PUMPKIN CO.A fall festival the whole neighborhood turns out for.
The patch arrives in your lot or your fellowship hall, and your volunteers get to greet people instead of running stations.
Penn Pumpkin Co brings a complete pumpkin patch to churches and faith communities across greater Philadelphia. We set up in a parking lot, on a lawn, or inside a fellowship hall, run picking, decorating, and fall carnival games, and clear everything afterward.
The questions that come before the vote.
A committee and a fixed annual line
Most committees are working from a number set months earlier. Two flat prices make that straightforward: $599 for up to 50 children, $799 for up to 100, with nothing added afterward beyond what you choose to add.
Volunteers are the scarce resource
Our team runs every activity, so your volunteers can do what they are good at. Welcoming families, pouring cider, and knowing everyone by name is not something we could do for you.
An open invitation means an open headcount
A community event cannot count heads the way a class list can. Book to the turnout you expect and add pumpkins in blocks of 50 for $75 on the day if more of the neighborhood arrives than you planned for.
Working around the service schedule
We set up before your window and clear afterward, so a festival can follow a morning service or fill a Saturday without colliding with anything else on the calendar.
The lot, the lawn, and the forecast
Blacktop is fine, and so is grass. Light rain is fine too, and the festival runs. In worse weather a fellowship hall or a gym takes the same patch indoors, and if the day cannot happen at all we reschedule.
Families, not classes
Children arrive with their own adults, and those adults stay with them. We staff the patch and the games; supervising a child belongs to the family or the group leader who brought them.
An event people outside the congregation will come to.
A pumpkin patch in the lot is an easy thing to invite a neighbor to. There is no commitment attached, the children have something to do the moment they arrive, and every family leaves carrying something they made.
It also travels well on a flyer and on a neighborhood page, which is how people who have never walked through your door end up doing it.
See the fall gallery →What we confirm before a festival date.
The same answers whether the event runs in the lot or in the hall.
- Space
- Thirty by thirty feet is our recommended minimum. We flex it to the space you have.
- Indoors
- A gym, a hall, or a large room works.
- Ages
- All ages.
- Crew
- Staffing scales with the size of the party and what you book.
- Supervision
- We run the activities. Supervising the children stays with your own staff.
- Weather
- Light rain is fine and the party runs. We hold no rain dates; in worse weather we reschedule, and your deposit carries over as credit for two years. Spend that credit on another party with us, or at any of the businesses under our parent company, PA Fun Co.
- Paperwork
- We are insured, and we run record checks on our crew. A standard certificate of insurance is available immediately. A certificate naming your organization as additional insured can be requested, though the timing of that one rests with our insurance agent. Tell us what else your office needs on paper, and we will work through it with you.
Festival questions, answered.
How do you run a fall festival for a church?
We arrive ahead of your window, set up the full patch in your lot, on your lawn, or inside your hall, then run pumpkin picking, no-carve decorating, fall carnival games, and music for 60 or 90 minutes before clearing the space.
Can the patch set up in a church parking lot?
Yes. Blacktop is a common surface for us. Thirty by thirty feet is a recommended minimum and it flexes to what your lot allows.
What happens if it rains on the day of the festival?
Light rain is fine and the festival runs. In worse weather we move indoors where a fellowship hall or a gym is available. Otherwise we reschedule, and your deposit moves with the booking as credit good for two years.
Do you provide volunteers, or do we?
Our crew staffs the activities. You provide the welcome, and any adult accompanying a child stays responsible for that child throughout.
Is the event suitable for a wide age range?
All ages. A community event usually brings toddlers and grandparents to the same tables, and the activities are built to hold both.
Open the lot, and let autumn do the inviting.
Send your date, the turnout you expect, and whether you are planning on the lot, the lawn, or the hall.
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