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The Great Pumpkin Festival

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Now - October 23, 2011

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Thursday & Friday: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Every autumn the Desert Botanical Garden’s Great Pumpkin Festival is one of the Valley’s favorite places to find that special pumpkin.


Entrance to the Festival

  • Entrance to the Great Pumpkin Festival is included with paid Garden admission.
  • Admission tickets can be pre-purchased online in the upper right-hand corner or become a member today for unlimited annual admission.
  • Members are free and must show Member ID to be admitted.
  • All children under 3 are free.


Included with entrance:

  • Activities (excluding pony rides)
  • Children’s crafts
  • Pumpkin (for children 12 and under)
  • Hayride to pumpkin patch
  • Country and western entertainment 

Questions?

  • Call 480 481.8188 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. weekends
  • Visit the Admissions Box Office (8 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily)
 

Activities & Entertainment

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Take an authentic hayride out to the Garden’s pumpkin patch, where each day children 12 and under can choose their own free pumpkin. Get lost in the Amazing Hay Bale Maze, visit with adorable farm animals in the petting zoo, enjoy lively country and western entertainment, carnival style games, pony rides and much more!

Music Line-up

Thursday & Friday

  • Pick and Holler – Donor Wall – 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • DJ Dana – East Parking Lot – 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • The Hey Boyz – Pumpkin Patch - 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.


Saturday & Sunday

  • Pick and Holler – Donor Wall – 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • DJ Dana – East Parking Lot –8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • The Hey Boyz – Pumpkin Patch - 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • Hurt County – Pumpkin patch – 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

 

Concessions

By Fabulous Food Fine Catering and Events

Station I - Located in northeast corner of
East Parking Lot

  • Chicken Tenders $5.00
  • Corn Dog $3.00
  • Hot Dog $5.00
  • Barbecue Pork Sandwich $6.00
  • Fries $2.50
  • Bag of Chips $1.50
  • Ghirardelli Chocolate Brownies $2.25
  • Frosted Halloween Shaped Cookies $3.00
  • Cotton Candy $3.00
  • Carmel Apples $2.50
  • Fresh Lemonade $3.00
  • Assorted Canned Soda $1.75
  • Bottled Water $2.00

Station II - East Parking Lot near Hay Ride Line

  • Fresh Lemonade $3.00
  • Assorted Canned Soda $1.75
  • Bottled Water $2.00
  • Snow Cones $2.50

 

The Fine Print

  • Programming subject to change.
  • Food concessions, Harvest Market items and pony rides are an additional charge.
 
Sponsored by Pearson & Company, with additional support from The Ferry Family Foundation in memory of Ernest S. and Virginia D. Ferry

 

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