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Local Places to Pick Pumpkins

Pumpkin picking is a great, seasonal activity. Gather the family and check out one of these farms in the Philadelphia suburbs.

 


It's October which means the leaves are changing and pumpkins are ripe for picking.

Take a look at these area locations if you are looking for some pumpkins, squash or gourds for decorating or eating.

Highland Orchards
Pick pumpkins and apples
1000 Marshallton-Thorndale Rd.
West Chester, PA 19380 (Chester County)

Linvilla Orchards
Pumpkinland is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through November 4
137 Knowlton Rd.
Media, PA 19063 (Delaware County)

Wolff's Apple House
Pumpkins, Apples, Baked Goods, Mums
81 S. Pennell Rd.
Media, PA 19063 (Delaware County)

Sleepy Hallow Pumpkin Patch
Open Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
881 Highland Rd.
Newtown, PA (Bucks County)

Hurricane Hill Farm
Open Saturdays and Sundays until Halloween
704 East Reeceville Rd.
Coatesville, PA 19320 (Chester County)

Sugartown Strawberries
Pumpkin picking on weekends throughout October
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
650 Sugartown Rd.
Malvern, PA 19355 (Chester County)

Varner's Farm
Pumpkins, apples, and cider
746 South Trappe Rd.
Collegeville, PA 19426 (Montgomery County)

Milky Way Farm
521 E. Uwchlan Ave.
Chester Springs, PA 19425 (Chester County)

Merrymead Farm
2222 Valley Forge Rd.
Lansdale, PA 19446 (Montgomery County)

Do you have a favorite pumpkin patch in the area? Share it with Patch in the comments.

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Zach

7:36 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Seriously you guys forgot the local places???

The Farmers Daughter on 724 and Olzanowskis Farm on Pughtown Rd.

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MPorchik

11:51 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Don't forget about Yeager's on Rt 113.

Cha

8:17 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Maple Acres farm and Sandy Hill farm are both cute local farms with pumpkins and such. Both are in Plymouth Meeting.

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Joan Morein

8:27 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Hurricane Hill has pumpkins for sale but not in a patch. Good corn maze also.

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Lisa Leigh Bennett

10:13 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Sugartown Strawberries on Sugartown Road in Malvern is by far the best place to pick pumpkins!! No crowds, friendly staff! And Farmer Bob and his dogs are always entertaining!!

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Lucy Bennett

1:28 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thanks for the additions to the list.

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