A Staffordshire farm park is to launch a new Pumpkin Village with 30 acres of pickable pumpkins, live music, entertainment and seasonal stalls… all inspired by some of the largest pumpkin farms in the world.
The National Forest Adventure Farm, in Tatenhill, near Burton, is launching its biggest pumpkin picking celebration in October.
It will bring Instagram-ready autumn fun with boutique street stalls, festoon lighting, pumpkin towers and acoustic sounds for autumn nights.
A relatively new concept for the UK, brothers Tom and Ivor Robinson found inspiration for their latest venture after visiting some of the world’s largest pumpkin farms in Illinois and Chicago.
Touring the US for ideas in September last year the brothers will unveil their new Pumpkin Village, which has taken six months to construct, on Saturday 5 October.
The new autumnal event brings decorative stalls, pumpkin houses, street food, entertainers, live music and their largest pumpkin haul yet with up to 500,000 of the fresh squashes in all shapes and sizes to pick in the 30-acre pumpkin patch.
Ivor Robinson, whose family has been farming in the area since 1970 and this year celebrate 20 years since the launch of the first maize maze on the site in 2004, said: “Every year we pride ourselves on bringing something different for families to enjoy and we are so excited to unveil this year’s Pumpkin Village.
With so much to do and explore it brings something for everyone to enjoy this Autumn. Whether you are looking to take in the sights and sounds of the season, stock up on boutique gifts, explore the pumpkin patch or relax with live music and a warm drink the Pumpkin Village packs it all in.”
The Pumpkin Village will run on selected dates all the way through to Thursday 31 October. There is a licensed bar and street food stalls as well as roaming performers to keep the kids entertained and live music from a variety of acoustic and country bands.
