Fall is in the air. You know what that means? Leaves are changing color, pumpkin spice flavoring is available in literally everything, and pumpkin patches beginning to sprout up.

Also known as a pumpkin farm, pumpkin patches are a seasonal business due to the fact pumpkins only ripen in the fall. Not surprisingly, 90% of the national sales of pumpkins occur in the four-quarter. The combination of Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations help drive these sales.

A native fruit to North America, pumpkins have been a recognizable part of American culture since the original pioneers. Grown primarily in ten states including Texas, California, and New York, the pumpkin production across America amounts to an estimated 1.1 billion pounds annually. Replacing the original turnips previously used by Irish immigrants, pumpkins patches make for a great family-friendly business and can be extremely profitable.

So if you’re thinking of starting a pumpkin patch in your area let’s pick a unique brand name organized by theme below. These can be extremely lucrative and fun business to operate if you can find the right location.

Pumpkin Patch Business Name Ideas

Pumpkin patches are a wonderful business idea for countryside residents

Pumpkin patches are tremendous opportunities to generate revenue if you own farmland.

A pumpkin patch can be named for just about anything you want. From your own last name to a local landmark or even the name of the town you live in, if a competitor has not already taken it.

You can also try using a variety of takes on the whole pumpkin theme, since they grow on vines and ripen in the autumn. Here are some of our best all purpose suggestions.

  • Anderson Patchwork Pumpkins
  • Applejack Pumpkin Patch
  • Autumn Acres
  • Autumn Harvest, Inc
  • Beaver Creek Pumpkin Farm
  • Buffalo Pumpkin Patch
  • Country Pumpkins Farm
  • Fleitz Pumpkin Farm
  • Happy Harvest Pumpkin Patch
  • Heaven Hill Farm Pumpkins
  • Hills Harvest Pumpkin Patch
  • Majestic Patch
  • Orange Seeds Pumpkin Patch
  • Perfectly Picked Patch
  • Philly Pumpkins
  • Pickins Patch
  • Plane Pumpkins
  • Plentiful Patches
  • Plenty O’ Pumpkins
  • Prickly Vines Pumpkins
  • Prime Picking Patch
  • Pumpkin Crate
  • Pumpkin Delight
  • That Pumpkin Place
  • The Growing Patch
  • The Patch
  • The Precious Pumpkin
  • The Pumpkin Oasis
  • The Pumpkin Paradise
  • The Pumpkin Patch Corporation
  • The Vine Patch
  • Trinity Pumpkin Farm
  • Vivacious Vines Pumpkins
  • Ward’s Pumpkin Patch
  • Pajama Pumpkin Patch

Funny Pumpkin Patch Name Ideas

You can give your patch a funny name to make it memorable

You can give your patch a funny name to make it memorable.

You can make the names funny or even use puns to make your pumpkin patch more memorable. Here are some clever ideas that came out of an autumn brainstorm session.

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  • A Gourd Time
  • Carving Kings
  • Cinderellas Pumpkin
  • Cinderellas Pumpkin
  • Country Bumpkin Pumpkin
  • Country Pumpkins
  • Enchanted Pumpkins
  • Gloomy Gourds Co.
  • Gourdical
  • Gourds n’ Go
  • Gourds of Glee
  • Large One Pumpkins
  • Oh My Gourd!
  • Pagan Pumpkins
  • Patchapick
  • Patchwork Pumpkins
  • Pay to Pick Pumpkins
  • Per Pumpkin Pickery
  • Pete’s Pumpkin Patch
  • Pick Me Pumpkins
  • Plump Pumpkins
  • Pumpicking
  • Pumpkin Island
  • Pumpkin Pickers
  • Pumpkin to Talk About
  • Pumpkin Valley
  • Pumpkins n’ Pictures
  • PumpkinStop
  • Squash Parks
  • Squashtopia
  • The Great Pumpkin Patch
  • The Pumppatch

Scary Pumpkin Patch Names

Or you can make the name as scary as possible…

Or you can make the name as scary as possible…

Halloween is based on ancient pagan rituals incorporated into modern legends and religions. A means for remembering the dead, the festivities have changed to become scarier and deliberately frightening. Wow… This got a little heavy. Just remember not to be too scary if you want to appeal to families with little kids.

  • Black Bart’s Pumpkin Patch
  • Blood and Squash
  • Bram Pumpkin’s Patch
  • Damien’s Demonic Pumpkins
  • Death by Pumpkin
  • Demonic Squash
  • Drac’s Bloody Pumpkins
  • Fangtastic Pumpkins
  • Ghaastly Gourds
  • Halloween Vines
  • Hell’s Pumkins
  • Jason’s Hockey Pumpkins
  • Lucifer’s Pumpkins
  • Lunar Pumpkins
  • Monster Pumpkins
  • Petrified Pumpkins
  • Pick with the Devil Patch
  • Pumpkins of Doom
  • Salem Pumpkin Patch
  • Samhain Pumpkins
  • Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Patch
  • Spooky Salem Squash
  • Spooky Season Squash
  • The Petrifying Pumpkin
  • The Spooky Squash
  • Vampire Squash
  • Witches and Pumpkins
  • Zombie Pumpkins
  • The Boo Patch

Pumpkin Patch Slogans

Slogans are a great way to help people remember you

Slogans are a great way to help people remember you.

A slogan is a proven way to help customers recall a marketing message. And there’s no reason you can’t develop a memorable phrase for your pumpkin patch business. Here are some of the best ideas we came up with.

  • A pumpkin full of thank you from us to you.
  • Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here
  • Believe in the Magic of Halloween
  • Beware the Witching Hour
  • Cutest pumpkin in the patch
  • Get into the patch and get a pumpkin
  • Give ’em pumpkin to talk about
  • Haunting times
  • Hayrides and Pumpkin Pie
  • If you like my pumpkins, you should see my pie
  • If You’ve Never Carved a Pumpkin, You Don’t Know Jack
  • Let there be pumpkin spice
  • Let’s Give ‘Em Pumpkin To Talk About It
  • Little Miss Pumpkin Spice
  • Lookin’ good pumpkin
  • Mommy’s little pumpkin
  • Our favorite color is pumpkin spice
  • Pumpkin spice & everything nice
  • Pumpkin spice for life
  • Thankful, blessed, and pumpkin obsessed
  • The Luckiest Pumpkins on Halloween
  • The Pick of the patch
  • The Pumpkin Chef’s Delight
  • Watch For Undead
  • Watch Out For Little Pumpkins
  • We Don’t Bite (Much)
  • We love you more than pumpkin spice latte
  • Welcome to our pumpkin patch
  • When you’ve got Pumpkin, Flaunt it
  • Where black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam
  • Where the pumpkins pick you!

What is a pumpkin patch?

A pumpkin patch can be more than just ground to grow pumpkins on

A pumpkin patch can be more than just ground to grow pumpkins on.

Simply put, a pumpkin patch is any patch of ground where pumpkins are grown, whether for personal use of commercial purposes. But you don’t need to grow the pumpkins to have a pumpkin patch business.  In fact, I’ve seen pumpkin patch businesses setup in large parking lots.

Many of the popular pumpkin patches include entertainment, such as corn mazes, hayrides, concessions, and a little fairground at the time for picking. Essentially these are fun seasonal attractions that people of all ages can go to have a fun time and take photos for Instagram.

Always provide a few different areas in your pumpkin patch that lend themselves to photo opportunities. Ideally, you’ll want at least 4 – 5 places people can take an attractive photo. Not only will this provide families with a memorable photo to add to their digital scrap books, but it can provide free advertising for your business when they share it on social media. Savvy operators spend a lot of time thinking about how their property will look in a photo.

How much land will you need to start a pumpkin patch?

The amount of land you need depends on your pumpkin type

The amount of land you need depends on your pumpkin type.

Planning a pumpkin patch means working out how much land you are going to need to make a decent profit from your sale of pumpkins. Pumpkins are vines, but they tend to grow along the ground, rather than up a trellis like grapevines. This means, on average, a single pumpkin vine needs around 32 square feet for good growth. That’s a patch of ground around 8 feet by 5 feet per plant.

You should also consider how much land you might want to use for other things, including other crops to plant alongside the pumpkins, and room for hayrides and other festive activities for your customers.

How much money can you make?

Your profit is not always dependent on the sale of pumpkins

Your profit is not always dependent on the sale of pumpkins.

How much you can make from a pumpkin patch largely depends on the size, the yield, and the cost you charge for each pumpkin. And you can make money from other means than just the pumpkins. According to data, the average small pumpkin farm can make $30,000 a year or more in gross income. Not bad for a few weeks of work!

Selling pumpkins is only the beginning of your sales opportunities with a pumpkin patch. Here are a few more revenue generating ideas for this business:

  • Charge an entry fee
  • Sell concessions like kettle corn or candy apples.
  • Offer hay rides or pony rides.
  • Paid photo booth.
  • Create haunted house and charge extra for access.
  • Sell adult beverages in the evenings.
  • Sell seasonal baked goods that folks can take home.

Don’t forget to visit the competitor pumpkin patches in your area. You may discover other ideas for generating income that you wouldn’t have otherwise thought about. Let us know where you’re planning to open a pumpkin patch in the comments section below.

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