Andy Cross, The Denver PostJersey LaCrue see something she likes while propped up onto a pumpkin at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
Andy Cross, The Denver PostCanadian geese take flight over the pumpkin patch at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.- Andy Cross, The Denver PostPumpkin seekers pick out their favorite pumpkins from a 10-acre pumpkin patch at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostAlex Scalco poses for picture with a nice pumpkin at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016. Scalco, a volunteer for the event from the Ritz-Carlton Community Footprints group, works at the “pumpkin daycare” at the festival where folks can have their pumpkins tagged and held so they can go and enjoy the festival.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostFolks enjoy the train-barrel ride at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostThe annual Pumpkin Festival at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostCole Czarnek, 21-month-old, plays on an old John Deere tractor on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016. The festival runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 5 p.m.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostKids enjoy the inflatable slide ride at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostTaylor Meighan, 11, leaps off a platform on the 20-ft Stunt Jump into a large airbag at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostBrooklyn Tripp, left, and her brother Davis pose for a family photo in front of an old truck at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostHenry Anderson, 3, enjoys a pony ride with John Schamp from Kodiak Ranch at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostThousands of pumpkins at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostArya Rainer enjoys the morning sun while standing on a pile of pumpkins at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 7, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostAnna Geier, left, takes pictures of her kids Ella, 4, center, in her halloween Dolphin costume, and Kira, 13-months-old in her halloween Lobster costume at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostWill Hendrickson, 8, rolls his favorite large pumpkin off to the side at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostCasey Lems, left, his daughter Hannah, 2, and wife Dawn head to the pumpkin checkout at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
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Jersey LaCrue see something she likes while propped up onto a pumpkin at the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 07, 2016.
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Photos from the Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms annual Pumpkin Festival October 7, 2016. Ticketed Festival goers can pick out and buy pumpkins from a 10-acre pumpkin patch, enjoy a corn maze, live music, food trucks, artisan booths, antique tractor exhibit, pony rides, horse-drawn hay rides, photo booths, barrel train rides, face painting and many more activities. The festival runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday until 5 p.m.