With Halloween coming up, pumpkins are starting to pop up outside every grocery store and big-box chain in the Lowcountry. 🎃
While it may be more convenient to snag a pumpkin during your weekly supermarket sweep, there is something nostalgic about traipsing through the dirt + vines and picking out the perfect jack-o-lantern.
Aside from having hundreds of gourds to choose from, many pumpkin patches have other festive features like corn mazes, apple cider, hayrides, and haunted houses.
So where can you get the full pumpkin patch experience? Keep scrolling for 8 local pumpkin patches open this season.
Charleston
Dreaming Farms
📍 1540 Camp Rd., James Island
📆 Open daily
🎃 Come out for corn stalks, marigolds, heirloom pumpkins, and ornamental peppers. Live music on the weekends from 12-4 p.m.
Pumpkin Patch at John Wesley United Methodist Church
📍 626 Savannah Hwy., West Ashley
📆 Open daily through Oct. 31
🎃 Buy a pumpkin + support youth missions at the church.
Mt. Pleasant
Boone Hall Plantation Pumpkin Patch | Photo by @iamkristinacook
The Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch
📍 Located across from 2330 N. Hwy. 17
📆 Open through Oct. 31
⏰ Open weekends in October
💰 Admission: $12
🎃 Pick your own pumpkin + pay by the pound. Enjoy a giant slide, petting zoo, hayrides, and giant corn maze.
Hibben United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch
📍 690 Coleman Ave., Mt. Pleasant
📆 Open through Oct. 31
⏰ Open daily
🎃 Proceeds from pumpkin sales benefit Hibben UMC outreach programs.
Summerville
Little gourds at Mistletoe Lane | Photo by Blue Beagle Photography
The Pumpkin Patch at Mistletoe Lane
📍 3408 Mistletoe Ln., Summerville
📆 Open through Oct. 30
⏰ Open daily
🎃 Pumpkins, and hay bales, and mums, oh my.
Pumpkin Patch at Knightsville United Methodist Church
📍1505 Central Ave., Summerville
📆 Open through Oct. 30
⏰ Open daily
🎃 Pick out pumpkins in all shapes and sizes.
Pumpkin Junction
📍850 E. Butternut Rd., Summerville
📆 Open Sat., Oct. 30
⏰ 9 a.m.-3p.m.
🎃 Enjoy hayrides, food trucks, talent shows, costume contests, and live music.
Moncks Corner
West Farm Corn Maze
📍 2641 Cooper Store Rd., Moncks Corner
📆 Open through Oct. 31
⏰ Open Wednesday-Sunday
🎃 In addition to picking pumpkins, walk through a 0.4 mile or a 2.9-mile corn maze, take a hayride, or try the apple slingshot (3 tries for $2).
Disclaimer: Before heading out to these pumpkin patches, we recommend contacting them to make sure they are still fully stocked + operating. Some locations may close once the pumpkins are gone.