{"id":465638,"date":"2026-10-14T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/465638\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:30:18","slug":"northpark-pumpkin-patch-brings-enchanting-fall-installations-for-its-3rd-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/465638\/","title":{"rendered":"NorthPark Pumpkin Patch Brings Enchanting Fall Installations for its 3rd Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third-annual NorthPark Pumpkin Patch is enchanting visitors this month while raising funds to support abused and neglected children.<\/p>\n

Throughout the duration of the pumpkin patch, NorthPark Center is offering a variety of activities for the public, including live music, Bread Winners Cafe and Bakery to-go, \u201cMovies in the Patch,\u201d \u201cBookmarks Storytime,\u201d and \u201cLEGO Halloween Gifting.\u201d Click HERE<\/a> to view a complete schedule of events.<\/p>\n

Festive photo opportunities are available for $20. All proceeds go to Community Partners of Dallas.<\/p>\n

At the exhibit\u2019s conclusion on Nov. 1, all change that has been collected in the Patch\u2019s Wishing Well and the Neiman Marcus Fountain will also be donated to Community Partners of Dallas, a nonprofit organization that provides for the immediate and urgent needs of children who are abused and neglected in Dallas County.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pumpkin patch has been designed by Harold Leidner Landscape Architects, Northpark\u2019s landscape team, and local artist David Daniel since the inaugural exhibit in Oct. 2024.<\/p>\n

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Northpark Pumpkin Patch 2026.
\n Justin Clemons<\/p>\n

Founder and president Harold Leidner of Harold Leidner Landscape Architects designed the original conceptual layout and determined where each structure would be located. This year, the company introduced more plants, greenery mums, and foliage to the exhibit, explained marketing and business growth developer Jennifer West.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom worked at Neiman\u2019s in Northpark when it opened and I worked at Neiman\u2019s too through high school and college,\u201d Leidner said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a thread that\u2019s run through our family \u2026 it was kind of easy just to fall into this project.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leidner and his crew began setting up about two weeks before the patch opened.<\/p>\n

More than 15,000 pumpkins were ordered and stored in cool temperatures underneath JCPenney so that they didn\u2019t rot, Leidner said.<\/p>\n

Local artist Daniel drew inspiration from a German fall festival to create an exhibit of three toadstools reaching five feet in diameter.<\/p>\n

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Northpark Pumpkin Patch 2026.
\n Justin Clemons<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a challenge because the toadstools are a very top-heavy element and then we\u2019re adding pumpkins to the top of them,\u201d Daniel said. \u201cStructurally, figuring out the primary skeletal structure that is hidden within the exterior was difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on how to get involved or to donate, visit the Community Partners of Dallas<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

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\n Isabella Ferreri, an editorial intern at People Newspapers, is a recent journalism graduate from the University of North Texas. Her story began at the school\u2019s newspaper, The North Texas Daily. Apart from reporting at her college\u2019s newspaper, Isabella has worked as a freelance reporter at the Dallas Observer and Denton County Magazine.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The third-annual NorthPark Pumpkin Patch is enchanting visitors this month while raising funds to support abused and neglected…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-465638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}