When Does the Season Start in California? 2026 Farm Dates
7 farms in California publish their own 2026 season dates, across 1 of the things people drive out for. That is the answer to "when does the season start" for this place specifically, rather than the September and October every national guide prints for the whole country.
✓ 7 published dates · updated September 13, 2026 · how we verify
When does pumpkin season start in California?
7 farms in California publish their own pumpkin season dates for 2026. The earliest opens September 19 and the latest December 1, with the middle of them opening around September 26. 3 also publish a closing date, the latest of them December 23. Each farm's own date is the authority, and every one is linked below.
| Farm | Opens | Closes | What the farm published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peltzer Farms Temecula, CA |
September 19 | Not published | "The farm says its pumpkin farm opens on September 19, with hours of Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm, where the petting farm opens at 10am and all other attractions at 4pm, and Saturday and..." |
| Live Oak Canyon Christmas Tree Farm & Pumpkin Patch Redlands, CA |
September 24 | October 31 | "The directory gives pumpkin patch hours of September 24 to October 31, 7 days a week 9:00 to 9:00, and Christmas tree farm hours of November 27 to December 21, 7 days a week." |
| Underwood Family Farms Moorpark, CA |
September 26 | October 31 | "It publishes pick your own Roma tomatoes on August 29 and 30 and September 5 to 7, and its 29th annual Fall Harvest Festival from September 26 to October 31, with weekend tickets sold..." |
| Fog Willow Farms Wilton, CA |
September 26 | Not published | "The farm says its pumpkin farm season starts September 26th, 2026." |
| Dutch Hollow Farms Modesto, CA |
October 2 | Not published | "The farm's own 2026 calendar gives the fall season and pumpkin patch as opening October 2, with a Fall Craft Fair on Saturday, September 12, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM." |
| Winterport Farm Ione, CA |
October 15 | Not published | "Hours as published in the University of California agritourism directory: Pumpkin patch open October 15 to 31st." |
| Greenspot Farms Mentone, CA |
December 1 | December 23 | "The farm's own site says the pumpkin patch begins October 1, 2026, the haunted hayride starts October 9, 2026, and the lighted hayride runs December 1 through December 23." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms in California publish their own dates for corn mazes, Christmas trees, so there is no honest answer to give for those. We would rather say that than print a national average and call it local.
How these dates were collected
These figures come from prices and dates published by the farms themselves on their own websites, collected and re-checked by Bloom and Pick. Every farm in the count links to the page the figure came from and the date we last checked it. Farms that do not publish a price are not counted, and are named separately so you can see who is missing. Farms that publish prices online tend to be larger and more visitor focused than farms that do not, so these medians likely sit above what a typical small farm charges. We report medians and ranges, never averages, and we state how many farms are in every number. Nothing here is estimated, modeled, or filled in.