offer a wide selection of nuts, dried fruit, candy, homemade fudge and gourmet food items. We specialize in gift baskets and ship anywhere in the USA. You will enjoy our picnic area and farm zoo too! Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard. In October, Family Fun on the Farm includes pony rides, bounce, facepainting, BBQ, live music and more! Craft Fair October 1 & 2; Fine Arts Faire October 8 & 9; Scarecrow Contest on October 8; Costume Parade & Contest on October 29. Please check website for details and events throughout the year. One reader reports: "This is the best place to go for pick your own pumpkins. They have everything you could want from Big Macs (100+ pound pumpkins) to small decorative gourds, hay bales and corn stalks are also for sale. Year round, they have a wonderful store filled with nuts, candies and cute hand made items and small animals for the kids to feed. During pumpkin season they have a hay maze, pony rides, petting zoo, tractor rides, face painting, bounce houses, many, many activities. And the first 2 weekends in October they have an arts and crafts festival that is enormous. This is truly the most fun family outing!! I go there every year with my kids! Please add!"  Another visitor writes:  (October 18, 2005): "I just wanted to RAVE about the fun my family had at the Bates Nut Farm Pumpkin Festival.  There were so many activities, food was great and the pumpkins, WOW, so many to choose from.  I have a 3 year old son and he did not want to come home, we will definitely return next year. Thanks for taking the time to have this website available to people.  It helped us."
• Bar 2 Ranch -  Pick your own fruits 
  14797 Hwy 76, Pauma Valley, CA 92061. Phone: 760-742-3614. Their web site has disappeared, so call before you go!
• Country Berry Farm - blackberries, boysenberries, pumpkins, strawberries, tomatoes
  1798 Keyes Rd, Ramona, CA 92065. Phone: 760-789-3257. Email us at: gardnsr4me@yahoo.com. Directions: Hwy 67: Turn right on 10th Street. Left on Hanson Lane. Right Keyes Rd. Hwy 78: At Main St continue going straight which is now 10th Street. Left on Hanson Lane. Right on Keyes Rd. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open May, June, July, August, October. Our hours are: Mon-Sat, 8 am to 12 noon Closed Sundays Will take appointments for other times open for pumpkin picking Sat 8-12 October only Strawberries: June Boysenberries: mid-May - mid-June Blackberries: June-Aug Vegetables: June-Aug Pumpkins
• Gourd & Pumpkin Fest - pumpkins, gourds
  Welburn Gourd Farm. 40635 De Luz Road, Fallbrook, CA. Phone: 760-728-4271. Gourd art and crafts, meet the artists, and take a gourd-crafting class. The farm is open to the Public: Mon- Sat: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Closed: Sunday and some Holidays. The 10th Annual International Gourd Art Festival is happening June 24th & 25th, 2006! Exibitor applications will be available soon. Be sure to join us for the October Gourd & Pumpkin Fest, a mini-version of the Int'l Gourd Art Festival, happening Saturday, October 8th, 2005! To Register for one of the October Fest gourd art classes, CLICK HERE! For festival applications and more information, contact Danny at Phone: 760-728-4271
• Mountain Valley Ranch Pumpkin Patch - Christmas trees
  842 Hwy 78, Ramona, CA. Phone: 760-788-8703. Email: mountainunicorn337@yahoo.com. The barn is filled with the wonderfully refreshing fragrance of the deep woods.  Make your holiday special with one of our "Grade A" Christmas trees shipped to us immediately upon being harvested in Oregon. When you take one of our trees home they are still fresh, moist and naturally fragrant, scented with that pleasant "deep woods" aroma. Petting zoo with birds, calves, pigs and ponies. Open: 2003 Schedule- SATURDAY November 29th through TUESDAY December 23rd, 10 am -7 pm, DAILY
• Oma’s Pumpkin Patch at Van Ommering Dairy - Pumpkin patch, hayride, hay maze, petting zoo, cottonseed mountain,
  14950 El Monte Road, Lakeside. Phone: 619-390-2929. Directions: Highway 8 east, exit Lake Jennings Park Road. Turn right at end of offramp and go 1.8 miles to a stop sign. Turn right and go 2.3 miles down El Monte Rd. Make a left off El Monte Rd onto Circle V Dairy Rd and follow dirt road to pumpkin patch. Open October 5-30. Tues.-Saturday, from 10 am to7 pm; closed Sun. & Monday More information: Admissions & Fees, Hay Rides, Photo Gallery, Directions. 2005 prices: Admission  $5 per child one year and older (parents are free) and includes a dairy tour hayride, hay maze, petting zoo, cottonseed mountain, a jack pumpkin and water bottle. 
• Pinery Pumpkin Patch Tours - corn maze, pumpkins, children's events
  13421 Highland Valley Road, Rancho Bernardo, CA. Phone: 858-566-7466. Open October 1-31. Group tours scheduled Monday to Friday, 9 am-4 pm. Farm tours at Rancho Bernardo and Bonita includes: pumpkin (up to $4 value), orientation and coloring book on “How We Grow Pumpkins,” tractor-pulled hay wagon ride, 8 ft. tall living corn maze,snack area, farm animals.
• Pumpkin Station at Plaza Bonita - pumpkin patch, children's events
  3030 Plaza Bonita Road, National City, CA. Phone: 858-566-7466. There is a giant slide, play center, pumpkin jump, train ride, swing ride, boat ride, car ride, bee ride, petting zoo and games. There is free, live entertainment on the weekends. Admission is free with a small cost for rides. Ride packages are available. There are thousands of pumpkins, of all sizes, to choose from. Open October 1-31, Monday-Thurs., 11 am-9 pm; Fri., Saturday and Sunday, 9 am-9 pm. Bonita, in the parking lot adjacent to the Outback Steakhouse.
• Summer's Past Farm - herbs, pumpkin patch, corn maze, herbal soapmaking
  15602 Old Hwy 80, Flinn Springs, CA, 92021. Phone: (619) 390-1523. A visitor writes: "There is a lot to do for children like making a fairy garden, corn mazes, sweet pea mazes. There is also herb paper making, herb soap making, herbal oil, vinegar, and more in there class schedule, Very child friendly, coffee bar with pastries, fun, touristy, and wonderful animals everywhere. A shop for those who want to buy the harvested goodies.."
• Victoria's Garden - U-Pick Pumpkins, Hay Rides, Corn Maze, Pony Rides, and more
  13120 Willow Road, Lakeside, CA 92040. Phone: 619-390-9571. Hours: 10am to 7PM, 7 Days a Week. Also: Flower Mazes, Straw Horses, Picnic Areas, Feed Animals, Fun Jump, Barnyard Animals, Straw Play Ground, Picture Area. For group reservations call Phone: 619-390-9571 or (800) 578-7324- Please call soon, as dates fill early. Tell them you saw them on PumpkinPatchesAndMore.Org! Located at the corner of Willow Road and Wild Cat Canyon / Ashwood, 0.5 miles north of El Capitan High School. For a map and directions, click here!
• Wholesome Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch - Pumpkin patch, corn stock maze, petting corral, tortoise races, picnic area
  21345 San Pasqual Road, Escondido, CA. Phone: 760-746-8822. Open year-round. Fresh organic produce. School and group tours welcome. $5 per person and includes a pumpkin. Open through October 31, noon to 6 pm.

San Luis Obispo County

• Avila Valley Barn - Apples, nectarines, olallieberries, peaches, pumpkins, Other fruit or veg, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, straw or hay bale maze, prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, petting zoo
  560 Avila Valley Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93402. Phone: 805-595-2810. Fax: 805-595-2810. Email us at: customer_support@avilavalleybarn.com. Directions: Coming north or south on Hwy 101 take the Avila Valley Drive exit and go west. Avila Valley Barn is located just past Ontario Rd on the right side. Parking available on property. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Open: Open seasonally from May through December, 9 am to 6 pm. Click here for picking updates. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa/MasterCard, Discover. We also grow and sell the following fruit: olallieberries, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, apricots, peaches, white peaches, nectarines, white nectarines, apriums, pluots, pears, gravenstein apples, gala apples, golden delicious apples, mutsu apples, jonagold apples, braeburn apples, fuji apples, empire apples, granny smith apples, laura red apples. We also grow and sell the following vegetables: tomatoes, sweet onions, summer squash, green beans, and winter squash. Anything we don't grow on our farms, we get from neighboring farms including broccoli, cauliflower, lettuces, potatoes, peppers, garlic, green onions, eggplant, green and red cabbages, carrots, leeks, brussel sprouts, fresh herbs, cilantro, parsley, and basil.
  A visitor writes: Apple picking starts in September and pumpkins in October.  The farm also offers a market, hay-bale maze, hot roasted corn harvested from its fields, and fresh-baked pies, including olallieberry and pumpkin pie. You can feed the goats, pigs, cow, ponies, ostrich, peacocks, turtle, etc... Hayrides for fruit picking and pumpkins too. A haybale maze for the little ones and one for the adults. Christmas trees already cut for sale. Nice clean restrooms. Open: They sell BBQ'd corn, fresh apple cider and great coffee..
• Cal Poly Fruit and Crops - pumpkin patch-pick in the field, corn maze, haunted corn maze, Pick-your-own apples, Honey from hives on the farm, prepicked produce, restrooms, school tours
  California Polytechnic State University Use the Highland Drive entance off of Hwy 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407. Phone: 805-756-2224. Email: orchardmanager@calpolyfruitandcrops.com. Directions: From Hwy 101 in San Luis Obispo, Take Highway 1 north toward Morro Bay, Right on Highland Drive, Follow the signs to the designated U-Pick area, Parking is free on weekends. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in All year. Open: Saturdays 10am to 1pm Occasionally Wednesdays 3pm to 5pm Picking is available when the crops are ready. Please click here for for information on what's in season. Payment: Cash, Check. We have Satsuma Tangerines in the Winter months and Various Navel Oranges, blood oranges and other citrus for most of the year. We also have many varieties of prepicked avocados that change throughout the year.
• Cheesebrough Farm - pumpkin patch
  PO Box 85 Templeton, CA, 93465. Phone: 805-434-0843 or 661-257-1288. Open: October - 5 days a week, 9 am to 5 PM. This is a working farm operation. Observe fields at different stages, barn, tractors, small cattle operation. Farm stand and pumpkin patch available in October only.   Directions: Templeton is located between Atascadero and Paso Robles. Take Hwy 101, exit at Vineyard, travel east to Mosslane. At El Pamor turn right onto dirt road. The farm is located on mile on the right.
• Dos Pasos Ranch - Lemons, avocados, pumpkins, squash, gourds, and other produce in season
  4330 Santa Rosa Creek Road, Cambria, CA, 93428. Phone: 805-924-1008. Phone: 805-927-0463. Email: dospasos@aol.com. Open: Seasonal produce at unmanned farm stand year round.  Large selection of fall harvest products sold at the farm weekends in late September and October from 9am to 5pm. Directions: Located 2 one half miles east of Main St and Santa Rosa Creek Rd intersection.
• Jack Creek Farms - Pumpkins, pumpkin patch
  6 miles West of 101 on Highway 46 West (State Route Marker 16) West of Paso Robles, CA, Templeton, CA 93465. Phone: 805-238-3799. Email us at: info@jackcreekfarms.com . Directions: Our farm is in rural Templeton, California. We are located approximately 6 miles west of Highway 101 on Highway 46 West - midway between Paso Robles and Cambria. Our gate is at Highway marker 16. Click here for a map to our farm. We are open July, August, September, October, November. And our hours are: We are open seasonally July through early November. We have demonstration gardens, an antique apple path and offer educational tours. We also have farm animals on site and an antique tractor display. U-pick old-fashioned flower varieties throughout the summer and u-pick pumpkin patch in the fall. Also u-pick heirloom apples, plums and some summer vegetables in season.
• La Famillia - corn maze,  haunted forrest and a jail! Lots of pumpkins
  Los Osos Valley Rd and Turri Ranch rd, Los Osos, CA, Phone: 805-528-0636. They are open 7 days a week. Also homegrown dried beans, broom corn, acorn and spaghetti squash, butternut squash. White, orange pumpkins- turks turbans and all sizes. A cat and dog to pet, goats- sheep, baby cow and mini mule. A visitor writes: "Very nice folks- huge orange sign on Los Osos Valley rd alerts you- clean restroom provided! Beautiful Indian corn for sale too!"
• McCall Farm B&B - apples, avocados, peppers, plums, tomatoes, pumpkins
  6250 Santa Rosa Creek Rd, Cambria, CA .Phone: 805-927-3140.  Apples: mid August through October, Avocados: Year round, Peppers: mid August through October, Plums: July, Tomatoes: mid August through October, Oranges: Year round, Pumpkins.  Email: mccallfarm@earthlink.net  
• Oak Flat Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, pony rides, school tours
  4760 Oak Flat Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446. Phone: 805-237-9560. Email: oakflatpumpkinpatch@hotmail.com. Directions: Take Nacimiento Lake Drive west four miles from the intersection of Spring Street and 24th/Lake Nacimiento Lake Drive. Follow signs that will be posted and turn left at the second Oak Flat Road sign. And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm beginning September 30, 2007 The Oak Flat Pumpkin Patch will be open Saturday and Sunday beginning Sunday, September 30. Hours are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. There will also be locally grown gourds, homemade jam and jellies for sale as well as crafts and gifts. We will offer a child-size straw/hay maze, a make your-own scarecrow booth (nominal charge), a picnic area, pony rides and a BBQ (sponsored by local youth organizations). Payment: Cash, Check.
• River K Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch
  7325 N River Road, Paso Robles, CA, 93446. Phone: 805-467-3737. Phone: 805-467-3737. Email: mvr3k@tcsn.net. Open: October 30 days, 9 - dusk. Directions: Hwy 46 to Experimental Rd, to N River Road.

Santa Barbara County

• Lane Family Farms - pumpkin patch, small corn maze, hayrides, petting zoo
  Corner of Hollister and Walnut, Goleta, CA. Phone: 805-964-3773 or 805-967-1459. Directions: The Lane Farms Pumpkin patch is located at Hollister Avenue and Walnut Lane. behind the produce stand. Open: 9 a.m. every day through October 31. The  harvest-themed patch has 2 1/2 acres of pumpkins in the field as well as picked varieties including turban, white, miniature, sugar and Cinderella. There are also hayrides, a corn maze, Indian corn and other homegrown produce for sale, small petting zoo. They sell other crops such as strawberries in other seasons. Hayrides are offered on weekends on a horse-drawn 1901 Studebaker school wagon.
• The Pumpkin Factory LLC - pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, child-sized haybale maze, snacks and refreshment stand, pony rides, petting zoo
  Hwy 101 & Las Positas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Phone: 805-294-3654. Fax: 714-692-3502. Email us at: reactress@yahoo.com. Directions: At the Earl Warren Fair grounds right off the 101 Freeway And for a map to our farm, click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: M-Th 12-9, F 12-10, Sat 10-10, Sun 10-9 September 29th - October 31st Payment: Cash, Check. Huge Inflatable Slides. We grow all of our own pumpkins! Wonderful selection of pumpkins and entertainment

Ventura County

• Big Wave Dave's Christmas Trees & Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins
  2265 Las Posas Rd, Camarillo, CA 93010. Phone: (805) 218-0282. Does anyone know anything else about this patch?  Please write me!
• Boccali Ranch Pumpkin Patch - pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, child-sized haybale maze, tractor-pulled hay rides, prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  3277 Santa Paula Ojai Rd. (Hwy 150), Ojai, CA 93023. Phone: 805-646-6116. Email: boccalipumpkins@sbcglobal.net. Directions: From the 101 freeway: Exit Hwy 33 Go to Hwy 150 East Go through town At bottom of Dennison Grade behind Boccali's Pizza & Pasta (Reeves Rd & Hwy 150). And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in October, November, December. Open: The Boccali Ranch Pumpkin is open from October 6th through 31st, seven days a week from 10am - dusk. Special extended hours on Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 9pm, starting Friday, October 12th. Haunted Hayrides on Fridays & Saturdays from 7-9pm, on 10/12 & 10/13, 10/19 & 10/20, and 10/26 & 10/27. FREE child fingerprinting & ID kits compliments of Frank Coronel Farmers Insurance Agency, Saturdays 10/12, 10/19, 10/26 from 11am-5pm. The pumpkin patch is open from October 6-31st. The Christmas Tree farm is open the Saturday after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve. Payment: Cash, Check. Seasonal farm-fresh produce available including tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons, avocados, & citrus.
• Faulkner Farm - Sunflower maze, wholesale pumpkins
  14292 W. Telegraph Road, Santa Paula, CA 93060.  Phone: 805-525-2226. OPEN DAILY, October 1st - October 31st, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. Located 1 mile west of Santa Paula and 4 miles east of Ventura on Briggs Road. From 126 take Briggs Road off-ramp north one quarter mile to our entrance on the left. Directions and a map. Also wholesale pumpkin sales.   Acres of pumpkins to choose from - tiny to giant. 25 varieties of winter squash, Indian corn, mini pumpkins and gourds. Haystacks to climb and sit on. Lots of farm animals on display. Giant sunflower forest! Picnic areas to enjoy a meal. Toddler's Play Area. Designated Photo Spots. Ventura County master Gardener's Exhibition garden.
  And on the weekends: Musical Entertainment, Children's Story Time, and Many Special Exhibits & Demonstrations throughout the month.
• Fillmore & Western Railway - pumpkins, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, train rides, straw or hay bale maze, , gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, face painting, school tours
  351 Santa Clara, Fillmore, CA 93015. Phone: 805-524-2546. Email: info@fwry.com. And for a map to our farm, Click here. Crops are usually available in October. Open: Runs on Saturdays and Sundays during the month of October. Come ride the Pumpkinliners running during the month of October. Payment: Cash, Visa/MasterCard.
• McGrath Brothers Great Pacific Pumpkins - pumpkins
  5100 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura, CA. Phone: 805-648-1189. Directions: In Ventura, exit HWY. 101 at Victoria Ave., go south on Victoria (towards Oxnard), right onto Olivas Park Drive, continue on Olivas Park Drive for about 1/2 mile. Pumpkin patch is on the left (school tours meet at the produce stand).  Open: October 1st through the 31st. Groups reservations accepted beginning July 1st. For school tours, they have a pumpkin life cycle lesson and harvest talk, hay ride, barn animal viewing. Directions: between Victoria Avenue and Telephone Road. Bathrooms, produce stand (selling Indian corn, gourds, squash), teaching packet available.
• McGrath Street Pumpkin Patch - pumpkin patch, hayrides
  5156 McGrath Street, Ventura, CA 93003. Phone: (805) 658-9972. Directions: Off Market Street& Knoll Drive; Take northbound 101 exit Victoria; go west or left a short distance; right on Valentine Road; left on Knoll Drive short distance to signs at McGrath. Open: October 1-31st, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. seven days a week: Pumpkin Patch, Free hayrides daily after 3pm and all day on weekends. Variety of pumpkins, gourds, Indian corn and farm animals. 9am-dusk.
• Pumpkinliners - pumpkins
  250 Central Avenue, Fillmore. Phone: 800-773-8724. There is a15-minute train ride from the station to a private patch in an orange grove, offered by Fillmore & Western Railway Company on October weekends. Kids can enjoy the Gull Wings Children's Museum-on-the-Go trailer.2003 prices for tickets: $15 adults, $8 children, $6 ages 3 and younger.
• Underwood Family Farms is a pick-your-own grower of a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits in Ventura County, California. They offer a wide variety of services and activities tailored for the entire family, including pick-your-own produce, birthday parties at their Farm Animal Center, school tours, gift baskets (shipped anywhere in the U.S.), and the Fall Harvest Festival in October. The 2006 festival will be open from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm September 30th through October 28th, and from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm starting on the 29th. Admission to the festival is $7.50 per person on Saturdays and Sundays and $3.00 per person Monday through Friday. Children under 2 are free.  On the weekends, each person will receive a tractor-drawn wagon ride with their paid admission. Plus - Parking is FREE and on October 31st - Halloween - kids dressed in a full costume will receive FREE admission!! We are proud contributors to many local non-profit organizations.  A portion of all proceeds helps support 4-H, the Rotary Club, Pleasant Valley Lions Club, Boy Scouts of America, and several other non-profit organizations.

  Underwood Family Farms - Somis
  5696 Los Angeles Avenue Somis, CA 93066
  Phone: 805-386-4660, Fax: 805-386-3994-6037.
  Farm Market, Animal Center, Gift Baskets, Specialty Produce

  Underwood Family Farms - Moorpark (Tierra Rejada)
  3370 Sunset Valley Road (Formerly Moorpark Road), Moorpark, Ca 93066
  Phone: 805-529-3690. Fax: 805-529
  Farm Market, Animal Center, Pick Your Own Produce, Plant Center, Fall Harvest Festival (September 27-October 31), Fall Festival Craft Fair (September 27 & 28), Wagon Rides, Birthday Parties, Educational Tours

  Fall Harvest Festival at Tierra Rejada Family Farms, October 1- 31, 9-6pm (5pm after daylight savings time) Phone:  529-3690. Admission:  $3 (Monday through Friday) and $7.50 on Saturday and Sunday; $3 extra for hayrides (anytime). Parking is free.
  Pick-your-own pumpkin in our HUGE pumpkin patch, Clydesdale-drawn hay rides, antique and new farm equipment and machinery displays, fun photo ops, GIANT PUMPKIN display, and pick-your-own fruits and vegetables. Arts & Crafts, Baby animal petting and grooming corral, Pony rides. 

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Events and related links:

• Apple Hill Growers Association - An association of apple growers, not a PYO. (pick your own) Various activities - 55 ranches involved, some apple ranches, 4 wineries, 1 micro-brewing operation. Fruit, baked goods, wine, Christmas trees.  P.O. Box 494, Camino, CA.  Phone: 530-644-7692
• California Food and Agricultural Festivals and Tours
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