Top Pumpkin Patches
What better way to spend a crisp fall day than by taking a day trip with the kids to one of the Delaware Valley's idyllic farms for Pick Your Own Pumpkins? Many of the farms in the surrounding counties have fantastic fall activities in addition to pumpkin patches such as corn mazes, hayrides, apple cider, pony rides, petting zoos and more. So get out and take advantage of the season's bounty and enjoy some fall fun for all. - Jennifer Oxenford
Active Acres Farm
881 Highland Rd.
Newtown, PA
215-860-6855
http://www.sleepyhollowpumpkinpatch.com/
Every weekend in October, Active Acres Farm hosts pick your own pumpkins at its Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Patch. Take a hayride out to pick the perfect pumpkin. Plus corn maze, inflatable haunted house bounce, a corn cannon, duck races, pony rides, farm animals and so much more fum for the whole family. Then in the evening, the Sleepy Hollow Hayride takes passengers to some more spooky fun with a haunted house, field of fright and live music.
Linvilla Orchards
137 West Knowlton Road
Media, PA
610-876-8796
http://www.linvilla.com/
Take the kids out to Pumpkinland at Linvilla Orchards for some Fall family fun for all. Enjoy larger than life figures and scarecrows that illustrate the legends and lore of the harvest season, local history, and some of the many stories of pumpkins and apples. Linvilla also features hayrides, pony rides, face painting, straw bale and cornfield mazes, pick-your-own apples, candy and caramel apples, Costume Parade, Jack-o-lantern exhibit, the Linvilla Grill, Costume & Halloween Shops, and more.
None Such Farm
4493 Old York Road
Buckingham, PA
215-794-7742
http://nonesuchfarms.com/
None Such Farms annual pumpkin festival has been around for over 15 years and includes Pick-Your-Own Pumpkins, Live Country Music, Hayrides, Pony Rides, Face Painting, a Tot Train Ride as well as Great Food & Hot Cider. Festival runs Saturdays and Sundays starting Oct. 1 through Oct. 23rd from 10am -4pm, weather permitting.
Snipes Farm
890 West Bridge Street
Morrisville, PA
215-295-7236
http://www.snipesfarm.org/
Snipes Farm hosts Fall Harvest Weekends which includes hayrides to the pick-your-own pumpkin patch and apple orchard, a six acre Corn Maze, the labyrinth walk, children's wooden maze, Halloween Hollow playground, storytelling, Ol' Time Farm Museum, face painting, pumpkin painting, scarecrow making and live barnyard animals. Enjoy live music on October weekend days. Nightime fun comes alive for families and groups at Snipes with the Corn Maze by Flashlight, non-haunted hayrides - perfect for younger kids - campfires (available for groups only).
Shady Brook Farm
931 Stony HIll Road
Yardley, PA
215-968-1670
http://www.shadybrookfarm.com/
Like Jekyll and Hyde, Shady Brook Farm is an idyllic Bucks County Farm by day featuring Pick Your Own Pumpkins, hayrides, pig races, paint ball, pony rides, gem mining, a corn maze and more. But if you have bigger thrill seeking kids, Shady Brook Farm transforms itself into Horror Fest with four terror-inducing attractions at night. For the younger ones not so fond of things that go bump in the night there is also a flashlight corn maze, non-haunted hayride, and bonfire at the Market at DelVal by Night.
Hurricane Hill Farm
704 East Reeceville Road
Coatsville, PA 19320
610-384-6952
http://www.hhfmaze.com/
Hurricane Hill Farm in Coatsville, PA will delight families with Chester County's Premier 5-acre Corn Maze, plus a corn slide, "Bucking Cow" train ride, farm animals, and of course hayrides to the Pick Your Own Pumpkin Patch.
Milky Way Farm
521 E. Uwchlan Ave
Chester Springs, PA 19425
610-827-1485
http://www.milkywayfarm.com/
Milky Way Farm, located in Chester Springs, PA, is an idyllic adventure for families to take advantage of free hayrides to the 10 acres of pick your own pumpkins as well as view a working dairy farm and sample the Polly's Pumpkin Pie flavored ice cream at the Chester Springs Creamery.
Wynnorr Farm
1631 East Street Road
Glen Mills, PA 19342
610-399-9080
At this fourth generation family-owned farm, pumpkin-pickers can take a hayride to the patch, pick their own, then pay for them at the produce stand. And to further entertain the kids, Wynnorr also offers pedal go-karts, an apple toss and two corn mazes.
Jennifer Oxenford is a mother of two and the founder of phillyfun4kids www.phillyfun4kids.com your place to find free and mostly free things to do with your kids in and around this great city of motherly love. You can also follow phillyfun4kids on twitter at twitter/phillyfun4kids.
