Pumpkin Patches near Ventura, CA

Ventura

Big Wave Dave's second pumpkin patch sets up at Pacific View Mall in Ventura, next to Target, running the same late-September-through-Halloween season as the Santa Barbara lot. Both locations sell pumpkins from mini to giant along with corn stalks, gourds, and straw bales for fall displays. The company switches over to fresh-cut Christmas trees at the same lots once pumpkin season ends.

Ventura

McGrath Street Pumpkin Patch sits on McGrath Street in Ventura, California, in the farmland between Highway 101 and the coast, flat, sandy-loam ground that has supported truck farms and seasonal pumpkin patches for generations.

Ventura

McGrath Brothers Great Pacific Pumpkins farms land off Olivas Park Drive in Ventura, in Santa Clara River bottomland that has grown strawberries, lima beans, and row crops for generations. The seasonal pumpkin patch runs each fall on ground within Ventura's coastal farm belt.

Camarillo

Camarillo

Peace Lutheran's Pumpkin Patch & Fest runs seasonally on Loma Drive in Camarillo as a fundraiser tied to the church, a common model for pumpkin patches across Ventura County congregations each fall. No public listing confirms this year's dates or activities.

Newbury Park

Christ the King Lutheran Church runs this pumpkin patch as a fundraiser on West Kimber Drive in Newbury Park, selling pumpkins from around October 11 through the 31st. The season wraps with a one-day, free-admission Pumpkin Fest for families, with proceeds going back to support the church and its preschool. Call the church office to confirm exact dates each year.

Fillmore

Fillmore

On-farm market on Old Telegraph Road in Fillmore selling pumpkins, strawberries, peaches, and honey from hives kept on the property. Look for the strawberry painted on top of the barn. There's a concessions stand, picnic tables, and school tours by arrangement.

Fillmore

The Pumpkinliner and Christmas Tree Train were seasonal excursions on the Fillmore & Western Railway, the heritage line running through the Santa Clara River Valley that's also worked as a movie train for film and TV productions. Passenger excursion offerings have shifted over the years — confirm current seasonal train schedules directly before planning a visit.