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Picking pumpkins at the Pop Up Farm

Picking pumpkins at the Pop Up Farm

As soon as October comes I am ready to go pumpkin picking. This year our street is having a pumpkin carving competition and I wanted to make sure we had the best pumpkins. There was only one place to go to get them so we went pumpkin picking at the Pop Up Farm.

Picking pumpkins at the Pop Up Farm

Picking pumpkins at the Pop Up Farm

The Pop Up Farm is just outside London and a great trip for the family. It only seems like a few weeks ago we went to pick sunflowers but we were happy to go back to buy some pumpkins. We booked our tickets online, arrived at our time slot and ventured out to the pumpkin fields.

Picking pumpkins at the Pop Up Farm outside London

We were met with a really colourful display of pumpkins, the usual orange ones as well as a variety of different coloured pumpkins and squash. The kids loved filling the wheelbarrow and both chose a couple of pumpkins they could carve, as well as some smaller ones to display.

photo props at the pumpkin farm

Just like on our last visit, there were some fun photo props dotted around the pumpkin fields. We loved the bath tub and piano. It definitely made for some quirky photo opportunities.

photo props at the pumpkin farm

As you can see from our photos, the weather was amazing. We loved being outside and took the opportunity to take lots of photos.

photo props at the pumpkin farm

After we had paid for our pumpkins we stopped for some warm drinks and snacks.

picking our own pumpkins at the pumpkin farm

We washed our pumpkins and are storing them outside for a few weeks before bringing them inside to carve them.

Essential information:

Tickets to The Pop Up Farm must be booked in advance and there is a free car park

There are toilets

You must pay by card

You can buy hot and cold drinks and snacks

The Pop Up Farm Pumpkin Patch is open selected weekends, check their FB or Instagram page for details

Find The Pop Up Farm at M1 Junction 9, St Albans, AL3 8HT, Hertfordshire

7 Comments

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    Rhian Westbury
    October 13, 2021 at 2:35 pm

    That pop up farm is just round the corner from me and I went for the first time a few weeks ago, the weather was quite wet but it was a fun time and we got some monster pumpkins x

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      jenny
      October 17, 2021 at 10:26 pm

      They had the best pumpkins!

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    michelle twin mum
    October 13, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    What a great place to visit with the kids, they have so much fun picking their own pumpkin and I like all the unusual photo props, like the bath!

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      jenny
      October 17, 2021 at 10:26 pm

      They definitely made for a fun visit.

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