open for the season

Summer Picking Tours Field Trips

Looking for a fun and educational outdoor adventure? Tanaka Farms offers guided summer picking tours for schools, camps, and groups of 15 or more! Enjoy a hands-on experience harvesting seasonal fruits and vegetables, plus a visit to our Educational Barnyard Exhibit—perfect for all ages.

Summer Picking Options:

Pickers will receive on of the following based on harvest availability (no substitutions):

  • 1 Melon + 1 Vegetable
  • 3 Vegetables
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opening September 13, 2025

Pumpkin Patch Field Trips - // opening September 13, 2025

The Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch Field Trip has been a favorite of children and teachers for over 20 years! Though we've grown larger, we still offer the same memorable experience year after year.  

Children (and adults!) enjoy this fun and educational fall experience on a real working farm!

(Minimum of 15 paying Pickers required)

Pickers (All Persons 3+ years of age)

Monday - Friday: $18.00 each

Saturday & Sunday: $22 each

Chaperones and Staff (do not receive items picked)

Monday - Friday: $12.00 each

Saturday & Sunday: $16 each

Toddlers (age 2 and under, do not receive items picked)

FREE


Teachers (schools only)

one FREE teacher for every 15 paying students

The pumpkin patch field trip is technically not a tour (in terms of it being the guided tour experience of our strawberry and melon season.) This is a completely self-guided tour and you are given an itinerary of activities.

Duration: 2 to 2 1/2 hours depending on group size.

The package experience includes:


Wagon Ride:
Once everyone has been checked in and stickers put on, the first stop is the Wagon Ride! The wagons run continuously every 10 minutes or so and take you around our 30-acre farm to see all the pumpkins and crops growing. Please note that this is not a guided tour. This is a wagon ride only.

Barnyard Educational Exhibit: When the wagon returns, the next stop is the Barnyard Educational Exhibit! We have a variety of barnyard animals to visit, including chickens, goats, sheep, and donkeys. Make sure to supervise all children to take good care of our animal friends. Hand sanitizing stations are available outside the Barnyard.

Corn Maze: Enjoy making your way through this kid-friendly favorite!

U-Pick Veggies: After gathering your group out of the Corn Maze, head on over to the Vegetable Patch! A friendly Patch helper will pass out bags and tell you all about the vegetables and how to pick them. Each child can take home 4 of each kind of veggie - carrots, radishes, green onions, and cilantro.

Pumpkin Patch: Last stop, but certainly not least, is picking a pumpkin! Walk on over the pumpkin patch to choose which pumpkin to take home. Flat one, tall one, skinny one...bumpy one? Orange, white, green? IMPORTANT: Each child must carry their own pumpkin through the Check Out tent AND it must weigh no more than 20 pounds.

Full price includes parking, entry, Wagon Ride, Corn Maze, U-Pick Veggies, Barnyard Educational Exhibit, and a pick-your-own pumpkin (up to 20 pounds). This self-paced tour will take approximately 1 ½ - 2 hours. (Pumpkin must be 20lb or less. And everyone need to be able to carry it out on their own.) Separate parking reservations are not needed with a group reservation.

Updated headcounts must be provided no later than 72 hours prior to the Field Trip date. On the day of your reservation, we will not be able to accommodate last-minute additional guests to your group beyond the headcount provided in advance.

It is very important to remind all parents to arrive early.

There is no guarantee that late arrivals will be able to ride the wagon with your group if it has already departed.

This is a self-guided experience meaning we are not able to direct late arrivals to their group. WE CANNOT ACCEPT SEPARATE PAYMENTS FROM PARENTS OR ADDITIONAL GUESTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR GROUP RESERVATION. This is for the safety of your group.

All participants must be included in the group reservation.

The Group Leader must check in for the entire group and make one payment for the group. There is also no guarantee that they will be able to join your group on the wagon if they are not accounted for in your group’s headcount. Wagon rides are scheduled according to group sizes in advance. Thank you for your understanding!

Choose one of the tours (depending on seasonal availability) and click on the "Book Now" button and follow the instructions from there.

Please email our Group Reservation Specialist (reservations@tanakafarms.com)