Velvet Acres Gardens

We came here the weekend before Halloween to get our perfect last minute family pumpkin. It was a typical rainy, Washington day, but that didn’t stop us. Many other families were there too, but it wasn’t overly crowded. They had a little farmers market with eggplants, gourds, and other fall veggies. Tickets were $ 5 and that included a pumpkin of any size and a hay ride. There was animal petting for children and a play area set up in a barn with a bouncy house, face painting, and tall stacks of hay for children to climb on. All around a very family friendly and happy experience.

This isn’t quite the «event» that the larger pumpkin patch up north a bit is. They have a hayride that goes to the pumpkin patch but that’s about it. They did away with the hay maze which my kids like and just have a hay pyramid. The workers themselves were great, but the pumpkins (at least at the end of the season) were all rotted out. It took some time to pick out the pumpkins only because I was having trouble finding any that looked half way decent and I thought would last the 7 days until Halloween. Honestly because of this I will probably just go buy the pumpkins at a store next year and take the kids out for some hot chocolate. To be fair the rotted pumpkins at the end of the season isn’t just this farm. It was like that at Bi Zi farms too.

A little bit farther out, but a beautiful drive! Definitely a true pumpkin patch with real farm feeling — the smell of cow manure and rotting tomatoes fallen from the vine will remind you that it’s definitely a running farm :) that’s what makes for a great fall trip out to pick the perfect pumpkin though!
$ 5/​person admission is affordable and fair since you get a pumpkin of your choice out on patch, a hayride, and access to the hay bale maze. (They also have face painting on the weekend for kids.) much less busy than other pumpkin patches in the vancouver area and a great option for families with younger children.

Great place to take young kids. We were in a group of 35 with kids 3−5yrs. old, it wasn’t crowded and the kids had a great time. The only thing that would make it better is more animals in the petting area.

This place is amazing. Great value. My family and I had so much fun and amazing family photos from here. It’s gorgeous. We got the most beautiful and delicious produce here as well as pumpkins from the patch. The staff was friendly and helpful. We spent hours here and will remember this place for future visits.

This is a nice farm with excellent produce. The pumpkin patch was very nice in October we went when the sun was out. Its an excellent place for the little kids to come and not fill so over whelmed. Staff very helpful and knowledgeable.
Looking forward to those flower baskets coming up in May… and the salsa kits with fresh veggies in the summer.

I have mixed feeling about this place…
I really like that is it a actual working farm, it is nice and small. When we came is wasn’t to crowed. The staff was very friendly.
They have a petting zoo, face painting, small variety of food available with tables to eat, a hay maze, 2 hay rides (one is open and the other is covered). They have a very large variety of fresh veggies that they grow there for good prices.
The only thing that I didn’t like is the pumpkin patch was very limited in their size of pumpkins, they were all very small in size and lots were very soft and crushed.
I will be come back for the Produce — just not for the pumpkin patch.

This place is awesome :)))

This is a small pumpkin patch that has a cute outdoor market, small petting farm and hay maze in a covered barn. There is also a covered hay ride to the pumpkin patch, but it was not operating when we were there. As a result, we borrowed one of the wagons (they also have wheel barrows) and started hiking out to the patch.
Now, of special note, they also have cows. We hiked past the cows on the way to the patch and while it was pretty darn cool, cows do smell like cows. Just FYI.
They have 2 patches. One has smooth pumpkins and the other has warty pumpkins. The warty pumpkins are rock hard and not great for carving, but look pretty cool. So, head to the smooth patch for a good carving pumpkin.
Everyone was very friendly and it was cool to be at a working farm. We had a great experience and avoided all the crowds. Definitely the way to go for a more low-​key pumpkin picking experience.

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