When Does the Season Start in Illinois? 2026 Farm Dates
8 farms in Illinois 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.
✓ 8 published dates · updated September 13, 2026 · how we verify
When does pumpkin season start in Illinois?
8 farms in Illinois publish their own pumpkin season dates for 2026. The earliest opens September 11 and the latest September 26, with the middle of them opening around September 13. 6 also publish a closing date, the latest of them November 1. Each farm's own date is the authority, and every one is linked below.
| Farm | Opens | Closes | What the farm published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pumpkin Patch Caledonia, IL |
September 11 | October 31 | "The farm gives its 2026 opening date as September 11, 2026, and says the Lindberg Pumpkin Patch is open daily September 11th to October 31st, 2026 from 9AM to 6PM, with some activities..." |
| Keller's Farmstand Oswego Oswego, IL |
September 12 | October 25 | "Weekend Fall Festivities run September 12 to October 25, plus Monday October 12." |
| Keller's Farmstand Naperville Naperville, IL |
September 12 | October 25 | "Weekend Fall Festivities run September 12 to October 25, plus Monday October 12." |
| Heap's Giant Pumpkin Patch Minooka, IL |
September 13 | October 31 | "Pumpkin Farm Open 7 days a week starting September 13th through October 31st." |
| Didier Farms Lincolnshire, IL |
September 16 | October 31 | "Happy Times Pumpkin Fest runs September 16 to October 31, 2026, open 10am-6pm Monday and Wednesday to Sunday, with Friday October 30 3pm-10pm and Saturday October 31 10am-10pm." |
| Kuipers Family Farm Maple Park, IL |
September 18 | November 1 | "Fall Harvest Fest September 18 - November 1." |
| Abbey Farms of Marmion Abbey Aurora, IL |
September 19 | Not published | "Pumpkin Daze opens September 19, weekends from September 19 and then Wednesday to Sunday from September 30, 10am to 6pm." |
| Country Kids Pumpkin Patch Hoyleton, IL |
September 26 | Not published | "The patch opens September 26, 2026." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms in Illinois publish their own dates for apple picking, 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.