Skagit Valley Giant Pumpkin Festival
Saturday, September 17, 2022
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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.
Seasonal bites with Waffles in Paradise & Kettle Corn
Noon – 3 p.m.
Bluegrass music by Laurel Bliss, John Clark, and Andy Rick
Noon – 4 p.m.
Giant Pumpkin and Giant Vegetable Weigh-Off
Prizes given away 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:
Gordon Skagit Farms
Coastal Farm & Ranch
Skagit Valley Co-op,
and the Pacific Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers
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.”
- Interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Us
- For more information on the Puget Sound Giant Pumpkin Growers, go to http://www.pnwgpg.com/