Mark your calendars and plan to join us for our annual Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival October 14 & 15, 2023. We’ll have plenty of pumpkins, fun festival games, crafts and activities, scrumptious foods, informal family photo ops, meet the animals, and more! Outside exhibitors like Pet Supplies Plus (Braes Heights) and vendors like Paper Pie (formerly Usborne Books) and Lela & Hyde Candle Co. will also be on hand. Check back for more information as vendors book their spots.
Admission is FREE. Games and activities, concessions, pumpkins, etc. all have a cost. Pumpkin Passes (cards with mark off tickets) will be sold for cash or credit at ticket tents at the north and south ends of the park. They are good for games and activities and our own concession stands (popcorn, drinks, clementines, chips, etc.). The pumpkin sales tent and all outside food vendors will take cash or credit.
We’ll have tens of thousands of pounds of pumpkins this year, including heirloom varieties! But please note that we only sell pumpkins during our fall festival weekend, October 14 and 15.
Food Trucks Saturday & Sunday: Moon Rooster, Ashy Legs BBQ, & Camila’s Sweets & Bites
Additional Food Options: New Orleans Style Sno-Balls, Firehouse Pizza, special lemonades from Fresh’n Juicy (with Lemonade Day), plus popcorn, chips, Clementines, candy, water, juice, and soft drinks from our own ticket tent concessions.
Event Parking will be available on side streets in the neighborhood surrounding the park (see map here). Please be courteous to our neighbors and make sure that you allow plenty of space for them to come and go freely from their driveways.
VIP Early Access Event Details
Members of the public are invited to become Pumpkin Patch VIPs for $175 per family. As VIPs, you’ll be invited to a pre-festival private VIP Event pm Friday, October 13. You’ll have easier parking, get a professional family portrait from Meredith Symonds Photography, and get your choice of pumpkins before the crowd arrives for the weekend. This year’s VIP Event will also grant you access to a preview play of our popular Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival games. This limited-capacity event will also feature light bites, festive seasonal beverages from Fox & Seeker, an exclusive animal encounter, and a VIP only will call for pre-purchased Pumpkin Passes. Tickets for the VIP event are on sale HERE!
NDC Wildlife Supporter Level Members are already Pumpkin Patch VIPs. As VIPs they’ll been invited to RSVP via e-mail. RSVPs are required for this event. If you are a member at this level and don’t receive an email in the weeks ahead, please give us a call. Become a Wildlife Supporter Level Member today to receive this membership perk at Pumpkin Patch this year! Already a member, but need to upgrade your membership to the Wildlife Supporter Level? Check your email for Colin’s recent message about upgrading your membership to take advantage of this perk!
Other Event Logistics
Volunteering at Pumpkin Patch is a great way for teens and adults to get in on the fun. Groups welcome. To sign up to volunteer, contact DeAndra Ramsey.
Sponsors can get their logo in front of up to 4,000 attendees (not to mention NDC’s email and social media audience)! Contact Colin O’Neal to become a sponsor.
We are thankful for the generosity of
2023 Pumpkin Sponsor
Seed Level Sponsors
