Whether you’re looking to give your entrance some seasonal decking, or you just want to find the perfect specimen to carve up in the spirit of Halloween, then you can already get started at a picturesque pumpkin patch around Los Angeles. Here are all the best farms and patches that offer a feel-gourd time for fall and the perfect finishing touches for your haunted house.
1. Nights of the Jack
This is the L.A. pumpkin patch you don’t want to miss! Nights of the Jack is a Halloween Jack O’ Lantern experience tailored for all ages. The show features thousands of hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins, situated throughout a stunning property at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas. This year, give yourself, your family, and your friends a chance to experience the Halloween season like never before. Take a walk through the festive pumpkin trail, and see giant pumpkin sculptures like dinosaurs, creatures of the sea, and iconic LA signs.
🎃 Website: nightsofthejack.com
🗓️ Dates: Sept. 27 – Nov. 3, 2024
📍 Location: 26800 Mulholland Hwy, Calabasas, CA 91302
2. Underwood Family Farms
This pastoral pumpkin haven returns with jam-packed festivities to help you find your perfect pumpkin. This year Underwood Family Farms is returning with their gigantic pumpkin patch where you can pick your own along with 5 special themed weekends of live entertainment and family fun. You’ll also be able to visit the adorable four-legged residents, go sunflower picking, and get your seasonal selfie at the pumpkin house along with other displays.
🎃 Website: underwoodfamilyfarms.com
🗓️ Dates: Sept. 28 – Oct. 31, 2024
📍 Location: 3370 Sunset Valley Rd, Moorpark, CA 93021
3. Tanaka Farms
Pick your pumpkins straight from the vine at Tanaka Farms’ lovely patch in Irvine. To make your way around the 30 acres of land you can either take a tractor ride with a pitstop at a pumpkin canyon followed by a stop-off for a “U-pick” session. Or, you can navigate the farm yourself with the drive-through option on weekends. Reservations are required for select days, and the patch will be open late this year on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in October.
🎃 Website: tanakafarms.com
🗓️ Dates: Sept. 14 – Oct. 31, 2024
📍 Location: 5380 University Dr, Irvine, CA 92612
4. Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch
Live Oak Canyon holds the title of the largest U-Pick pumpkin patch in all of San Bernardino County. It also has some of the most beautiful displays we’ve seen in the past years, most notably the gorgeous organic pumpkin house with the vegetables still attached to its vines.
🎃 Website: liveoakcanyon.com
🗓️ Dates: Sept. 20 – Oct. 31, 2024
📍 Location: 32335 Live Oak Canyon Rd, Redlands, CA 92373
5. Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch
If you’re looking for an Insta-worthy spot, then this woman-owned pumpkin patch in Los Angeles is for you! Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch is filled with gourd-geous displays, including a pumpkin villa that will make you feel like you’ve stepped into Cinderella. Beyond gourd hunting, expect to find a petting zoo, pony rides, a pumpkin village, face painting, a straw maze, a super slide, and much more.
🎃 Website: mrbonespumpkinpatch.com
🗓️ Dates: Oct. 5 – 30, 2024
📍 Location: 10100 Jefferson Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
6. Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch
Shawn’s Pumpkin Patch is more like a pumpkin-themed fair than a pumpkin patch. After picking out the perfect pumpkin for carving (which you can do on-site), entertain yourself with the bounce houses, ball pits, and games! You’ll surely feel all the hauntingly good vibes at this patch.
🎃 Website: shawnspumpkinpatch.com.
🗓️ Dates: Sept. 30 – Oct. 31, 2024
📍 Location: 11650 Santa Monica Blvd. West LA, CA 90025
7. Carved at Descanso Gardens
Descanso Garden’s beloved Carved trail returns for three weeks in 2024. Guests will take evening strolls under the stars amongst hundreds of glowing, beautifully hand-carved pumpkins and other oversized organic sculptures. It’s the perfect place to soak up the harvest festival atmosphere.
🎃 Learn more: Carved at Descanso Gardens
🗓️ Dates: Oct. 4 – Oct. 30, 2024
📍 Location: 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
8. Mr. Jack O’ Lanterns
Keeping the pumpkin patch tradition alive since 1934 in Los Angeles, the Original Farmers Market fall extravaganza returns for another year. Spend the day listening to live bands, petting cute animals, watching pig races, or engaging in pumpkin bowling, candy corn hole, as well as a pie-eating contest hosted by Du-pars. You can also visit the patch hosted by Mr. Jack O’ Lantern’s Pumpkin Patch!
🎃Website: mrjackolanternspumpkins.com
🗓️When: Oct. 1 – 31, 2024
📍Location: The Original Farmers Market, 6333 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90036
9. Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival
Poly Pomona’s Don B. Huntly College of Agriculture takes seasonal squash extremely seriously. Their Pomona Pumpkin Festival is home to over 40,000 pumpkins so you’ll have no trouble finding the perfect gourd for yourself. After that, you can kill some time with hay wagon rides, squash tunnels, pumpkin seed-spitting contests, and a farmer’s market filled with student-grown produce!
🎃Website: www.cpp.edu
🗓️When: Sept. 28 – Oct. 27, 2024
📍Location: 4102 S University Dr, Pomona, CA 91768
10. Pumpkins in the Pines at Skypark at Santa’s Village
If you’re wondering how Santa and his elves stay busy through the fall, then you might be glad to hear that it involves a whole lot of delightful fall festivities. At Pumpkins in the Pines, shiny baubles are replaced with plump orange pumpkins on the Christmas tree and you’ll find everything from cookie decorating and light shows to a community-sponsored trick-or-treat event and costume party. Once you’ve chosen the perfect specimen, you’ll get to decorate it at Santa’s Workshop.
🎃Website: skyparksantasvillage.com
🗓️When: Oct. 5 – 31, 2024
📍Location: 28950 California 18, Skyforest, CA 92385
11. Irvine Park Railroad’s Pumpkin Patch
This adorable pumpkin patch is located right behind the Irvine Park Railroad station in O.C. with everything from giant pumpkin weigh-offs to tractor rides and a bounce house. There are also quaint, not-so-spooky haunted homes in pastel colors which make for the perfect pumpkin photo op!
🎃 Website: irvineparkrailroad.com
🗓️ Dates: Sept. 14 – Oct. 31, 2024
📍 Location: 1 Irvine Park Rd, Orange, CA 92869
12. Tina’s Pumpkin Patch
Conveniently located at the Westfield Fashion Square shopping mall, Tina’s Pumpkin Patch is worth a little detour during your next city outing to pick up some perfect pumpkins and fall decor. It’s a fun fall destination if you have kids, because they’ll love the petting zoo, pony rides, obstacle course, and train.
🎃 Website: Tina’s Pumpkin Patch
🗓️ Dates: Oct. 2-31, Nov. 2-3, 2024
📍 Location: Westfield Fashion Square, 4725 Woodman Ave, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
13. Forneris Farms
Forneris Farms has been around since the ’60s in Mission Hills, and they’re worth a visit any time of year for their old-fashioned farm stand — right now, they’re selling tons of juicy tomatoes. During October you can take your pick of endless pumpkin varieties and wander through a playful Peanuts-themed corn maze. Keep in mind that there is a $5 entry fee for the pumpkin patch, but it goes toward your purchase of a $10+ pumpkin. Forneris is cash only.
🎃 Website: Forneris Farms
🗓️ Dates: Oct. 5 – Nov. 3, 2024
📍 Location: 15200 Rinaldi St, Mission Hills, CA 91345
Edited by Jamie Ferrell