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The Southwest Ranches Pumpkin Patch Festival Returns With Rides and a Patch of Pumpkins

From Friday, October 16 through Sunday, October 18, the Southwest Ranches Pumpkin Patch Festival turns Sanctuary Park, 16290 Griffin Road, into a fall midway with carnival rides, a Pumpkinville inflatable zone, games and a pumpkin patch.

By Nanci Gilbert, PA September 28, 2026
Event · Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 18, 2026
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The Southwest Ranches Pumpkin Patch Festival returns Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 18, at Southwest Ranches Sanctuary Park, 16290 Griffin Road, with Friday running from 4 to 10 at night and the weekend days running through the day. The festival brings a pumpkin patch, carnival rides, the Pumpkinville inflatable fun zone, a fall game area, photo stops and a food court, with free parking at the gate. It is a short drive up Griffin Road from Pembroke Pines and Miramar, which makes it an easy add to a Broward fall weekend.

Carnival rides, inflatables and the patch itself

Admission covers the carnival rides, the Pumpkinville inflatable fun zone, the midway game trailers, the Bubblemania bubble station, the photo stops in the patch and the stage entertainment, and families pick pumpkins from the patch while they are there. The festival also runs an interactive games area with pumpkin prizes and a fall food court, so the afternoon holds together between the rides and the eating. Weekend hours and this year's ticket prices are published on the festival's official site as the opening approaches.

A fall field trip for Broward families

The festival lands squarely between Miami-Dade's Halloween events and Thanksgiving, and it gives younger children a version of autumn that does not require a long drive. For families weighing a move to Pembroke Pines or Miramar, the weekend is also a useful preview of how close the farm country of Southwest Ranches sits to the new communities along Griffin Road. Arrive in the late afternoon to catch the patch in daylight and the midway lights as the evening settles.

Nanci Gilbert, PA is a South Florida realtor who guides growing families, sellers, and buyers across Miami-Dade and Broward. Questions about this topic? She answers every message within one business day.