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A huge pumpkin picking festival with pumpkin pizza and ice cream is starting this weekend
Guests will be able to stroll through three acres of home-grown pumpkins
Pumpkin patch season is officially upon us and, to celebrate appropriately, a new patch is opening near Manchester this weekend.
Mrs. Dowsons Park Farm, located in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, will be relaunching its annual pumpkin patch with a number of exciting new additions.
As per pumpkin patch tradition, guests will be able to stroll through three acres of thousands of home-grown pumpkins, twelve of which are rare imported varieties.
Each ticket includes one pumpkin to choose and take home, while guests wanting to take back a whole haul of the autumnal veg will be able to buy extra there and then on the patch.
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And new to the dairy farm this year will be a whole host of autumnal activities and attractions, including an interactive experience with the resident farm animals.
Mrs. Dowsons is passionate about giving children – and adults alike – the opportunity to see, touch and handle a variety of different farm animals, and the park has been built with that in mind.
There will also be a cafe serving up a whole host of pumpkin-flavoured delights across the Pumpkin Festival, including warming pumpkin soup, pumpkin pizza, pumpkin pie punch and even pumpkin corn dogs.
And on the drinks side of things, the pumpkin theme continues, with a selection of pumpkin spiced lattes, pumpkin pie ice cream, cinnamon ice cream and salted caramel apple pie.
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The family-run dairy farm is also known for making its own ice cream, too, using milk from its own cows to create delicious, refreshing desserts using no artificial ingredients or flavours.
Mrs. Dowsons’ Pumpkin Festival kick starts this Saturday (October 8th), and will run every Saturday and Sunday until Sunday October 30th.
Additionally, the Pumpkin Festival will be open for the full week of October 24th.