Are you looking for the best Ann Arbor Pumpkin Patches? There are several great options around town – some that we have visited and others that readers recommended over the years. These pumpkin patches are a great way to start your family tradition of picking pumpkins each fall.
Pumpkin Picking Tips
First we have a few tips before you head out to the pumpkin patch.
- Pumpkin patches can be dirty and muddy. Wear clothes that can get dirty.
- If it has been raining, wear boots or shoes to get wet.
- If you are picking in a patch, baby wipes work to clean the pumpkins.
- Bring an old blanket or a tarp to put under the pumpkins in the car.
- Bring cash. Many farms don’t take credit.
Ann Arbor Pumpkin Patches
Most pumpkin patches open in late September or early October.
What is your pumpkin patch personality? Do you want an actual patch where the pumpkins have grown, or a field that has had pumpkins placed in it? Do you want other activities or just the patch? Depending on which you want, will determine what the best pumpkin patch is for your family.
When my daughter was a baby/toddler we took her to Plymouth Orchards where the pumpkins were placed in fields. It was a perfect experience for a new walker. As she got older, we started visiting Wasem for pumpkins. More recently, a busy teenage schedule meant buying pumpkins at a grocery store.
We did find that visting on a weekday after school was a great way to avoid the crowds at the pumpkin patch.
Gust Brothers Pumpkin Farm
Current Season: Labor Day to Halloween
Admission: FreeFree Parking & Free Admission
About Gust Brothers Pumpkin Farm
Gust Brothers is south of Ann Arbor in Ottawa Lake. It is a little further than some of the other farms. Gust Brothers typically offers hayrides on the weekends. (Note: They may have to cancel hay rides after rain while the farm dries out). They also offer fresh u-cut flowers When you visit their farm…
Fall Activities
Crops: Pumpkins
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Fall Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts, Other Baked Goods
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Location
Gust Brother’s Pumpkin Farm, Mulberry Road, Ottawa Lake, MI, USA
Farm Hours
9a-7p
Wasem Fruit Farm
Current Season: 2025: Started September 28
Admission: Free
About Wasem Fruit Farm
We love Wasem Fruit Farm in fall. We’ve picked apples and pumpkins there many times over the years. They also offer a small u-pick patch of fall raspberries. In summer, Wasem has tart cherries, currants, and gooseberries for u-pick. Don’t miss their cider and donuts. My tip is to buy a gallon (or half-gallon) of…
Crops: Raspberries Pumpkins Cherries Apples Pears
Activities:
Food: Cider, Donuts
Market Products: Fresh Produce, Jams & Jellies, Unpopped Popcorn
Location
Wasem Fruit Farm, 6580 Judd Road, Milan, MI, USA
Farm Hours
September 11-14: 9a-6p Thursday-Sunday
September 17-October 31 - Wednesday-Sunday
Most Fridays in November
Jacob’s Fresh Farm
Current Season: 2025: September 20-October 31
Admission:
About Jacob’s Fresh Farm
Jacob’s Fresh Farm is an all natural farm that uses no synthetic herbicides, pesticides, or chemicals. They are a 40 acre farm. Half of the land is for farm markets and CSA program. They offer u-pick on Strawberries, Lavender, Sunflowers, and pumpkins. New for 2025 they have added Sugar Snap Peas. Please call ahead to…
Fall Activities
Pumpkin Painting, Toddler Town, Farm Yard Basketball
Crops: Strawberries Raspberries Pumpkins Sunflowers
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Fall Activities
Food:
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Location
Jacob’s Fresh Farm, 475 North Fletcher Road, Dexter, MI, USA
Farm Hours
10a-5p daily
Blake’s – Lyon Township
Current Season: 2025: Available starting 9/27
Admission: FreeFunland: $9.95/weekday, $13.95/weekend
About Blake’s – Lyon Township
In summer 2022, Erwin Orchards in South Lyon closed as the owners have retired. Blake Orchards out of Armada, MI purchased the property. While Armada is a bit of a drive from Ann Arbor, South Lyon is much closer. Erwin has always been on our lists and we are updating the listings to reflect the…
Fall Activities
Funland includes Animal Petting Farm, Jumping Pillows, Barnyard 500 Tricycle Race Track, Inflatables, Sports Zone, Play Structures, Cornfield Maze, 3D Mr Bee Barn, Straw Mountain, Sand Diggers, Miniature Goat Walk, Pony Swings, & More.
Crops: Raspberries Pumpkins Cherries Apples
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Animals Play Area Fall Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts, Other Baked Goods, Hot Dogs, Other Meals
Market Products: Fresh Produce, Jams & Jellies
Location
61475 Silver Lake Road, South Lyon, MI, USA
Farm Hours
U-Pick:
8a-5p Mondays-Fridays
9a-6p Saturdays & Sundays
Funland: Thursday-Sunday 10a-6p through 9/5, then open daily
Coleman’s Farm Saline
Current Season: 2025: Opened September 6
Admission: Free
About Coleman’s Farm Saline
Coleman’s Farm in Saline used to primarily be a corn maze. They no longer offer a corn maze, but do have a corn trail this year. They also offer pumpkins, mums, and cut flowers. Plus, you can visit baby animals and enjoy donuts and cider.
Fall Activities
No corn maze, but a short corn trail for the kids
Crops: Pumpkins
Activities: Animals Fall Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts
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Location
12758 Jordan Road, Saline, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Saturdays: 10a-6p
Sundays: noon-4p
DeBuck’s Family Farm
Current Season: 2025: September 13-October 31
Admission: Season Pass: $54.95. Varies seasonally. Sunflowers (online purchase): $12.95/Friday, $16.95/Saturday or Sunday. Sunflowers (gate purchase): $15/Friday, $20/Saturday or Sunday
About DeBuck’s Family Farm
DeBuck’s Family Farm offers a variety of family fun. They now start the year in spring with the Tulip Festival. In the summer, they have lavender and sunflowers. In fall, they have a corn maze and pumpkin patch. The family fun area with other attractions like Bounce Pads, Human Foosball, pedal trikes, and more is…
Fall Activities
Slides, Swings, Bounce Pad, Corn Box, Human Foosball, Pedal Trikes, and More
Crops: Pumpkins Sunflowers
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Animals Play Area Fall Activities
Food: Donuts, Other Baked Goods, Other Meals
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Location
DeBuck’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, 50240 Martz Road, Belleville, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Summer (Lavender & Sunflowers)
Fridays: 10a-4p
Saturdays & Sundays: 10a-6p
Fall (Corn Maze & Pumpkins)
Saturdays & Sundays 10a-6p
October Thursdays & Fridays: 10a-4p
Wiards Orchards & Country Fair
Current Season: 2025: Store opens September 2. Country Fair opens weekends starting September 6 and Wednesdays-Fridays on September 17. The Country Fair closes for the season on October 31
Admission: $18/weekdays, $26/weekend
About Wiards Orchards & Country Fair
Wiard’s Orchard and Country Fair combines u-pick fruit with the activities of a country fair. The Country Fair opens on weekends starting Saturday, September 6. Beginning Wednesday, September 17 they will also be open Wednesday-Fridays. They close for the season on October 31 In addition to offering u-pick apples & pumpkins, they also offer family fun with corn maze, playgrounds,…
Fall Activities
Weekday & Weekend: Corn Crib, Straw Stack, Spine Chilling Mineshaft
Weekend only: Inflatables, apple cannon, karaoke, duck races, paintball shooting gallery, pedal tractor races
Crops: Pumpkins Apples
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Animals Play Area Fall Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts, Other Baked Goods
Market Products: Fresh Produce, Jams & Jellies
Location
Wiard’s Orchards, Merritt Road, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Country Fair:
Wednesdays-Fridays 10a-6p
Saturdays & Sundays 11a-6p
Country Store:
Tuesdays-Sundays 9a-6p
Schell Family Farm
Current Season: 2025: Pumpkins listed as of September 26
Admission: $5/adult, kids free (Can't find updated 2025 information)
About Schell Family Farm
Head to Schell Family Farm for wildflowers, sunflowers, pumpkins, apples, Christmas Trees, and more.
Crops: Pumpkins Peaches Apples Sunflowers
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides
Food: Cider, Donuts
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Location
10055 Dexter-Pinckney Road, Pinckney, MI, USA
Farm Hours
9/26 Open until 8p. Next week (aka 10/3) will start closing at 7p
Honey Bee U-Pick
Current Season: Website says to Look for them on the pumpkin wagon in October
Admission: Free
About Honey Bee U-Pick
Honey Bee U-Pick is Tantre Farm’s U-Pick site. They first opened in 2021 with strawberries followed by both fall & summer raspberries. They also have pumpkins on their pumpkin cart in late September. The Honey Bee U-Pick property is a work in progress. Tantre Farms uses natural growing practices. Their berries are not treated with…
Crops: Strawberries Blueberries Raspberries Pumpkins
Activities:
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Location
Honey Bee U-Pick patch – Tantre Farm, Scio Church Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Aiming for 7 days a week 8a-7p. Will depend on conditions. Will reassess after opening weekend June 6-8.
Zilke Sunflower Festival
Current Season:
Admission:
About Zilke Sunflower Festival
Zilke Sunflower Festival – Closed for Business
The owners of Zilke Vegetable Farm retired after the 2024 season and the farm is closed.
Zilke Vegetable Farm has a 3 acre sunflower field. It is open to the public in August. New for 2023 is a Sunflower Labyrinth! Wander the path through half a million sunflowers. Explore the paths through the sunflowers and capture some great photos* of the kids amid the blooms. They will also have photo-op setups,…
Crops: Pumpkins Sunflowers
Activities:
Food:
Market Products: Other Grocery Items
Location
Zilke Vegetable Farm, 12491 Carpenter Road, Milan, MI, USA
Farm Hours
11a-6p
Plymouth Orchards & Cider Mill
Current Season: 2025: Opens 8/30
Admission:
About Plymouth Orchards & Cider Mill
Plymouth Orchard was the first place we took my daughter to get a pumpkin at 9 months old. We didn’t realize that they have the pumpkins in a field instead of an actual pumpkin patch. As a baby who loved walking while holding your hand, having the pumpkins in a field instead of a patch…
Crops: Pumpkins Apples
Activities:
Food: Cider, Donuts
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Location
Plymouth Orchards & Cider Mill, Warren Road, Plymouth, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Cider Mill: 9a-7p.
Market 10a-6p
Three Cedars Farm
Current Season: Open for 2025 through November 2
Admission: Free
About Three Cedars Farm
Three Cedars Farm in Northville offers a cider mill, hay rides, train rides, corn maze and a u-pick pumpkin patch. Don’t miss their storybook farm featuring Three Little Pigs, Little Red Hen, Peter Rabbit, and more. They open for the 2025 season on Labor Day Weekend. For 2025, they now have a Country Jamboree Show ($1/person). Last year…
Crops: Pumpkins Apples
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Animals Play Area Winter Holiday Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts
Market Products: Fresh Produce
Location
7897 Six Mile Road, Northville, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Labor Day weekend: 10a-6p
Fall Hours:
Sundays-Thursdays: 10a-8p
Fridays & Saturdays: 10a-10p
Halloween 10a-6p
November 1-3: 10a-8p
Kackleberry Farms
Current Season: 2025: September 13-November 1
Admission: $21.99/online, $25 at gate. Ages 2 & under are free
About Kackleberry Farms
Kackleberry Farms holds their Fall Festival. Enjoy u-pick flowers like zinnias and sunflowers, farm fun activities, and a corn maze! There are plenty of food options including The Pizza Barn & Burger Shack, The Farmhouse Bakery, and The Trough for drinks. Fall fun activities include Skee-Ball, Apple Blaster, duck races, pumpkins, silly skeleton trail, and…
Fall Activities
Crops: Pumpkins Sunflowers
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Fall Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts, Other Baked Goods, Pizza, Other Meals
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Location
Kackleberry Farms, North Stoney Creek Road, Monroe, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Fall Festival:
(September 13-November 1) Saturdays & Sundays: 11a-7p
(October 19-17) Thursdays & Fridays: 3p-7p
Pumpkin Hook’s Pumpkin Farm
Current Season: 2024: Listed as permanently closed as of August 1
Admission:
About Pumpkin Hook’s Pumpkin Farm
Pumpkin Hook’s Pumpkin Farm – Closed for Business
As of August 1, 2024, their Facebook page lists them as permanently closed
Pumpkin Hook’s Pumpkin Farm is a new farm that opened in Dundee in 2023. Unfortunately, as of August 1, 2024, their Facebook page lists them as permanently closed. We are leaving them on our list in case they adjust their listing when the fall season rolls around. They have pumpkins, gourds, sunflowers, crafts, antiques, donuts…
Crops: Pumpkins Sunflowers
Activities:
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Location
180 Pumpkin Hook Road, Dundee, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Saturdays & Sundays noon-4p
Denny’s UPick Pumpkins
Current Season: 2025: Weekends starting September 14, daily starting October 1
Admission:
About Denny’s UPick Pumpkins
Denny’s offers UPick Pumpkins every fall. They’re a no-frills pumpkin patch, but Plymouth Orchards is nearby if you want to add-on cider, donuts, and other farm activities, Plymouth Orchards is a short drive away.
Crops: Pumpkins
Activities:
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Location
4260 Gotfredson Road, Plymouth, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Mondays-Fridays: noon-6p
Saturdays & Sundays: 10a-6p
Wing Farm
Current Season: 2025: Opens September 26
Admission: Free Admission & Free Parking
About Wing Farm
Wing Farm has u-pick pumpkins. They also sell fresh Turkeys for Thanksgiving. On Saturdays and Sundays in the fall they offer free hayrides to the pumpkin patch ever hour
Crops: Pumpkins
Activities:
Food: Cider
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Location
Wing Farms, Dexter Ann Arbor Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Fridays-Sundays 10a-6p
Wells Pumpkin Farm
Current Season: 2025: Opened September 20
Admission: Free
About Wells Pumpkin Farm
Wells Pumpkin Farms offers a pumpkin cart with gathered pumpkins, gourds, and other fall decorations from the farm. They don’t offer u-pick.
Crops: Pumpkins
Activities:
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Location
Wells Pumpkin Farm, South Wagner Road, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Daily 10a-7p
Spicer Orchards
Current Season: 2025: Listed as picking on 10/2
Admission: Summer: $5 wristband - 1 free per group, kids 2 & under are free
About Spicer Orchards
Spicer Orchards is a large orchard in Fenton that offers a wide variety of u-pick fruits as well as sunflowers, a corn maze, and even Santa. They are one of the only orchards offering u-pick cherries with both sweet and tart cherries. It is always fun to watch their pitting machine go to work on…
Fall Activities
Corn Maze
Fall Fun Weekends
Scenic Wagon & Train Rides
Crops: Strawberries Blueberries Raspberries Pumpkins Cherries Peaches Apples Pears Sunflowers
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Animals Play Area Fall Activities Winter Holiday Activities
Food: Cider, Donuts, Ice Cream, Sandwiches, Other Meals, Winery, Alcoholic Beverages
Market Products: Fresh Produce, Jams & Jellies, Unpopped Popcorn, Baked Items, Other Grocery Items
Location
Spicer Orchards Farm Market, Cider Mill, Fudge, Bakery, 10411 Clyde Road, Fenton, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Summer: First wagon at 9a.
After Labor Day First Wagon at 9a
Last wagon goes out at 5:30p, returns around 6:15p
Market closes at 7p
Kapnick Orchards
Current Season: 2025: Opened September 27
Admission: Free
About Kapnick Orchards
Kapnick Orchards offers a variety of fruits for u-pick. Sweet cherries are no longer be a u-pick option as the trees have grown too large. They are offering u-pick tart cherries. As of 2022, they are no longer offering u-pick on Peaches due to peach trees in a regrowing phase after crop damage. They no…
Fall Activities
Apple Festival Second Weekend in October – coincides with Tecumseh Applumpkin Festival
Watch cider pressing. Wagon Rides, Craft Show, Many Food Options
Crops: Blueberries Pumpkins Cherries Apples
Activities: Wagon/Hay Rides Fall Activities
Food: Cider
Market Products: Fresh Produce, Jams & Jellies, Baked Items
Location
Kapnick Orchards, Rogers Highway, Britton, MI, USA
Farm Hours
Apple picking only Saturdays 9a-5p & Sundays 10a-5p.
Mondays-Saturdays: 7a-6p
Sundays: 9a-5p
Grocery Stores
Of course many local grocery stores carry pumpkins at this time of year. While it isn’t the same experience, I have bought a grocery store pumpkin instead of having none.
Pumpkin Carving Tips
Timing
Don’t carve your pumpkin too early. Once it is carved it starts to rot much faster.
It seems like I wait too long every year. We are always rushing to carve our pumpkin at the last minute. I remember carving on Halloween afternoon with my 20 month old between the Main Street Trick or Treat and heading out in the neighborhood.
Check out these Pumpkin Carving & Decorating Events and you won’t have to clean up the mess of the pumpkin guts.
From Patch to Porch: Pumpkin Carving Events near Ann Arbor
I love having carved or decorated pumpkins, but I hate the mess. Fortunately, there are a number of events to carve pumpkins near Arbor. They’ll handle the mess! Ann Arbor Pumpkin Decorating I love having decorated pumpkins, but we always seem to run out of time. There have been years that we have carved our […]
Decorating Tips
For carving I find a knife easier than the pumpkin carving kits. But the kits are great if you want a pattern instead of a jack o’lantern face.
A few years ago, my daughter decided to use cookie cutters to outline her jack o’lantern face. She used pumpkins for the eyes and a bat for the nose. While the cookie cutters were not able to cut through the pumpkin skin, they did provide a good outline to trace with the knife.
Other Options
We have some favorite ways to decorate our pumpkin without carving. We have a Mrs Potato Head Princess Pumpkin kit. This is very easy because you don’t need to hollow out the pumpkin first.
We also have what I call the “Lite Brite” pumpkin kit. There are pegs similar to Lite Brite that you pound into the pumpkin in a pattern. The “Lite Brite” kit still requires you to clean out the pumpkin guts.
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