Devine Pumpkin Blog

What do these 2 items have in common?  Devine Farms, of course!  Saturday, Oct. 1 is our annual Customer Appreciation Day.  Visit Devine Farms and receive a ticket for a free hotdog from 11 am to 1 pm on Saturday.  This is our way of "saying thanks" for supporting our farm.  When you support our farm, we are able to help worthy causes in the Licking County community.  Devine Farms is donating 5 percent of our gross Agri-Tourism sales to charity.  Ralph & I are giving to some church organizations and also the the Generation Challenge at OSU.  We are ear-marking our donation to Central Ohio Technical College (COTC).  The Generation Challenge is a matching fund to provide scholarships for students.  Gib & Lou Reese are matching up to $10 million dollars to Generation Challenge!  What a generous gift to the Licking County community!  If you donate, they will match your dollars.   Please consider giving to this worthy endeavor.  Every dollar helps!  We also encourage you to support a business that is taking "the challenge" to support Generation Challenge.  Thank you....hope to see you in our pumpkin patch....till next time....Charla Devine www.devinefarms.com

What do pumpkins & eggs have in common?  The answer is Devine Farms!  We hosted our 10th annual Pumpkin Egg Hunt for nearly 100 children + parents on Saturday, Sept. 24th.  What fun!  Kids in costumes, some parents came in costumes too, prizes and the Barrel Train Ride...it doesn't get any better than that!  But wait, there's more.....it does get better!  The Licking County Sheriff's Office printed free ID Print Cards for the children.  They even stayed over to finish up the last child...about 40 children were printed.  Safety materials were handed out to parents.  A big shout out to Sheriff Randy Thorp for promoting this program.  A round of applause for Deputy Nicholas Pease and Evelyn Varrasso, President of Licking County Sheriff's Office Citizens Alumni.  Devine Farms thanks everyone for coming out and making it a fun and safe event.  If you missed the hunt, check out www.devinefarms.com for what's coming up this weekend.   Till next time.....Charla Devine

Fall officially begins on Friday, September 23 at 5:05 am.  I may not be fully awake to appreciate the beginning of fall but I do love pumpkins!  Rest assured, Ralph & I will be "up and at it" getting ready for Opening Weekend at Devine Farms!  It's officially pumpkin time at our pumpkin farm at 10 am on Saturday, September 24th.  Plus, our annual Pumpkin Egg Hunt begins at 10 am sharp on Sept. 24!  This annual event is free and for children 2-10 years old.  Devine Farms gives $100 in prizes away.  Wear a costume and receive a ticket for a free ride on our Barrel Train ride.  The Licking County Sheriff's staff will be on duty to make an ID print card for your child.  Check out all the details at www.devinefarms.com And, now I'm returning to the pumpkin patch till next time.....Charla Devine

And, time for school to start again!  Where did the summer go?  We hope you had a good summer.  It was definitely a hot one and still is!  The pumpkins are looking good and we are getting the farm ready for our annual pumpkin season. As you see on the website, our Opening Day for Pumpkins & the Barrel Train Ride is Saturday, Sept. 18th.  For teachers and group leaders, our field trips begin after our opening weekend!  We have made a few changes to the website.  We still have the convenient booking form for you to fill out and submit.  This way, we can check and see if the date you selected to visit is available before we return your call. 

New this year is a video about our school tours and field trips!   Please click onto the General Information tab, then onto Field Trips.  The video pops up on every page but the larger version of the video is on the Field Trip tab.  You will see that the video captures the essence of our farm and outlines the educational standards that our field trips meet.  We look forward to your visit to Devine Farms this fall.  Enjoy the rest of your summer and the first weeks  of the new school year.  We'll be right here tending to the pumpkin patch and cleaning out the barns in anticipation of your visit! 

If you are a group leader and you are interested in bringing a group on a weekend, give us a call.  We can explain how you can have weekend fun with your group without a reservation.  

If this is your first visit, Devine Farms pumpkin patch is in Hebron, Ohio about 20 minutes from Newark, 30 minutes from Zanesville,  and 30 minutes east of Columbus, Ohio.  

Oh.....just in case the children ask or you're wondering........the Bee Hives are still working in the pumpkin patch.  They arrived in July and the hives will be removed in September just before we begin to harvest the pumpkins and gourds.  Bees love hot, dry weather so they have been lovin' this summer!