The Pumpkin Patch

We’ve come to the pumkin patch for many years, but this year was very disappointing. We came during the week, and most of the bounce houses were not available. We were told all the high school kids were in school and they had no one to help. The hamburger and hot dog stand was closed as well. It looks run down.
On a positive note, the bathrooms were new, clean and heated, and there were plenty of crafts to buy. Not sure if we’ll come again.

Expensive but worth it for a once a year activity! They have a ton of inflatables, pony rides, corn maze, pumpkin patch and great apple cider slushes!

We have gone to this pumpkin patch in the past and enjoyed it. Sad to say we will not be back. The cost of admission is $ 3.00 per person. This basically allows you to get in. Unless you are interested in taking pictures with faded plywood cut outs don’t bother going in. Anything you would want to do is 2.00 TO $ 5.00. This can get real expensive quick with a few kids. The store was mostly empty with some food items made at other places. Even the corn maze was an extra $ 3.00. Pass on this place because you can find some nice orchards in the area that don’t charge admissions.

I have lived in the, area 10 years and go every year for the donuts the are the best. My 5yr loves the pony rides & activities.

When we were visiting extended family in the Rockford area, we took a group of 3 kids and a few adults to the Pumpkin Patch. Overall, we were disappointed.
On the plus side, the kids really enjoyed seeing the animals, especially the mountain lion and the camel. However, the rest of the visit was just alright and I won’t be going back.
My main complaint has to do with price — $ 3/​person to get in plus paying extra for each bounce house and camel rides. Even the pumpkins were TWICE as expensive as the pumpkins at an apple orchard just down the road. In all, it amounts to very expensive place to visit when you have a large group.
Also, the gift store was full of cheap and chintzy products and the baked goods didn’t seem very fresh.

Well known very fun family oriented pumpkin patch with a spook house, petting zoo, and gift shop :) …There are several cool photo ops. It is very affordable and if I remember right kids under 2 are free. I’ll be uploading some pictures we have from there soon. So I got a funny badge for checking in to this place while driving. I didn’t mean to check in I meant to bookmark it because we’ve been here several times and never wrote it a review.

We’ve taken our kids to the Pumpkin Patch once a year for the last 10 years. Our kids have fun and so do we. There are a lot of activities to entertain yourself. There are large inflatable amusements for the kids. They include mazes, slides, jumpers and an obstacle course. You can do some pumpkin’ chunkin’. They have what looks like water balloon slingshots that are attached to posts and you can load a small pumpkin in it and see how far you can shoot it. They have two different sizes, smaller ones for kids and a large one for adults. I could spend hours, and a lot of money, launching pumpkins across their field. They also have an air cannon that shoots corn, a corn maze, a petting zoo, a haunted shed and a horse drawn carriage out to the pick your own pumpkin field.
Of course they have a store where you can buy Halloween costumes and decorations. They have a selection of locally made canned items. Apple butter, jellies, salsas, etc. They also make and sell their own apple and pumpkin doughnuts. The apple doughnuts are good, but the ones from another local attraction are definitely better.
There are various food items you can choose from. Baked potatoes, burgers, brats, hot dogs, Bar-​B-​Que pork sandwich, corn on the cob. All of its pretty good. If the place is crowded, there will be lines to order food and a wait to receive it. It’s not the fastest operation. I’ve found myself deciding what to eat based on what has the shortest wait.
There is a lot of fun to be had at The Pumpkin Patch, but make sure you bring plenty of cash. They use tickets to do the various amusements. A ticket costs $ 1 or 11 for $ 10. Depending on the amusement depends on how many tickets it costs. It seems the average is 3 tickets. The prices on the pumpkins, in my opinion, are on the high side. Same with the cost for some of their other items they sell. That hasn’t stopped me from purchasing items from them, but I do keep it in mind when I see similar items at other places.
Overall it’s a fun place to spend a couple of hours with the family.

The Pumpkin Patch is overpriced, overcrowded and poorly maintained. We use to go here every year but stopped because of the quality/​price ratio. We go to Goeberts down in Huntley now because they are priced nicely, a lot of the place is free and lots of places for the kids to play.

So– I was back and forth on giving this place 4 or 5 stars, but I do think some things here are a bit overpriced so I went with the 4 stars. The prices aren’t astronomical, just more than I’d like to spend (and higher than I have seen at some other pumpkin patches).
Pricing aside, let me tell you about just a few of the fantastic reasons you should visit this Pumpkin Patch.
When I pulled up, I saw a ton of cars in the lot, and having just left Edwards I was ready for another claustrophobic experience. Not the case here. I don’t know where they hid all of these people, but the lay out is so great that you hardly notice how crowded it is. Best of all… there was no waiting in line! There are tons of kids activities here, including a Haunted shack, pumpkin launching, animal petting/​feeding (they all look very well cared for… something I am always super aware of), and rides.
Speaking of which, this place has the coolest animals! Lemurs, peacocks, turkeys, llamas, goats, pigs, chickens; I even got to ride a camel! Not only was I thrilled that they had animals, but how often do you see adult rides at a place like this? (Yeah, that sounds dirty but I can’t think of a better way to word it… get your mind out of the gutter!)
Stop for some fresh corn, popcorn, hot dogs, chips, cider, donuts, etc. if you’re hungry; the food we had was delish. (I’m a veggie but a friend had a hot dog and loved it.) When you’re done for the day you can stop in their barn store and get all kinds of Halloween goodies, edibles, snacks to-​go, and knick-​knacks. The barn store is what really is the overpriced part of this place. (e.g. A small candle went for $ 9.99 (the kind you’d see for $ 4.99 anywhere else, and it wasn’t handmade.) They did have some great smelling handmade soaps for sale though, in spooky designs.
A GREAT place to go as a couple, as a family, or as a group of friends. I’m going to try and make The Pumpkin Patch a new yearly tradition!

I found out about this pumpkin patch by asking my fellow Unilocalers about pumpkin patches close to the Chicago-​land area. I got quite the list of area ones, so I had to research which would be the best.
What drew me to The Pumpkin Patch was it didn’t seem expensive compared to the other patches. There was a $ 2 admission charge, $ 3 to take the hayride to the patch and a really large pumpkin and baby pie size pumpkin were $ 5 total.
The pumpkins in the patch were good quality. My friend and I saw lots of pumpkins that looked perfect. Lots of pie size ones which are so cute.
However, I did not know the way to the pumpkin patch was a horse drawn carriage. Had I known this I would have chosen a different patch. I have a soft spot for making animals work, because you know they didn’t choose to do that. I felt awful sitting in that carriage.
Another reason I chose this patch was that it had a lot of food options. It was an hour and a half drive from Lakeview so I wanted options in case we were hungry or just wanted to munch. The friend got a freshly roasted corn on the cob which was great. I had nachos, they were okay, but the apple donuts, oh-​my-​god, they melt in your mouth. So so so so good!
It was a nice Sunday afternoon experience. I wish we had, had a kid with us, we sure seemed totally out of place. Two twenty-​something city girls without kids, hahaha.
Next year I’ll research a patch that doesn’t use horses to the patch. That made me just so sad.