Forecast for Arthur IL . . . beautiful weather next three days here at The Great Pumpkin Patch. Make sure you spend one of these gorgeous days here with us on the farm. Two more GREAT reasons to visit us – this year’s GIANT pumpkin weighing in at 947 lbs, plus a potbelly pig weighing in at 150 lbs. Here at the McDonald/Condill farm, we do it BIG and we do it GREAT!

This week finds Mac and Ginny on the road, setting up magnificent displays on the East Coast. First stop is Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square PA. The countless acres of gardens at Longwood are truly exquisite!

Then it’s on to Martha Stewart Television for another of TGPP’s striking and impressive stage setups; I’m guessing this one will amazingly surpass Mac’s display that he built for Martha’s show back in 2005. This year, Mac will be guesting on Martha’s show on Oct 12^th. Be sure to tune in for Martha and Mac!

Bruce headed up to the Chicago area to provide lovely squash, pumpkins and gourds for a dazzling display at Chicago Botanic Gardens. You’ll definitely want to check out this work of art while visiting Chicago Botanic Gardens this fall!

We also suggest that while in and around the St Louis area, you check out the Missouri Botanical Gardens. They, too, are featuring a beautiful array of The Great Pumpkin Patch’s squash, pumpkins and gourds. The staff of the Missouri Botanical Gardens have a remarkable flair when building their harvest season displays.

We at The Great Pumpkin Patch of Arthur IL are doing our part to generously spread the cucurbit beauty of pumpkins, gourds and squash throughout Midwestern and Eastern US locales.

The Great Pumpkin Patch is gearing up for a Great weekend at the farm!!! Come out and see Wes Wheeler and the Battlecreek Country Band from 1:00-4:00pm on Saturday, Sept 25^th and Sunday, Sept 26^th. Bev Notaro, gourd artist extraordinaire, will be showcasing some of her wonderful works of gourd art. We will also have squash tasting and wagon rides. The forecast looks great – mid-70’s all weekend. See you here!!

The Great Pumpkin Patch and The Homestead Bakery are headed to Columbus OH for the Country Living Fair. Mac put up the pumpkin tower Wednesday, and our bakers frantically finished up the made-from-scratch baked goods. Stop by our tent and pick up some mouth-watering pumpkin cookies, angel food cake and sweet bread. We will be open Fri, Sat and Sun from 10:00am to 5:00pm

For Country Living Fair info, go to:  http://www.stellashows.com/cgi-bin/texis/scripts/showpromo_info/stellashowdetail.html?idnum=ZJD1463&showabb=CL1006

Hey, check us out! We’re now open for our 22^nd season, and our crop pull looks very good. The only thing missing is YOU. We’re open seven days a week, everyday from 9am to 6pm. Come see us soon!