Vala's Pumpkin Patch

Campfire sites must be reserved in advance for an afternoon (12 - 5 pm) or an evening (5 - 10:30 pm on Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays, and 5 - 9:30 pm on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, & Wednesdays). You can order a Catering Package to be delivered to your site, or you can bring your own food and hot dog sticks for a great outdoor activity and cookout. You should also bring your camera, flashlights, and an extra jacket for the crisp fall evenings. We get your fire started and supply the wood, picnic table, and bales of straw to sit on. NO ALCOHOL is allowed on the farm. Each person must pay for General Admission in addition to the campfire site fee.

 

Party Barns with campfire sites provide some shelter from the weather. They each have electricity, one picnic table inside, picnic tables outside, bales of straw, and benches for seating. They are small, holding about 15 to 20 people inside, but the entire site is big enough for 40 to 50 people. These barns used to be available only for birthday parties but due to a large number of requests, they are now being offered as sheltered campfire sites. They must be reserved in advance for an afternoon (12 noon to 5 pm) or an evening (5 to 10:30 pm on Thursday thru Saturday and 5 to 9:30 pm on Sunday thru Wednesday). These sites include one campfire. If you prefer that the campfire not be lighted, you may make this request at the time of the reservation or on the date of your party.

 

Use our Campfire Reservation on-line Request Form or call (402) 332-4200

Catering Discount:

Receive $1.00 off your group’s General Admission Price when you add a Vala’s Catering Package to your reservation (Packages #1 through #6). See our Catering Menu for details. Our most popular offering for campfires is the Campfire Hot Dog Roast Box, everything you need for roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over an open fire. Delivered to your campfire site at your specified time. CLICK TO READ MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CATERING

 

 

Campfire and Party Barn Information

Your group may arrive prior to your scheduled time to tour Vala’s Pumpkin Patch. As people from your group arrive at the entrance they may pay the General Admission individually, unless you have made other arrangements with Vala’s. They will be given a map of Vala's and will be told where your campfire site is located.

All Campfire Site and Party Barn reservations must be paid in advance with a credit card. To ensure your reservation, call 402-332-4200 or make an on-line reservation using your credit card. Weekend nights become fully booked so you will be notified if your requested time is not available.

If one person is paying for the entire group’s admission, an alphabetized list should be provided to Vala’s or you may arrange to design your own admission ticket or you may purchase Vala's General Admission tickets in advance. Our Reservations Staff can help you with this.

Your group may bring in food and beverages but NO ALCOHOL is allowed on the farm. For safety reasons we do not allow cars to drive in to the campfire sites, but we do have carts that you can use to carry food. For large groups, a Vala’s staff member can use a motorized cart to haul food to your site.

Cancellation Policy

If it is raining 4 hours before your event or the temperature falls below 35 degrees at Vala's Pumpkin Patch on the day of your event your group may call to re-schedule or cancel without any obligations and the campfire site fee will be refunded. If weather conditions are generally poor but not raining you may call to re-schedule. If you need to cancel on the day of the event you may ask to receive Vala's Admission tickets in exchange for your campfire fee or schedule a date for the 2011 season.

A word about rain: In October in Nebraska it can be rainy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon, and perfect campfire weather in the evening. That is why we go ahead with most campfires even when the day starts with rain showers. Sometimes rain does continue for the entire day and those are the days that we encourage you to re-schedule.

If you need to cancel a reservation for other reasons, a full refund of the campfire site fee will be refunded if cancellation is made 8 days before the event date.