Adventure & Outdoors
Today · 9am-4pmRichmond Country Farms' pumpkin patch on Steveston Highway, open daily through October 31, where a field of near-identical pumpkins turns two reasonable adults into a selection committee.
Steveston Highway, East Richmond
More infoChoosing a pumpkin should take ten seconds. That gets harder when Richmond Country Farms gives you a whole field of them on Steveston Highway, open daily through October 31. Every one is orange. Every one is round. Every one, up close, has a flat side you'll never be able to unsee. Tickets are sold only at the ticket hut when you arrive: $15 plus tax per person on weekdays and $20 on weekends. So the money part is over fast. The judging part isn't. Budget about 90 minutes, most of it spent saying "this one" with total conviction and then walking right past it. Wear shoes you'd trust in an actual field, and bring someone whose taste you can stand to lose to. Here's the house rule: you each nominate one, no take-backs, and nobody mentions the flat side.
Buy admission at the ticket hut when you arrive, since there are no online sales: $15 plus tax per person on weekdays, $20 plus tax on weekends, and parking is free. Give yourselves about 90 minutes. Each of you nominates one pumpkin and inspects it from every angle exactly once. Then commit, before you start finding flat sides on everything.
9am - 4pm
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