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Fall brings cooler weather, vibrant colored leaves, and pumpkin picking! Living in Loudoun County, we’ve been spoiled with an abundance of terrific pumpkin patches. Since I’m often asked where we like to pick pumpkins, our favorite family orchard is Wegmeyer Farms, a 19th century farmstead in Hamilton, VA that offers pick-your-own pumpkins and raspberries in the fall and strawberries and blackberries in the spring. It’s nicely laid out; you don’t have to walk a mile to get to the pumpkins; and, the price of their pumpkins is one of the cheapest around, at $0.50/lb (with no additional entrance fee!).
Since I have so many readers throughout the DC area (and, not just Northern Virginia), I’ve put together a list of farms in Maryland and Northern Virginia that offer pumpkin picking. {If I’ve missed a farm, feel free to email their information to capitallyfrugal(at)gmail(dot)com and I will add it as soon as possible.} And, stay tuned for some great pumpkin recipes, coming next week!
Maryland Pick-Your-Own Farms
Baugher’s Orchards
Location: 1015 Baugher Road, Westminster, MD 21158
Hours: Open daily from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Fall Harvest & Pumpkin Pickin’ Festival on Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM – 5 PM in October)
Cost: No admission fee!
Description: Come on out to the farm & orchard for some old fashioned farm fun! Hayrides, pumpkin pickin’, apple pickin’ (through mid Oct.), food, music, pumpkin bounce, petting zoo, face painting, pony rides! Lots of fun! The Orchard & Farm Market is open everyday of the week 8 am – 6 pm. Bursting with fresh apples from the orchard, sweet apple cider, bakery, fudge, pumpkin accessories, fall decorating merchandise, canning & preserving supplies, much more.
Butler’s Orchard
Location: 22200 Davis Mill Road, Germantown MD 20876
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays in October from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Tuesdays-Fridays from 9:30 AM-3:00 PM
Cost: Weekend admission is $11.00, cash, per person, Children under 2 are free. Purchase admission tickets at the market with Visa or MC. Weekday admission is $6.75/person. Pick-your-own pumpkins are $0.65/lb.
Description: Weekend admission includes hayrides, hayloft barn, giant slides, barnyard buddies, corn maze, pedal tractors, spider web, pumpkin coach, rubber ducky derby, pumpkin land and the straw maze. Additional costs for food, face-painting, pony rides and pumpkins. Weekday admission includes a hayride, one head sized pumpkin, 2 apples, the Pumpkin Post, hayloft barn, barnyard buddies, giant slides, corn and straw mazes.
Crumland Farms
Location: 7612 Willow Road in Frederick, Maryland 21702
Hours: The Pick-Your-Own Fields are open on Tuesday – Sunday, from 10am – 6pm
Cost: Admission and hayride to Pumpkin Patch are free (Hayrides are only available on the weekends.) Pumpkins are $0.50/lb. Admission to the corn maze is $9/person.
Description: Get lost with Mazey the Cow in the 8-acre Corn Maze, visit the Pumpkin Patch, take a field trip to the Pizza Farm, or enjoy their play area!
Gaver Farm
Location: 5501 Detrick Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771
Hours: Open daily from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cost: Admission to the patch is free, and they offer free hayrides on weekends. Their Fall Fun Festival is $6 per person (weekdays); $8 per person (weekends); Children 2 and under are free.
Description: The Festival includes a 5-acre Corn Maze, Kiddie Corn Maze, Jumping Pillow, Corn Crib, Straw Bale Maze, Kid’s Tricycle 200, Pedal Kart Track, Bale Slide, the Sand Pit, and more.
Homestead Farm
Location: 15604 Sugarland Road, Poolesville, Maryland 20837
Hours: Throughout October, they are open daily, from 9:00 AM – 5:00 AM. (Call 301-977-3761 for current picking conditions (recorded message).)
Cost: Pumpkins are $0.59 per pound. No admission fee.
Description: On weekends in October, they have hayrides out to the pumpkin patches for the general public for $3 per person. Pumpkins are sold separately by the pound. The final ride of the day leaves at 5pm.
Huber’s Farm
Location: 11898 Philadelphia Rd, Kingsville, MD 21087
Hours: Daily between 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Be sure to call 410-679-1941 or 410-679-1948 to make sure fields are open.)
Cost: No admission fee.
Description: Please remember to bring your own knife or cutting tools and containers or bags for your produce. Hubers Haunted Hayrides are back! The hayride is a 30+ minute ride around the farm with ghosts and gobblins around many turns. Prices are $15 for adults 13 and older and $8 for children. The Hayride runs from 7:30pm – 10:30pm, on October 19 & 20; 26, 27, & 28. The line starts at 6:30pm. They have a Childrens Activity Area on the weekends through the last weekend in October. Kids activity area is $5 per hour or $2.50 per half hour.
Middleton’s Cedar Hill Farm
Location: 5190 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, MD 20601
Hours: Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cost: Admission is $10.00 per person, children 2 and under are free! {Admission includes: Barnyard animals, 8 Acre Corn Maze, Hayride to the pumpkin patch, and Kiddie Maze.} Pumpkins sold for an additional fee.
Description: The Middleton Family is excited about sharing the beauty of their 280 acre farm with you. They will be presenting a plentiful harvest from many acres of pumpkins and decorative produce, as well as over 500 hardy mums. “Get lost” in their 8-acre corn maze or their 1.5 acre kiddie maze, enjoy watching the kids play in their corn boxes, sit back and relax on their 30 minute hayride to the pumpkin path, pick some fresh vegetables from their garden, visit with farm animals, and more.
Montpelier Farms
Location: 1720 North Crain Highway, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Hours: Fridays from 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM; Saturdays from 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM; and Sundays from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Cost: Admission for Adults (13+) are $10.00; Youth (3-12) are $8.00; and children 2 and under are free.
Description: With the cost of admission, you can go on a 10 acre corn maze, hayrides, enjoy the animals, pedal karts, hay and play, hill slides, pedal tractors, and much more.
Rodgers Farms
Location: 1818 Greenspring Valley Rd, Stevenson, MD 21153
Hours: Fridays, from 12 pm until 6 pm; Saturdays & Sundays: 10 am until 6 pm. On October 19th and 26th, they will be open for their Flashlight Maze until 10 pm. The last tickets will be sold at 9 pm on those dates.
Cost: Rates for Farm, Maze, and Hayride are $8 for ages 13+, $6 for ages 4-12, and free for 4 and under. For farm and hayride only, rates are $7 for ages 13+, $5 for ages 4-12, and free for 4 and under.
Description: Some of their highlights are pick-your-own-pumpkin from their pumpkin patch, a farm animal zoo, mini maze for younger kids, hay rides, corn sandbox, and much more!
Shlagel Farms
Location: 12850 Shlagel Road, Waldorf, MD 20601
Hours: Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: The price is the $8.00 per person. 0-23 months is no charge.
Description: On October weekends, they are open Saturday and Sunday for family harvest fun. You can have a picnic lunch at one of their many picnic tables or enjoy a family wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick that perfect family pumpkin! Bring an old pair of clothes or your favorite sports team outfit and an old pillow case and they’ll provide the straw and instructions for a scarecrow. The younger children will enjoy the straw maze and corn box and kids of all ages will love to visit the petting zoo.
Northern Virginia Pick-Your-Own Farms
Burke Nursery and Garden Pumpkin Playground
Location: 9401 Burke Road, Burke, VA
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9AM to 8PM; Friday and Saturday from 9AM – 9PM; and Sunday, from 9AM – 8PM
Cost: The cost of admission on weekdays is $9 per person and the weekend price is $12 per person. Children, under the age of two, are admitted free. Each paid admission receives a small carvable patch pumpkin and hay rides
Description: Their activities include a Pirate’s Ship, Pirate’s Camp, Pumpkin Fort, Ghost Tunnel Slide, Western Town, Money Mountain; Hayrides; Farm Animals; Miner’s Mountain Slide; Merry-Go-Round; Wizard of Oz Slide; Phone Tubes; Rope Swing; Tumbling Tubes; Monster Truck; Iron Horse Railroad; Enchanted Castle; and Swings.
Cox Farms
Location: 15621 Braddock Road, Centreville, VA 20120
Hours: The Fall Festival is open from 10am-6pm (10am-5pm on Nov 3-6). Last admission is one hour before closing.
Cost: Prime Weekend Prices are$17 per person (everyone 2 years old and over). Under 24 months are free! Weekday prices are $9.00 per person. Weekend prices are $14.00 per person.
Description: Cox Farms’ Fall Festival has a new hayride route, new animal areas, new and easier online ticketing, and new food offerings, all a part of their 40th anniversary. The Fall Festival at Cox Farms is open daily through October 31. Pumpkin Madness, happening November 3 – 4, will once again serve as the grand finale to this year’s festivities. Pumpkins will be launched, dropped from a high-lift crane, smashed, bashed, hurled, and trashed during two days of fun. Guests can bring pumpkins from home and choose a squashing method of their choice. Of course, hayrides, slides, rope swings, a farm chores play area, animal areas, and food will all be available for that last taste of the fall season.
Crooked Run Orchard
{Editor’s note: A few years ago, we visited Crooked Run and found lots of poison ivy growing wild in their fields. We’ve never been back since then – so, they may have cleaned up their orchard. Just be careful, especially if you’re allergic to it!}
Location: 37883 East Main Street, Purcellville, VA 20132
Hours: Weekends from 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM (Check their picking guide for extended hours.)
Cost: Admission is free. Pick-your-own pumpkins are $0.49/lb.
Description: They are participating in the Loudoun County Fall Color Tour on Saturday & Sunday, Oct 20 & 21, during which they will have broadcast hay rides which describe the farm, @ 2 & 4 pm both days. Note that all fruits that have dropped (suitable for baking and cooking, not eating raw) are half-price by the pound, but if you pick a whole bucket you get a volume price. This is ONLY for drops. Good deal for canners and bakers.
Great Country Farms
Location: 18780 Foggy Bottom Road Bluemont, Virginia 20135
Hours: Open 9am-6pm Weekdays for Fall Harvest from Sept 29-October 31
Cost: Admission is $8/child & $10/adult on weekdays and $10/child & $12/adult Saturdays and Sundays
Description: Be sure to take the wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch to choose your great pumpkin. Pumpkins are $.59/lb this year– same rate as 2010 & 2011! They have a 5 acre play area, a 2800 sq ft Pumpkin Jumpin’ Pillow, Double Barrel 60’s slides, pedal cart track and rope swings will make your heart race! You can become a Maze Master by challenging each of their 4 mazes. See who can climb up the Rubber Ridge tractor tire mountain the fastest or romp in our Corn Bin.
Hartland Orchard
Location: 3064 Hartland Lane, Markham, VA 22643
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (It is always a good idea to call before you visit them at (540)364-2316.)
Cost: Admission $10/person, ages 3 and over. Under 3 free.
Description: They have the following activities: Corn Maze, best hayrides, Pig Races at Hartland Downs, Jumping Pillow for ages 3-12, 60 foot slide mountain, Pony Swings, Caramel Apples (extra $), Duck Races, Corn Hole, Steer Head Roping, & Pony Hops. Pumpkin Princess Emily will be at the farm on the following dates and times: Saturday, October 20 from 11AM-4PM (Pumpkin Princess Pageant at 1 pm); Sunday, October 21 from 11 AM-3PM; Saturday, October 27 from 11 AM-3PM; and Sunday, October 28 from 11 AM-3PM.
Heather Hill Gardens Pumpkin Patch
Location: 8111 Ox Road, Fairfax Station, Virginia 22039
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am–6:00pm • Saturday 9:30am–5:30pm • Sunday 11 am–5:30 pm
Cost: $5.00/person (ages 2 and under are free)
Description: Celebrate the season at their annual Pumpkin Patch. They have fun for the kids (tumbling tube, pumpkin fort, mega swing, and more) and lovely things for your home and garden, including mums, pumpkins, and gourds.
Hill High Farm
Location: 933 Barley Lane, Winchester, VA 22602
Hours: Open in October – Fridays: 7:00pm – 10:00pm; Saturdays: 10:00am – 10:00pm; Sundays: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Cost: No admission fee. Their detailed maze is $6.00/person – children 4 and under are free.
Description: Come enjoy a hay ride down to our beautiful pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkin! Visit the Packing Shed and browse all of the tasty treats we have for sale. We also offer a free petting farm and round bale maze for the kids, we are home to Crop Circle Corn Maze, and we can’t forget the infamous Haunted Nightmares Haunted House!
Hollin Farms
Location: 1410 Snowden Road, Delaplane, VA 20144 (Next to Sky Meadows State Park)
Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: No admission fee. Jack-o-lantern types are $o.65/lb, and gourds, squash, cooking pumpkins and all other pumpkins such as white, red, fancy, jack-be-littles are $o.90/lb.
Description: It’s the area’s Largest Grown in the Field Pumpkin Patch – Big Crop this year! 10 acres of pumpkins, gourds, and squash on a big farm on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains with spectacular views. I thought it was really cool that they also have pick-your-own peanuts and potatoes. Sign up here for special offers and picking days.
Marker-Miller Orchards
Location: 3035 Cedar Creek Grade, Winchester, VA 22602
Hours: In October, Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Saturday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Sunday, Noon – 5:00 PM. In November, Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00PM; Saturday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Cost: No admission fee.
Description: On Saturday, October 27th (9am-5pm), Marker Miller is hosting their Pumpkin Festival. Find the “great pumpkin.” Choose from ones already picked or pick your own. Enjoy pumpkin pie, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin bars and pumpkin donuts from their bakery. A variety of food will be available at the food building.
Stribling Orchard
Location: 11587 Poverty Hollow Lane, Markham, Virginia 22643
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9am to 5pm
Cost: No admission fee.
Description: Beginning in September, we offer fresh cider and all sizes and shapes of pumpkins, and you can still pick apples from their orchards! Enjoy a day in the country at their orchard. Relax, bring a picnic, and enjoy our breath-taking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. See their historic buildings, visit their many farm animals, and pick some of Virginia’s finest fruit.
Ticonderoga Farms
Location: 26469 Ticonderoga Road, Chantilly, Virginia 20152
Hours: Monday – Sunday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cost: Weekday admission is $8.95 and Holiday & Weekend admission is $14.95. You get your own pie size pumpkin included with paid admission. Children under the age of 2 (23 months or younger) are free.
Description: Admission includes hayrides, activities and access to the pick your own pumpkin field. Packed with pumpkins, slides, hay forts, VA’s Longest Swinging Bridge and more, Ticonderoga Farms is the place you want to visit for all the fun of fall this year.
Wegmeyer Farms
Location: 38299 Hughesville Road, Hamilton, VA 20158
Hours: Regular hours are Thursday – Sunday 10 to 6. For additional picking times and updates, sign up for their e-mail newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Cost: No admission fee, and pumpkins are $0.50/lb.
Description: Wegmeyer Farms grows more than 30 varieties of pumpkins! Their PYO patches feature Pik-A-Pie (small); Magic Lantern (medium); Super Hercules (large); and Cinderella, Jarrahdale and Fairytale (exotic). All other varieties are available pre-picked in their 19th century barn. A wide selection of gourds, cornstalks and mums are also available. They’re located just eight miles from Leesburg and three miles from Purcellville. For directions, click here.
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