Howell's Greenhouse and Pumpkin Patch

4.6
374 reviews

About

Agriculture & FarmingMiscellaneous RetailGarden Center
Looking for the perfect family outing in Central Iowa? Howell's Greenhouse & Pumpkin Patch , located near Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ankeny, and Waukee, offers seasonal attractions and fun activities year-round. We grow high-quality annuals, perennials, and succulents and invite you to stroll through our flower fields to pick a bucket of fresh flowers. Explore our wide selection of dried flower bunches. During fall, visit our pumpkin patch with pumpkins, mums, Indian corn, decorative squash, gourds, and fresh bittersweet. Baby goat cuddling is a must-do! Our events include Easter, Iris Festival, our Flower Festival featuring sunflowers. Family fall fun includes hayrides, corn mazes, and more. Howell's is perfect for family fun!

Location

Howell's Greenhouse and Pumpkin Patch
3145 Howell Court, Cumming, IA
50061, United States

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Reviews

4.6
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    Tammy Burgett
    6 days ago
    3.0
    Prices are way too expensive now!! if you're going to charge that much everything inside the farm should be free (almost 20 bucks per person, even 2-year-olds). The corn maze was very disappointing they didn't have the little paper, so my family and I can run around and get the stamps that we needed to race each other! they built a new playground for the kids; which the kids enjoyed, but it's not meant for toddlers, it's meant for bigger kids. We love the bathtub train!! We try to go every year to Howells; but with the price, I'm pretty sure we'll be finding somewhere else to go
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    Lee Anne Fuller
    Oct 26, 2025
    1.0
    I have been coming to Howells since my children were little, then as an adult and this year saw you have to pay $18.00 to just enter! I will NEVER pay to get in then pay more just to buy pumpkins and go to the gift shop on top of that. I understand for the kid activities, but to shop and spend money at their facility, it makes no sense to pay money to get in, just to pay more money to buy pumpkins and walk around. I am simply frustrated and upset! You just lost my business!
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    Nancy H
    Oct 24, 2025
    5.0
    Was a great fall experience. We enjoyed variety of activities and it was nice that adults could do most of them too. I felt like a kid myself and the kid loved it. Riding the tub train and the corn pool were my favorite and the kid loved the corn pool and the double trike. The maze was a long walk but we had fun and enjoyed the ride to and from on the hay rack. It was a beautiful day to be (with) a kid again.
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    Addie Roberts
    Oct 19, 2025
    5.0
    LOVE LOVE LOVE Howell’s!!!! Been taking my son since he was 1 and he is now almost 13. I’ve been reading the reviews and here is what I have to say… Bees live outside get over it. Price..Here is what is included in your entrance fee..mud pie kitchen, horse swings, tube rolling, NUMEROUS photo ops, basketball, cow slide, tube slide, chalk wall, baby goats, hula hoop lasso, teeter totter, tire swings, wiggle cars, bags aka corn hole (2 locations), mini tractors, rubber duck races, 2 person bikes, 2 HUGE bounce pads, rope making, bath tub train, spinny chairs, Fluffy cow petting, baby goats, bunnies, photo ops, corn pool, hay rack ride, corn maze, pedal car track, many hay statues of fun characters, and more goats. Now for what costs extra…pony rides, corn cannon, pumpkin cannon, paint ball, zip line, concessions and there is a store to buy cute stuff! Room for improvement …. more benches throughout and a bigger or additional corn pools and maybe another concession stand to keep lines down. Howells will forever be my favorite FAMILY OWNED pumpkin patch!! Keep up the great and hard work!! See ya next year!! 🎃🍂🍁
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    Cassabella
    Oct 14, 2025
    5.0
    I love coming here to shop and pick out my pumpkins! They have amazing candles, great beanies and crewnecks, awesome little figurines, and so many pumpkins! Today I got a candle and oh man it smells so good!! I also found out today they have dried flowers upstairs in the shop barn- how cute and cool!! If you’re just coming to shop you don’t need to purchase admission. But I have taken kids here before and have paid and it’s so worth it! So many cute animals and fun things to do! Love making special trips every fall! Don’t forget to say hello to the cute sheep when you leave! They loved head scratches today! :) Thanks again