One of the cheapest ticketed fall farms near Richmond at $10 adult and $5 child, with unlimited hayrides and a $15 cap on any single pumpkin — but weekdays are hayrides only, 2:00pm to 6:00pm.
Adults $10, children 4-17 $5, children 3 and under free. Pumpkins are $0.89 per pound with a $15 cap per pumpkin. Hayrides are unlimited and included. Pony rides on Saturdays and Sundays 12:00pm-3:00pm cost extra. Costumed visitors aged 17 and under enter free on October 25-26.
Rough cost for a family of four: about $20.00 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.
This is the value option in the Richmond area among farms that charge admission, and the number that makes it so is not complicated: $10 for an adult, $5 for a child aged 4 to 17, free under 4.
Two adults and two school-age children: $30. The same family at a two-tier Chesterfield County farm buying at the gate would pay near $100. In Northern Virginia on a peak date they would pay $120. Nobody should pretend the experience is identical — the bigger operations have more inflatables, more programming and more acreage — but the gap in price is much larger than the gap in what a seven-year-old actually enjoys in three hours.
Two features make the value better than the headline suggests. Hayrides are unlimited rather than one per ticket, which removes the most common source of friction at a farm with a queue: the child who wants to go again and the parent who has to say no. And pumpkins, at $0.89 a pound, are capped at $15 apiece. That cap is quietly generous. At most farms the biggest pumpkin in the field is also the most expensive decision of the day; here, a monster caps out at $15 and a family of four with four large pumpkins tops out at $60 in the very worst case, and realistically well below that.
Call the honest all-in for a family of four with four pumpkins and lunch from a food truck something like $80 to $95. That is a normal Saturday out, not a splurge.
The one thing to get right. Midweek this farm operates from 2:00pm to 6:00pm and runs hayrides only. Not a reduced version of the farm — hayrides. The corn maze, the giant pumpkin jump pad, the petting barn, the inflatable village, the corn cannons, the sand box, hide-and-seek and face painting are all weekend content.
That is a defensible business decision for a small operation, but it will disappoint anyone who read the attraction list and picked a Wednesday for the quiet. If weekdays are your only option, go knowing that a hayride and a pumpkin is the whole trip, and judge the $10 accordingly.
Weekend hours are 10:00am to 6:00pm, with select festival dates opening at 11:00am — worth checking, because an hour matters when you have driven out. Pony rides run Saturdays and Sundays noon to 3:00pm and cost extra, which is the only significant add-on on the list.
October 25-26 is the free-entry-in-costume weekend for anyone 17 and under, with trick-or-treat activities. The farm’s own framing makes clear this is the season’s peak. If you want the promotion, go and accept the crowd. If you want the farm, go a different weekend.
Outside food and drink are not allowed in the event area, and food trucks are on site. Chairs and blankets are encouraged. That combination — bring seating, buy lunch — is worth planning for, because a family that turns up with a packed cooler will be repacking it in the car park.
Hanover County is Piedmont Virginia on the I-95 corridor, which means warm early-season afternoons and no meaningful shade in an open field. Early October here is not mountain weather; sun cover beats a jacket until well into the month. The farm sits close enough to the interstate to be an easy trip from Richmond or from the Fredericksburg direction, which is part of why the low price draws the numbers it does.
Both ends of the season need confirming. The farm gives September 28 as the start and does not publish a closing date; a third-party directory says September 30 to October 31. If you are aiming at either edge of the season, call first.
Pumpkin season runs from September 28 through October 31, 2026, though both ends need reconfirming — the farm gives the September 28 start and no closing date, while a third-party 2026 listing gives September 30 to October 31. Weekends are 10:00am to 6:00pm with select festival dates opening at 11:00am; weekdays are 2:00pm to 6:00pm and hayrides only. A weekend morning is the only way to get the full farm with time to use it. Avoid October 25-26 if you dislike crowds — that is the free-entry-in-costume weekend and the busiest of the season.
Two and a half to three hours on a weekend. Unlimited hayrides change the shape of a visit: children will want to go again, and the ticket lets them.
Ashland sits on the northern edge of the Richmond metro on the I-95 corridor, and cheap admission is a crowd driver in itself. The October 25-26 free-costume weekend is explicitly the busiest of the season. Weekend mornings before that are the manageable window.
Not published. Assume field parking on grass, soft after rain, which is the norm for Hanover County farms.
Not published. Hayride wagons involve a step up, and the corn maze, sand box and inflatables are all field or soft surfaces. Call 804-752-2334 ahead if this matters.
Weekdays are your only option and you want the whole farm. Midweek is hayrides only from 2:00pm to 6:00pm — no corn maze, no inflatables, no petting barn. Skip it if you wanted to bring a picnic into the event area; outside food and drink are not allowed there.
Adults $10, children aged 4 to 17 $5, and children 3 and under free. Hayrides are unlimited and included in that price.
Hayrides only, from 2:00pm to 6:00pm. The corn maze, inflatables, petting barn and the rest of the attractions are a weekend proposition.
$0.89 per pound, capped at $15 per pumpkin, charged on top of admission.
No. Outside food and drink are not allowed in the event area, so plan to buy from the food trucks. Chairs and blankets are encouraged.
September 28 – October 31, 2026. Weekdays for hayrides only, plus full weekends. Hours: Weekdays 2:00pm-6:00pm (hayrides only); weekends 10:00am-6:00pm, with select festival dates opening at 11:00am.
Admission starts at $5 per person. Adults $10, children 4-17 $5, children 3 and under free. Pumpkins are $0.89 per pound with a $15 cap per pumpkin. Hayrides are unlimited and included. Pony rides on Saturdays and Sundays 12:00pm-3:00pm cost extra. Costumed visitors aged 17 and under enter free on October 25-26.
13580 Ashland Road, Ashland, VA 23005, in Hanover County. It is one of 4 patches we track in Richmond Region.
We track 4 patches in Richmond Region, 1 of which are free to walk into. At $5 a head this one sits below the regional median of $10, undercutting 2 of the 3 paid patches we track here.
Its season runs about 34 days against a regional average of 45, so it is a shorter window than most of its neighbours — miss it and the nearest alternatives will still be open.
What sets it apart locally: it has rides and play structures, farm animals, which most Richmond Region patches on our list do not.
hanovervegetablefarm.com · pumpkinpatchesandmore.org
Checked August 2026.