Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival at AGRIscapes
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The official Facebook page for the annual Pumpkin Festival at Cal Poly Pomona. The official Facebook page for the annual Pumpkin Festival at Cal Poly Pomona.
The festival's roots date back to 1991 when the public was invited to pick pumpkins from a humble patch on campus. Since then, the patch has grown into a festival that draws thousands of people to the AGRIscapes Center at Cal Poly Pomona on an October weekend.
Today, the event features a patch with thousands of pumpkins grown by Cal Poly Pomona. It also features a four-acre corn maze specially grown for the occasion, a petting zoo, hayrides, pony rides, and the Cal Poly Pomona Insect Fair. Festival-goers can sign up to participate in pie-eating, seed-spitting, or kids' costume contests. Children can pick smaller pumpkins out of a Kids Patch or build a scarecrow, run through squash tunnels, or explore a mini corn maze in the Farm Kids area..They can learn more about farming and agriculture at Ag Discovery Lane, where demonstrations of cow milking, soap making and beekeeping are held. Visitors can play games at student-run booths, listen to live music, shop at a farmers market, or enjoy food from vendors.
The festival charges an admission fee. Some of the attractions and activities carry a fee. Pumpkins are sold separately.
After the two-day festival, "Pumpkin Fest" begins: the pumpkin patch and corn maze open for the remainder of the month (please check in advance for hours of operation.) The petting farm and hayrides are available on weekends. Admission is free during this period, but free parking is limited. If you don't want to deal with crowds or admission fee at the festival, coming to "Pumpkin Fest" may be a better choice.
We ask our guests not to bring pets unless they are service animals. We have many farm animals on site, and they don't always interact well with pets.
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facebook.comWe want to thank everyone who came out during the festival weekend or the patch this past month and bought pumpkins. Your purchases support student clubs and activities in the Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture here at Cal Poly Pomona. In case you were wondering what happens with the unused pumpkins, please see below! We hope you had a great time and that we see you here next year!
UPDATE (posted at 3:02 p.m.): We will NOT be open on Halloween! We have run out of acceptable pumpkins to sell. Thanks to all who came to the festival or the pumpkin patch! Last chance to visit the patch and get a pumpkin! We'll be open from noon to 6 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Halloween!
OK, folks, we're headed into the final weekend of our Pumpkin Patch! Hours this weekend are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A reminder: admission is free, but there is limited free parking in the field. If you park in a university parking lot this weekend, you will have to pay $5. The hayrides and corn maze will be available this weekend. The petting farm will be open until 4 p.m. We will be open on Monday from noon to 6 p.m. and on Halloween from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. As part of the final days of the patch, we will be selling our hay bales for $8 each! We've also received a lot of questions about whether people can bring dogs. We ask that people not bring them unless they are service animals. We have farm animals present, and they don't always interact well with pets. Thank you!
OK, folks, the 2017 Pumpkin Festival is over, but you can still get pumpkins from our patch! Our patch opens starting tomorrow through the end of the month. Here are the hours: noon to 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays; noon to 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. The patch is closed Mondays, except Oct. 30. Admission is free. However, there is LIMITED FREE PARKING in the field. Parking in Lot B and Parking Structure 2 is $5. Pumpkins are still $5 each from the patch or $4 each from the Kids Patch. The corn maze will be open during patch hours. The petting farm is available noon to 4 p.m. on Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekends. Hay rides and a few food vendors are available on weekends.
Well, that's it! The 2017 Cal Poly Pomona Pumpkin Festival is officially over. We want to thank all of you who came. We hope you had a good time. We are always looking to improve this event, so please give us a Facebook review if you can and let us know how we did -- what we did well and where we need improvement. We also want to thank our many sponsors, vendors, the police officers, the faculty, students, and staff, and the many volunteers who made this event possible. Thank you! As a reminder, the pumpkin patch and corn maze will be open starting Tuesday through the end of the month. The hours are noon to 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays; noon to 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays; and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., weekends. We will be closed Mondays, except for Oct. 30. Admission to the patch is free, but we will have limited free parking. The petting farm and hay rides will be offered on the weekends, along with a few vendors. Pumpkins will still be $5 each from the patch and $4 each from the Kids Patch. We hope to see you in the coming weeks and at next year's festival!
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