13-21 March
GARDENS CLOSED DUE TO THE IMPACT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. WE HOPE TO REOPEN ON FRI 22 MARCH. SHOPS & CAFÉS REMAIN OPEN DAILY.

Pick Your Own Pumpkins

Event Detail

Start Date: October 1, 2023
End Date: October 31, 2023
Time: 9.30am-4.30pm daily (Sun 4pm)
Free entry to patch. No tickets required. Pumpkin prices dependent on size.

Pick Your Own Pumpkins

What makes the perfect pumpkin? Do you like to find the largest one, the roundest one or a gnarled one?

Take your pick of the Doddington Pumpkin Patch this October with thirty different varieties of pumpkins, squash and gourds to choose from.

Enter via the Gatehouse in front of the Elizabethan Hall and follow our spooky walk through the Kitchen Garden to the Pumpkin Patch. Stop along the way to learn some fun facts and take your Instagram worthy photos.

Golden Bottoms

Keep an eye out for golden bottoms! To celebrate this year’s Christmas theme ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, we’ll be hiding 12 golden bottomed pumpkins in the patch throughout October. If you find one you’ll win the pumpkin, a family ticket to Christmas in the Hall and a 4ft Doddington homegrown Christmas tree so keep your eyes peeled!

Wellies are essential as it can get muddy. Halloween fancy dress is encouraged.

Patch open 1-31 October, daily 9.30am-4.30pm (Sun 4pm), while stocks last. Free entry, pay for what you pick. Prices start from £3 dependent on size.

*Dogs are not permitted in the Pumpkin Patch but are welcome on leads through the Kitchen Garden and to the Pumpkin Patch gate*

Make a day of it and visit our Farm Shop, Bauble Barn and enjoy seasonal treats in our Cafe or Coffee Shop.

Pumpkin Recipes

At Doddington, we take great interest in limiting food waste. So, if you are carving your Halloween pumpkin this year, you can limit waste by using some of your pumpkin innards to make a delicious and warming dish. Here are some of our favourite pumpkin recipes for you to try…