The longest-running fall festival on our Florida list and one of the most expensive — a genuine full-day outing for families with kids roughly 3 to 12, and poor value if you just want a pumpkin.
Timed-entry tickets. Value dates $19.95 online / $22.95 at gate; peak dates $21.95 online / $24.95 at gate; ages 2 and under free. Add-ons priced separately: gemstone mining $8.28-$51.75, archery range $7.25, gel blaster range $7.25.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $79.80 in admission alone at the posted starting rate, before pumpkins, food, parking or any add-on listed above. Most families end up well north of that once they are through the gate.
Amber Brooke Farms runs the longest fall season of any patch we track in Florida — roughly nine weekends from mid-September into the week before Thanksgiving, which is unusual in a state where most farms squeeze the whole thing into four October weekends. That length is the first thing worth understanding about it, because it changes the calculation. You are not racing a three-weekend window; you can pick a cheap Friday in early October and skip the crush entirely.
The second thing is that this is a built environment, not a field with pumpkins in it. The attraction list — jump pads, a bubble barn, slide hill, a tree fort, corn silo, sand pit with diggers, a spider web climber, duck races and a sunn hemp maze — reads more like a small agritourism park than a farm stand. That is a compliment or a warning depending on what you came for.
The headline price is $19.95 to $24.95 per person depending on the date and whether you booked online, and children two and under are free. What that covers is generous: essentially every play structure and both flower fields. What it does not cover is the stuff kids will ask for loudest. Gemstone mining is a separate purchase running from $8.28 for a small bag up to $51.75 for the largest. The archery range and the gel blaster range are $7.25 each.
That gap between admission and total spend is the single most useful thing to plan around. A family of four on a value date, booked online, is $79.80 through the gate. Add one gem-mining bag each and a round of archery and you are comfortably past $130 before lunch. None of this is hidden — the farm publishes it all — but it is easy to walk in having budgeted only for admission.
Two things about visiting any Central Florida patch in September and early October: it is hot, and it rains in the afternoon. Amber Brooke’s play areas are largely unshaded, and the parking is an unpaved field. Both of those facts point the same direction — go at 10am when the gates open, not at 1pm.
It is also worth being honest about what a Florida “pumpkin patch” is. The pumpkins here, as at essentially every patch in the state, did not grow in that field; Florida’s climate does not support a commercial fall pumpkin crop, so they are trucked in and arranged. That does not make the day less fun, but if your mental image is a New England field with vines, adjust it. What Florida farms sell is the festival, and Amber Brooke sells a very well-equipped one.
If you have kids in the roughly three-to-twelve range and you are prepared to make a day of it, this is one of the strongest options in Central Florida and the long season gives you real flexibility on when. If you have a baby in a stroller, a teenager, or a plan to be in and out in an hour, your money goes considerably further at a free-entry patch — and Florida has plenty of those.
One practical note on timing: the farm asks that you arrive within two hours of the entry slot you booked. Build that into your morning rather than discovering it at the gate.
Fridays are the quietest and cheapest day of the three the farm is open, and they close an hour earlier (5pm) than weekends. If you can only go on a weekend, target the 10am opening — Central Florida heat in late September and early October is the real enemy here, and the shadeless play areas get punishing by early afternoon. The Halloween-weekend dates (Oct 24-25, Oct 31, Nov 1) open at 9am and carry peak pricing; they are the busiest dates of the season.
Four to six hours if you use what you paid for. This is not a 90-minute stop — with a jump pad, bubble barn, slide hill, tree fort, corn silo, sand pit, duck races and two flower fields, families who leave after two hours have effectively paid full price for a third of the farm.
The two Halloween weekends are the peak, and the farm prices them accordingly. Timed-entry ticketing keeps the gate orderly but does nothing for queues at the popular attractions once you are inside. Fridays are noticeably lighter than Saturdays and Sundays.
A large unpaved field rather than a paved lot. That matters after rain — Central Florida gets afternoon storms well into October, and a wet field means mud from the car to the gate. Flat shoes you don't mind ruining, not sandals.
Grass, sand and dirt throughout, so a stroller with small wheels will fight you. Restrooms are portable units with hand-wash stations rather than permanent facilities, which is worth knowing if anyone in your group needs an accessible restroom or a changing table.
You want a pumpkin and a photo. Admission is $19.95-$24.95 per person before you touch a pumpkin, and there is no cheaper walk-in tier — a family of four is looking at $80-$100 at the gate for a farm whose value is entirely in the activities. Also skip it if you are bringing a stroller-only baby or a teenager; neither has much to do here.
Great Scott Farms in Mount Dora is about 20 minutes away and runs a similar model at a lower price point ($16 online), so the two make a natural comparison rather than a same-day pairing. If you want to build a day around the drive, Mount Dora's walkable downtown is the obvious lunch stop for either farm.
It depends entirely on how long you stay. At roughly $20-$25 a head, the value is in spending four-plus hours using the jump pads, mazes, flower fields and play structures. Families who treat it as a pumpkin-and-photo stop will feel overcharged, and reasonably so.
You can bring it, but you can't spend it. The venue is fully cashless — bring a card for admission, food and add-ons.
Value dates are $19.95 online and $22.95 at the gate; peak dates are $21.95 online and $24.95 at the gate. Peak dates are the Halloween weekends, which also open earlier at 9am and draw the largest crowds of the season.
September 19 – November 22, 2026. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, plus Monday Oct 12 (Columbus Day). Hours: Fri and Mon Oct 12: 10am-5pm; Sat-Sun: 10am-6pm; Halloween dates Oct 24-25, Oct 31 and Nov 1: 9am-6pm.
Admission starts at $19.95 per person. Timed-entry tickets. Value dates $19.95 online / $22.95 at gate; peak dates $21.95 online / $24.95 at gate; ages 2 and under free. Add-ons priced separately: gemstone mining $8.28-$51.75, archery range $7.25, gel blaster range $7.25.
36111 N CR 44A, Eustis, FL 32736, in Lake County. It is one of 14 patches we track in Central Florida.
We track 14 patches in Central Florida, 2 of which are free to walk into. At $19.95 a head this one sits above the regional median of $15.
Its season runs about 65 days against a regional average of 41, so it is a notably longer window than most of its neighbours, which takes the pressure off picking a weekend.
What sets it apart locally: it has u-pick fields, rides and play structures, a market, bakery or taproom, which most Central Florida patches on our list do not.
There are 6 other patches we track in Lake County. All Central Florida patches →
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Checked August 2026.