Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival

Saturday, September 17, 2022

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We want to extend our appreciation and thank everyone who came out to support our Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival. We watched 11 giants roll in, danced to live music, went on tractor rides, ate sweets and sipped on coffee while pumpkins were carefully weighed. Let’s just say, the scales tipped at 1,614.00 lbs, with Joel Holland’s giant pumpkin grown out of Sumner, WA. Joel is a master pumpkin grower who has won first place a few years here at the Nursery. We want to thank our wonderful sponsors including the Skagit Food Co-op, Tractor Supply, and Coastal Farm and Ranch for their generous donations toward this wonderful festival.

The pumpkins will be available for viewing here at the Nursery for the next week or two before they head to our sponsors, so swing by and experience these giants for yourself.

Following 1st Place Joel Holland:

ROOF, WHIDBEY, 1,472 lbs
ТОВЕСК, OLYMPIA, 1277.5 lbs
SNODGRASS, LYNDEN, 936 lbs
MATT RADACH, STANWOOD, 784.5 lbs
TURNBULL, EVERETT, 675 lbs (exhibition only)
S. RADICH, MT VERNON, 438.5 lbs
GOULD, SKAGIT VALLEY, 398 lbs
S. RADICH, MT VERNON, 249.5
BAIRD, SEATTLE, 260 lbs
M. RADACH, OAK HARBOR, 170.5 lbs
O. CAMPO, SNOHOMISH 48.5
We wholeheartedly welcome fall for its brisk winds and autumnal color which serves as a seasonal backdrop for the Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, September 17, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This in-person event celebrates agritourism with a Weigh-Off competition for pumpkin-growing hobbyists and giant vegetable growers.  Enjoy this complimentary, family-fun event and a chance to win cash prizes for your giant pumpkin.

2022 Pay Schedule:

First Place Giant Pumpkin Winner $1500
 2nd Place-$750
3rd Place-500
4th Place $200
5th Place $100
6th Place $50
7th Place $50
8th Place $25
9th Place $25
10th Place $25
Howard Dill Prettiest Pumpkin $100
Ugliest Pumpkin $25
Christianson’s Nursery is an official weigh-off site for the Giant Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC), an international organization, sanctioned to submit giant pumpkin world records.

 

Schedule of Events

9 a.m. – noon
 Entries for the Weigh-Off accepted
Watch the parade of deliveries

 

9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
 Enjoy family orientated gamed and festivities and carnival games including the
A-maze-ing Hay Maze with Mount Vernon’s Camp Korey

 

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Beautiful Face Painting & Balloon Fairy ($5 cash only),
toad observatory, and carnival games

 

11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Farmstrong Brewery Beer Garden, Campstuff Coffee Cart, Kettle Corn

 

Noon – 3 p.m.
Bluegrass music by Laurel Bliss, John Clark, and Andy Rick

 

Noon – 4 p.m.
Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Prizes will be awarded throughout the Weigh-Off

 

4 p.m.
The winner of the SVGPF Weigh-Off announced

 

Download our SVGPF Entry Form an entry to submit your pumpkins, squash, super-size garden vegetables (zucchini, tomatoes, gourds), and flowers in this year’s Weigh-Off

 

 

A special thanks to our dedicated sponsors for their financial support:

Skagit Valley Co-op

The Pacific Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers

 

Coastal Farm and Ranch

Tractor Supply

A special note of thanks to the Pacific Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers Club and Club Representative Geoff Gould.

The Giant Pumpkin Commonwealth, a worldwide organization designated to record world records, stated:

“There were 107 sites for weigh-offs around the world in 2017.

Second place most improved site with 67% from 2016 was Christianson’s Nursery Weigh-off in Mount Vernon, Washington.”