While pumpkins and squash will continue to be a great option for your kitchen looking ahead, there’s just a weekend or two left to visit area pumpkin patches this season. Here’s a handful of our favorites! Check their websites for details on hours and availability.

Harvest Valley Farms features live music, hayrides, face painting, pick-your-own pumpkins, carving kits, a cornstalk maze, farm animals, and plenty of kids’ activities, along with craft beer from Conny Creek Brewing, food from Mars Farmhouse Cafe, and their own amazing baked goods. Saturdays and Sundays in October, 10 am to 5 pm.

Shenot Farm & Market’s Pumpkin Patch is open seven days a week from 10 am to 5 pm through October 27th. It’s always reachable on foot through a scenic walking path, and on weekends hay rides are additionally available. Their market is open daily as well, with a selection of multiple apple varietals and house-pressed cider, plus a fudge room with a rotating array of flavors. 

Pumpkinland at Janoski’s Farm & Greenhouse brings family fun to their pumpkin patch, with scenic hayrides, a corn maze, haunted barn, petting zoo, and more. Food vendors are onsite, and the farm market features homegrown produce, homemade products like salsa, jams, and pickles, bakery, and wine cellars. Pumpkinland is open for walk-in visits on weekends only, but books groups in advance on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. 

Visitors to Pittsburgh Botanic Garden can drop in on a few pumpkin-oriented events while viewing the grounds. On October 29, “Pumpkins: Truth & Trivia” shares botanical and historial points of interest on this much more than just decorative gourd. On October 30  “Pumpkin Scraps- What Can I Do With That?” offers suggestions on disposal of your Jack-O’-Lantern with an eye on reuse rather that refuse.   Both programs are free with admission.