A working Davie ranch with no gate admission and per-activity pricing, which makes it one of the lowest-risk options in Broward for a family with an unpredictable toddler - but no 2026 pumpkin patch dates or prices have been published, so call before you drive.
No gate admission - you pay per activity. A South Florida on the Cheap listing gives $5 each for train rides, petting zoo, hayrides and pony/horse rides, free for ages 2 and under, with a $15 package. Those figures are from an older season; no 2026 pumpkin patch pricing has been published.
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.
Free to walk in. Your spend here is whatever you choose — pumpkins, food, and any paid activities. That makes it a low-risk stop if you are not sure how long the kids will last.
Marando Farms is a working ranch and farm store first and a pumpkin destination second, and understanding that order explains almost everything about a visit. The year-round business is produce, a farmers market, u-pick eggs, a farm-to-table cafe and juice bar, and horseback riding lessons. The seasonal pumpkin patch sits on top of that, alongside a petting zoo, train, hayrides and pony rides that have run on weekends.
That structure has one large advantage over the ticketed fall festivals elsewhere in South Florida: there is no gate. You are not handing over $80 for a family of four before anyone has confirmed they are having a good time. If your two-year-old decides after twenty minutes that the goats are terrifying and the day is over, you have lost nothing but the drive.
The farm had not published 2026 pumpkin patch dates or prices when we checked in August 2026, and its own website blocks the automated reading we use to verify listings. The per-activity figures floating around online come from a previous season’s deals writeup. Treat them as an indication of the model, not a quote. This is a phone call before you go, not a search result.
The posted opening hours and the activity hours are two different things. Weekdays run longer on paper, but the rides and animal attractions have historically been a Saturday and Sunday affair inside a roughly 10am-4pm window, with pony and horse rides narrower still. Wednesday the farm is closed entirely. A family arriving on a weekday morning gets a quiet farm and a good market, which is a fine outing but not the one the pumpkin patch listing suggests.
Two things worth setting straight before any Florida patch visit. First, the pumpkins were trucked in. Florida’s climate does not support a commercial fall pumpkin crop, so what you are buying is a display and an experience, not a harvest. That is true across the state and it is not a knock on this farm specifically.
Second, October in Broward County is not autumn. Daytime highs stay in the high eighties, afternoon thunderstorms are routine, and open farm ground offers whatever shade the trees happen to provide. The opening hour is the only genuinely comfortable part of the day, and on a property whose weekend activities do not start until 10am, that leaves a narrow good window. Get there when they start.
Broward parents with small children and a modest budget. The value here is that the downside is capped - you can spend $20 or you can spend nothing, and the animals are the draw either way. Families wanting a maze, a big activity list and a full afternoon out of one admission fee will do better at a festival farm, and should expect to pay festival prices for it.
Weekend mornings, and specifically the 10am end of them. The farm's ride and animal attractions have historically run Saturday and Sunday only, roughly 10am-4pm, with pony and horse rides on a shorter 11am-3pm window. Weekdays open earlier (8am) and stay open later (6pm), but that is farm store and market hours - going Monday at 8am gets you produce and a quiet property, not a train ride. The farm is closed all day Wednesday.
One to two hours. This is a farm errand with animals attached, not a full-day festival, and the paid activities are short by design.
Because the rides are weekend-only, weekend demand is concentrated into a six-hour window on a small property. If you want the animals without the queue, arrive at opening rather than after lunch.
We have not confirmed the surface. This is a working ranch rather than a retail lot, and most Florida farm parking is grass or packed dirt, which turns to mud after the afternoon storms that run well into October. Plan footwear on that assumption rather than on a paved lot.
You want festival scale - a corn maze, a hay bale playground, big-kid rides. The activity list here is short and animal-led. Also skip it if you can only go on a Wednesday, when the farm is closed, or if you need certainty about 2026 pumpkin dates before you commit to the drive.
Flamingo Road Nursery's fall festival is about fifteen minutes west, also in Davie, and runs a longer published season with a photo-set focus. The two are close enough to do in one morning and different enough that it is worth it - animals and rides at one, cottage displays and hayrides at the other.
No. There is no gate admission - you pay per activity. That means a visit can cost nothing at all if you just want to walk the property and visit the farm store, which is unusual among South Florida pumpkin patches.
The farm had not published 2026 pumpkin patch dates when we last checked in August 2026, and its website blocks automated reading, so we could not confirm a season. The ranch itself is open daily except Wednesdays year-round. Call ahead before making the trip specifically for pumpkins.
Historically no. Pony and horse rides, along with the train, petting zoo and hayrides, have run on weekends only. Weekday visits get the farm store, market and cafe rather than the ride lineup.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Open daily except Wednesdays. Check with the farm before driving out.
Admission is free. No gate admission - you pay per activity. A South Florida on the Cheap listing gives $5 each for train rides, petting zoo, hayrides and pony/horse rides, free for ages 2 and under, with a $15 package. Those figures are from an older season; no 2026 pumpkin patch pricing has been published.
5151 SW 64th Ave, Davie, FL 33314, in Broward County. It is one of 10 patches we track in South Florida.
We track 10 patches in South Florida, 4 of which are free to walk into. At $5 a head this one sits below the regional median of $20.99, undercutting 4 of the 4 paid patches we track here. Entry here costs nothing, which puts it in the minority even in a region with several free options.
What sets it apart locally: it has farm animals, rides and play structures, hayrides, which most South Florida patches on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 4 of the 10 patches we track in South Florida had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 2 other patches we track in Broward County. All South Florida patches →
marandoranch.com · realmilk.com · miamionthecheap.com
Checked August 2026.