Meadowbrook Pumpkins, Gourds, and Squash
Products on this page are available in small or large quantities!
We grow 30 acres, 28 varieties, of the finest pumpkins. We have thousands of shapes and sizes are to choose from. Varieties are chosen for disease resistance and tolerance, shell and stem quality, and shape and color to give you the best keeping, quality pumpkins.
We offer first grade, field run grades and a third grade as well as size them for you. Pumpkins are handled carefully to protect them from bruising and stem breakage. Our pumpkins are sold to meet your needs.... we sell at established market prices.
After you have visited our farm and picked out your perfect pumpkin, visit our
carving page for great stencils and pumpkin carving tips. Also be sure to save those seeds and visit our recipes page for great pumpkin recipes.
If you would like to inquire about purchasing wholesale pumpkins, fill out the form on the contact us page
Large wholesale orders, accepted for Pumpkins of all sizes and varieties.
Plenty of shapes from perfect to spooky and sizes big to small to choose from, you're sure to find your perfect pumpkin among our 29 varieties. Squash also available.
Novelty and mini pumpkin Varieties:
Visit our recipes page for great pumkpkin recipes.
Pumpkin Facts
- Pumpkins are grown primarily for processing with a small percentage grown for ornamental sales through you-pick farms, farmers' market and retail sales.
- Pumpkin seeds can be roasted as a snack.
- Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.
- Pumpkins are used for feed for animals.
- Pumpkin flowers are edible.
- Pumpkins are used to make soups, pies and breads.
- The largest pumpkin pie ever made was over five feet in diameter and weighed over 350 pounds. It used 80 pounds of cooked pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, 12 dozen eggs and took six hours to bake.
- Pumpkins are members of the vine crops family called cucurbits.
- Pumpkins originated in Central America.
- In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.
- The name pumpkin orginated from "pepon" - the Greek word for "large melon."
- Pumpkins are fruit.
- Colonists sliced off pumpkin tops; removed seeds and filled the insides with milk, spices and honey. This was baked in hot ashes and is the origin of pumpkin pie.
- Native Americans flattened strips of pumpkins, dried them and made mats.
- Native Americans called pumpkins "isqoutm squash."
- Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for food and medicine.