Check Out Pumpkin Prices In The Miami Area Before Visiting The Best Patch This Fall

MIAMI, FL — Pumpkins are a common fall item to pick up, yet some looking for the best ways to decorate for Halloween in the Miami area may not be aware of how much to spend on the item often purchased at fields and patches throughout the area.

Here are some of the pumpkin patches you’ll want to check out in the region:

• Flamingo Road Nursery, 1655 S. Flamingo Road in Davie, hosts its annual Fall Festival from the end of September to the first week of November. This 10-acre garden center transforms into a fall paradise with cornstalks, hay bales, mums, pumpkins, scarecrows and fall colors everywhere you look. Each week features a different theme, including Tomato Fest, Pepper Palooza and Tropical Fruit Celebration.
• Santa’s Garden, 9850 SW 24th Street in Miami, hosts is annual pumpkin patch Oct. 10-31 with free photoshoots, pumpkin carving pony rides, food trucks and more.
• Little Farm, 13401 SW 224th Street in Miami, hosts a fall pumpkin patch with pumpkins, pony rides, a petting farm, harvest market and more.
• Pinto’s Farm, 14890 SW 216th Street in Miami, hosts its annual pumpkin patch Sept. 25 to Oct. 31. Regular admission is $27.99 and includes one pumpkin, a pedal boat ride, a tractor ride, a pony ride, a walk-through to meet farm animals, a magic show and more.
• The Berry Farm, 13720 SW 216th Street in Miami, hosts an annual ongoing Harvest Festival during the fall and a Halloween Harvest Night event on Halloween weekend. Attractions include pumpkins, a corn maze, a tractor ride, games (including corn hole, tic-tac-toe, shuffleboard, and checkers), and a large jumping pillow.

The average price of a pumpkin nationally has fluctuated a bit over the past four Halloween seasons, numbers from the market research company Statistica show. A pumpkin went for about $4.18 average apiece in 2020, up from $4.04 in 2019. That’s consistent with the $4.12 U.S. consumers spent on average for a pumpkin in 2017. Average prices took a dip to $3.89 per pumpkin in 2018.

About 46 percent of the American population carved pumpkins during the 2020 Halloween season, the National Retail Federation estimates. That’s about 151 million people, and only slightly more than the number who carved pumpkins in the most recent pre-pandemic Halloween seasons.

Pumpkins of all sizes can be found in numerous big-box stores, and community farmers markets across the country. Sorting pumpkins by the bin is a more common practice among smaller pumpkin sellers.

Pumpkins are also sold by the pound. The average price per pound is $1.38 for consumers, statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show. That means a 10- or 14-pound pumpkin could cost from $14 to $20 apiece.