PICK UP YOUR PUMPKINS AT KEY WEST’S MARC HOUSE

a young girl standing next to a large pile of pumpkins
Lilu Godoy, 8½, explores the pumpkin patch at MARC Plant Store on Oct. 3. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly

The Remarkable Pumpkin Patch has returned to Seminary Street, featuring thousands of pumpkins and gourds of all shapes and sizes. The festive fall sale is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Oct. 31 —  or until all the pumpkins are sold. 

For more than 20 years, every October, the Monroe Association for Remarkable Citizens (MARC) has created a pumpkin patch at its plant store, 1401 Seminary St.

The patch, like MARC’s legendary Christmas tree sale, raises money for the vocational and life-skills training that the nonprofit provides to developmentally disabled adults.

More information is at facebook.com/MarcKeyWest.

The Remarkable Pumpkin Patch, 1401 Seminary St., is open daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Halloween, or until all pumpkins are sold. MANDY MILES/Keys Weekly
Mandy Miles
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