Prime Pickings: Pumpkin Patches in Arkansas
Arkansas is always such a tease. The state gives us a chill one day and swelters us the next. Arkansas makes us throw on a layered outfit to fight off the biting breeze just to walk outside a few hours later to 90 percent humidity. As much as the Natural State enjoys playing tricks, it can’t stop the progression of the seasons and the inevitable fact that fall is upon us.
Fall, whether it’s cool or reminiscent of August, is a season with age-old traditions that people look forward to even right after the season ends. Leaf piles, haunted houses, Halloween, decorations and of course, pumpkin patches. So much to do with so little time. AY About You wants to try to make things a little easier on you by providing a list of pumpkin patches to hit up in the state. Take your photos, pick your perfect pumpkin and go big or gourd home.
Northwest
Ozark Corn Maze
Where: Fayetteville
Dates: September 18 to October 31
Hours: Thursday and Friday: 12 pm to 10 pm; Saturday: 10 am to 10 pm; Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm
Reagan Family Farm
Where: Fayetteville
Dates: September 25 to TBD
Hours: Thursday and Friday: 2 pm to 6 pm; Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday: 10 am to 4 pm
In the Pines
Where: Hindsville
Dates: September 4 to October 31
Hours: Monday to Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday: 11 am to 5 pm
Farmland Adventures
Where: Springdale
Dates: September 10 to November 6
Hours: Thursday: 3 pm to 9:30 pm; Friday: 1 pm to 9:30 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 9:30 pm
Vanzant Fruit Farms
Where: Lowell
Dates: September 27 to November 1
Hours: Monday to Saturday: 8 am to 6 pm
Mountain Home Berry Farm
Where: Mountain Home
Dates: Every weekend in October; first weekend of November
Hours: 10 am to 6 pm
Drewry Farm & Orchards
Where: Dover
Dates: Every Saturday in October
Hours: 7 am to dark
The Father’s Field Pumpkin Patch & Market Place
Where: Chula
Dates: September 1 to November 6
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday: 10:30 am to 7:30 pm
Northeast
Pumpkin Hollow
Where: Piggott
Dates: September 18 to October 31
Hours: Monday to Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday: 1 pm to 6 pm
Peebles Farm Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze
Where: Augusta
Dates: September 23 to October 31
Hours: Wednesday to Friday: 9 am to 6 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 7 pm; Sunday: Noon to 7 pm
Mootown Grill and Corn Maze
Where: Brookland
Dates: September 24 to October 30
Hours: Friday to Sunday: 10 am to 6 pm
Central
Schaefers and Collins Pumpkin Patch
Where: Mayflower
Dates: September 25 – October 31
Hours: Monday to Saturday: 9 am to 7 pm; Sunday: 1 pm to 7 pm
Where: Little Rock
Dates: September 25 to October 31
Hours: Thursday and Friday: 10 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 9 am to 6 pm
Family Farm
Where: Malvern
Dates: October 2 to November 6
Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 2 pm to 6 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm
BoBrook Farms
Where: Roland
Dates: October 1 to October 31
Hours: Monday to Thursday: 9 am to 2 pm; Friday to Sunday: 9 am to 6 pm
Hicks Family Farms
Where: Lonoke
Dates: October 2 to October 31
Hours: Saturdays: 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday: 1 pm to 6 pm
Roseberry Farms Pumpkin Patch
Where: Benton
Dates: September 25 to October 31
Hours: 9 am to 6 pm
South
Old Milo Tree Farms
Where: Hamburg
Dates: October 1 to October 31
Hours: Friday and Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm; Sunday: 1 pm to 5 pm
Weekdays: Group appointments only.
Miracle Farms Market
Where: Bodcaw
Dates: Every Saturday in October
Hours: 10 am to 3 pm
Garner Homestead Family Farm
Where: Fountain Lake
Dates: September 28 to November 6
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 10 am to 4 pm
Shady Acres Farm
Where: Amity
Dates: October 2 to November 14
Hours: Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm; Sunday: 12 pm to 6 pm
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