The Pumpkin Express – Argyle

Every fall we do the pumpkin patch tour. There are 3 patches within 8 miles of my house in Flower Mound. It starts with the excitement of driving by and seeing the pumpkins being delivered, seeing the inflatables go up, watching the crowds gather and then stopping by to join in on the fun.

Our favorite pumpkin patch is The Pumpkin Express in Argyle.  It is a few miles further than some of the others, but the entire family loves the peaceful surroundings and of course, the train.

Tickets to the Pumpkin Express are $5 each and include a train ride and entry into the pumpkin patch.  You enter through the station and then take the train on a ride through fields, over bridges, under trees and then arrive at the pumpkin patch.

The pumpkin patch is stocked with little red wagons for pumpkin “picking” along with a bunch of things to do with kids.  There is a large tent that sells a variety of pumpkins and fall decor along with a concession stand.

There is a hay maze, play train, a variety of playhouses, jump houses, hay “stack” and of course, the train.

I follow my kids around snapping pictures just like every other mother present – it is our motherly pumpkin patch duty.

There is a really neat tree trunk tunnel, but by far the most popular among my boys was the teeter totter…

…except, of course, for the train.

A Tale of Two Pumpkin Patches

Once upon a time not far from Holly’s house in a popular suburb of one of the countries largest cities was a pumpkin patch. And by pumpkin patch Holly means a large picturesque field where pumpkins are trucked in and laid in neat rows.

Holly and her family visited and enjoyed the pumpkin patch very much. They looked forward to the following fall so that they could visit again.

The next year Holly was surprised to see the WHOLE field full of pumpkins. She couldn’t wait to go visit the super-sized pumpkin patch.

Hey, wait!

It wasn’t just one pumpkin patch. It was now two.

Practically identical pumpkin patches sitting right next to each other.

Holly wasn’t the only one that noticed the phenomenon.

The pumpkin patches noticed each other.

Soon each patch had new signs:

And then some more signs:

At this point some legal action took place that Holly is too tired to review and report back to you. She assumes it involved lawyers, judges and a whole bunch of pumpkin patch proceeds.

She would also like to make the following legal disclaimer: Holly has no further understanding of this case then what is obvious to the general public while driving a minivan past the patches at no more than 50 mph. Nothing drawn in marker should be construed as fact, opinion or slander.

Once the case was settled, things settled down a bit at the patches.

One of the patches received a new name!

And so it went for a few pumpkin seasons. The Patch and Village coexisted in a civil manner. As civil as two fighting children required to sit next to each other.

Then a new sign appeared last fall on the patch formally known as Village:

It appeared they had changed their name to Park.

Why Park?

Holly thinks that it might have something to do with the fact that when you drive from town toward the Patch, you cannot tell that there are two separate pumpkin entities. All you are looking for is pumpkins and a place to park:

That Pumpkin Park is so sneaky it is downright scary.