Hayrides and Pumpkins: Halloween Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

A great place to take your kids this time of year is out to the Pumpkin Patch at Richmond Country Farms.  There’s plenty of entertainment and fun for the whole family.  You’ll meet comical characters like Polly Pumpkin, Strawberry Shortcake and Korny Corn.  There’s music by the farm Band and lots of other entertainers.

Perhaps you’d like to go on a hay ride on a trip past duck ponds, waterfalls, corn fields and spooky buildings.   There’ll be a sing-along while you travel on the hay wagon. You will view the farm animals too. And at the end of your hayride you’ll get a juicy B.C. grown Spartan apple for a treat.

One of the main features of the Pumpkin Patch are the pumpkins of course!  There are hundreds of them in the fields and you get to choose one to take home in a special bag. (Extra pumpkins cost $2.00)

The Pumpkin Patch is part of a real farm, The Richmond Country Farms, and at the entrance farm gate you can shop for all the fresh fruits and vegetables that are grown on the farm.

If  you come, be sure to dress for the weather.  Bring your rain gear just in case.  And be sure to wear rubber boots or waterproof footwear because the fields can be very muddy and wet.

The Pumpkin Patch is open Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1:30 pm and on the weekends, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 4:30 pm until October 31, weather permitting.

Tickets: Monday to Friday $7.00 including tax,  Saturday and Sunday $10.  Adults and caregivers assisting persons with special needs are allowed entry free.

Richmond Country Farm:   12900 Steveston Highway, Richmond, B.C.      (map)

How to Get There:  Steveston Highway exit from Highway 99 on Richmond side of Massey Tunnel (map).  The Farm is 6 kilometers from south end of Oak Street Bridge  (map).

Photo Credits: W. Ruth Kozak