The next Pumpkins in the Park will take place October 9, 2010!

On Saturday, October 10, 2009 the Guadalupe River Park & Gardens hosted the 15th annual Pumpkins in the Park, an environmental harvest festival for young families designed to create awareness of the Guadalupe River and celebrate the fall season.  10,000 to 12,000 people attended Pumpkins in the Park to learn about the Guadalupe River, make scarecrows, decorate pumpkins, taste apples and cider, listen to great music, eat great food and  partake in countless other activities.

Click here to watch some video footage!

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Volunteers
Sponsors
Entertainment
Donation Drawing
Participating Companies & Organizations
Disney On Ice Tickets
Wild Zones


Scarecrow Making Contest


More Info>>>

 

 
We needed volunteers, and we got them!
We had more volunteers than ever.  Lucy Perez and all of the event planners would like to thank the countless volunteers who made this event possible.

 

Sponsors

 

 

Cortese Brothers Farms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Campbell

 

 

Entertainment

Main stage
10:15-10:45 Joi Ying Dragon & Lion Dance Group
10:45-11:15 Grupo Folklorico Valencia 
11:15-11:45 Andy Z
11:45-12:30 Banana Slugs
12:30-1:15 Andy Z
1:15-2:00 Zun Zun
2:00-2:45 Banana Slugs
2:45-3:30 Zun Zun
3:45 - 4:00 Raffle/Closing

All Day

  • Bounce Houses
  • Pumpkin Decorating
  • Facepainting sponsored by Technology Credit Union
  • Motion Maker Puppeteers
  • Shark Engine
  • Fire Engine
  • Twistn' Shout Balloon Twisters
  • Air Systems' Messenger II Spaceship
  • Wild Zones Activity


Zun Zun


Banana Slug String Band

 

Thanks to all of the donors of the Donation Drawing

 
Proceeds benefit the nonprofit the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy

Tickets are $1/ticket or $10/12 tickets. We can fill the tickets out for you and place them in the drawing or you can swing by and handle that yourself. We can also mail you tickets and you can mail them back all filled out.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@grpg.org or 408-298-7657.

Enter amount you would like to donate...

Prize List

 

Thanks to these Participating Companies & Organizations

 

4C Council
Breathe California of the Bay Area
Bay Area Ridge Trail Council
Bill Wilson Center
Children's Discovery Museum
City of San Jose - Environmental Services
City of San Jose - One Voice
Cortese Brother Farms
Council on Aging Silicon Valley
Family Life Chiropractic
Farm Fresh To You
Garden City Sanitation Company
Girl Scouts of Northern California
Glenna Harris Weavers Guild
Greenwaste Recovery
Jerome & Jeckyll the Crow
Junior League
Kaiser Kids Course
Kaiser Permanente
Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
Mix 106.5
The New York Times
Our City Forest
Rebekah Children's Services
Salmon & Steelhead Restoration Group
Sand Art/Candle Art
San Jose Credit Union
San Jose Kiwanis Club
San Jose Library
SCC Household Hazardous Waste Program
SCC Reading Council
Santa Clara Open Space Authority
Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Technology Credit Union
Uvas Gold Apiary
Walden West Center/SCC Office of Education
Watershed Watch

Help us celebrate Fire Prevention Week

SJFD Shark Engine
San Jose Fire Department

 

Food & Beverage Vendors

  • Buchser Middler School Booster Assn. Kettle Korn
  • Road Dog Cafe
  • Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Pizza Booth
  • Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Cider Pressing
  • Hawaiian Shave Ice
  • Martinelli & Company - Free apple juice until supplies run out!
  • PW Apple Tasting Booth

 

Disney on Ice Tickets!

Thanks to our friends at NBC 11 we have Disney on Ice tickets again! There are two ways you can take advantage of this great deal:

--Come to Pumpkins in the Park and put your name in the hat for a free drawing. Ticket vouchers will be given out throughout the day. Stop by the information booth.

--Purchase a minimum $35 new membership with Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and we’ll give you two (2) ticket vouchers for free (while supplies last). If you’re already a member, you can upgrade your membership or purchase a gift membership for friends or family.

You will be required to take your vouchers to the HP Pavilion ticket office to exchange them for the actual tickets. The sooner you take your vouchers to the box office, the better seats you'll get. These vouchers are only good for the following shows:

Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 PM
Thursday, October 22, 7:30 PM
Friday, October 23, 10:30 AM

To purchase a membership now, please use the secure form below!

Enter the membership level you would like to contribute...our membership levels are $35, $50, $100, $250, and beyond!


Contact Program Manager Phil Cornish at 408-298-7657 for more information.

 

Sticks, Stones, and Mud: A Family Play Day


Noon – 3:00 p.m. Only!

Make forts, dens, fairyhouses, rock sculptures, mudpies and more!

The event takes place in Discovery Meadow next to Children’s Discovery Museum as part of the Pumpkins in the Park Festival.

This is a free event brought to you by Children’s Discovery Museum and Wild Zones, with support from FIRST 5 Santa Clara, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Friends of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens.

 

Zero Waste

We've decided to make this a Zero Waste Event as defined by the City of San Jose. We hope you can help us meet the requirements...here are some of the things we are doing:

  • Eco-Stations will be strategically located throughout the event. They will offer visitors the option to place things in the trash, in the recycling bin, or in the composting bin. Volunteers will staff each station to help people make the right choice.
  • All of the food we will be serving will be compostable itself and be served on paper products that can be composted.
  • Many of the materials used to produce the event are reusable, such as burlap table clothes, reusable signage, etc.
  • We've gone almost entirely digital...very few paper fliers were printed this year!

To learn more about this program, visit click here!

 

 

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