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Pumpkin Patch & Costume Contest

This year, La Costa Valley Preschool and Kindergarten and the North County Sun will have a special table set up to greet all of our coastal families and friends. Stop by and say “hello” on October 22, from 1-3pm, and participate in some fun arts and crafts, and join us in Hunting for the Great Pumpkin! And, come in costume for Bates Nut Farm’s costume contest!

Location: Bates Nut Farm is located 20 minutes east of I-15 through Escondido at 15954 Woods Valley Rd, Valley Center, 92082. 

For more information or directions, call (760) 749-3333 or visit www.batesnutfarm.biz.

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Entrance to the farm and parking are FREE.

About Bates Nut Farm

For over 40 years, families have made the 100-acre Bates Nut Farm part of their fall traditions by coming out to their Pumpkin Patch and finding “just the right pumpkin” to take home. Be part of the tradition this year and join in the numerous activities and events throughout the months of October and November. Grab a wheelbarrow and choose your own Big Mac pumpkin– sometimes weighing from 50–200 pounds! Scarecrows, cornstalks, hay-bales, squash, and gourds all welcome you to the farm – bursting with colors and scents of fall.

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There really is no other place like it in Southern California. 

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