2024 Atlanta's NW burbs: North Fulton, Cobb, Forsyth area in Georgia Pumpkin U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Pumpkin U-Pick Orchards in Atlanta's NW burbs: North Fulton, Cobb, Forsyth area in Georgia in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for pumpkins that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a state have pumpkins farms that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

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Cherokee County

• Berry Patch Farms - Blueberries, pumpkins and Christmas Trees, No pesticides are used
  786 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, GA . Phone: 770-926-0561. Open: early July through early August from 8 am to 9 pm on Tuesday thru Sunday, Closed on Mondays. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: cash or check. . Click here for a map Provides a pick-your-own blueberries, pumpkins and Christmas Tree experience. Blueberry season: Opens . Our blueberries are never sprayed with pesticides. They are totally pesticide-free, so feel free to eat them right off the bushes! 2009 prices were $1.69/lbContainers are provided. Call for picking conditions. Please, no dogs allowed.. our dogs are jealous! has blueberries! Grab a bucket and fill it with the best blueberries in Georgia! Our blueberries are never sprayed with pesticides. So feel free to eat them right off the bushes! Blueberries can be frozen for your blueberry muffins, pancakes and desserts all year long. Click on our recipe section for some ideas. (UPDATED: May 23, 2018, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on June 15, 2012: "(Their) Website says that this years berry crops was killed by april frost so they wont be open this season" Click here to see comments from visitors.

Forsyth County

• The Kinsey Family Farm - pumpkins and sunflowers, train rides, corn cannon, and prepicked produce, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon rides,
  7170 Jot-em Down Road, Gainesville, GA 30506. Phone: 770-887-6028. Open: Fall - Every Day - 8 am to 6 pm Christmas - Every Day 9 am until dark closed Thanksgiving Day Our fall festivities run from the last weekend in September through the 31st of October. Directions: Take Georgia 400 6 miles north of the Exit 17 bridge. You will come to the intersection of Georgia 400 and Jot-em Down Road. At the traffic light take a right and go 4.0 miles. The farm is on your right. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. Fax: 770-886-7241Fall - Every Day - 8 am to 6 pm Christmas - Every Day 9 am until dark (closed Thanksgiving Day) Our fall festivities run from the last weekend in September through the 31st of OctoberCrops are usually available in October, November, December.The farm provides hayrides, pick your own sunflowers, fish feeding, the outstandingly popular apple cannons, and plenty of picnic tables for visitors. We also carry thousands of pumpkins for you to choose from as well as a wide variety of additional fall harvest crops for eating and decorating with. Fall is a beautiful time at the farm and the weather is just right for an afternoon in the country. Our Christmas season begins the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving and runs until the 22nd of December. With over two thousand choose and cut trees to choose from each year you are certain to find the "perfect" tree every time! Bring plenty of warm clothes, a big hunger for marshmallows, and your camera. Building Christmas memories is something we live to do!

 

Pumpkin

Pumpkin Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Do you want it for a party, decoration or eating?

For a wedding or party:

See this page: Finding pumpkins for weddings

Decoration to paint or carve:

OK, Then you need only look for any pumpkin that is

• visually appealing, evenly a deep orange. The shape is just whatever appeals to you. If it grew on its side and has a flat spot, you can either make that the make or use it as part of your design!
• free from cuts, soft spots, bruises. The flesh should feel hard, and not give easily. Infections can invade easily and cause rot
• Make sure the stem is attached.

Store it carefully, especially if you pick it from the vine yourself. Cure a fresh-picked pumpkin by keeping it in a dry place. Don't handle or disturb it. Curing toughens the rind, making it less prone to rot. Pumpkins will keep for months in a cool (50 F to 65F dry, low humidity environment; such as a cool, dry basement.

Tip: If you like roasted or baked pumpkin seeds, you can save the seeds from any pumpkin!

To make a pumpkin pie!

Then you need a small, sweet type of pumpkin that has been developed for eating. They are smaller, typically about 8" to 10" diameter. The meat is much less stringy and smoother than a decorative pumpkin variety. Pumpkin is rich in vitamin A and potassium. One-half cup of cooked pumpkin provides more than the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A. One cup of cooked pumpkin contains only 81 calories. It's low in fat and sodium! Usually you can get these at the grocery store, and some of the pumpkin patches and farm stands have them. Be sure to tell them that you intend to use it for a pumpkin pie. Again, look for firm, no soft spots, or signs of any rot. See this page for easy, illustrated directions to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin!

Varieties of Pumpkins

• Sugar - Excellent for baking
• Jack O'Lantern - most common for carving
• White Lumina - unusual, medium-sized white pumpkin
• Mini - Great for decoration
• Gourds - Many varieties, used for decorations

For a very complete, detailed list of many varieties of pumpkins and where to get the seeds, see this page!

Want to Grow Your Own Pumpkins?

Then see this page!

Pumpkin recipes

• How to prepare cooked pumpkin from a fresh pumpkin (for use in all the recipes)
• Illustrated instructions to make a pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin - the best pumpkin pie you will ever taste! (metric version for the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan, etc.)
• How to home-can pumpkin (in a cooked, cubed form) and why you shouldn't home-can the pureed forms.
• Traditional Pumpkin Pie
• Chocolate pumpkin pie
• Pumpkin Spice Muffins
• Pumpkin muffins
• Pumpkin Bread
• Pumpkin Butter!
• Pumpkin cheesecake - INCREDIBLE!!! You have to try this one!
• Pumpkin Cookies
• Pumpkin soup - even if you normally aren't a soup lover; you will love this one.
• Butternut-Chestnut Panchetta-Bacon Soup - Pumpkin or Butternut squash combines with chestnuts and bacon, ham or panchetta in this great soup
• Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
• No Sugar Pumpkin Pie
• Apple Cider Doughnut Recipe (with maple glaze or sugar glaze)

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers