The Pumpkin Patch returns to Saugus Center soon

SAUGUS – For the 21st year, First Congregational Church in Saugus Center will host the Annual Pumpkin Patch, which will run from Sept. 23 through Halloween (Oct. 31). Pumpkins of all sizes will be displayed on the church lawn and will be available for purchase every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. “The Pumpkin Patch” looks forward to having everyone come and enjoy this great fall event.

On Saturday, Sept. 23, at 9 a.m., the “Pumpkin Truck” will arrive with lots of pumpkins. People who would like to help unload the truck are asked to arrive at the church by 9 a.m. For information, please contact Carl Spencer at 781-233-9196.

Saugus is one of many communities receiving pumpkins from the Navajo Reservation near Farmington, N.M., working with a program called Pumpkin Patch USA, which coordinates the destination of the pumpkins. The church and the Navajo Reservation both benefit from the pumpkins.

In just two weeks, “The Orange Glow” – as some folks like to call it – will return to the church lawn on Hamilton Street, which faces Saugus Town Hall. The Pumpkin Patch tradition has become a very popular Autumn attraction to people passing through Saugus Center.

Rev. Bill Ladd, pastor of First Congregational Church Saugus UCC, said he looks forward to this joyous arrival and the beginning of “The Pumpkin Church” sale through Oct. 31. On the morning of the truck’s arrival with pumpkins from New Mexico, “swarms of folks will be unloading them.”