I'm giving this place one star because I have been here several times and each time has been more disappointing then the last. I wanted to give it a chance but it was not good. First the address given isn't the correct one and we drove around 30 minutes looking for it. Second parking was awful. No one knew how to park in rows in order for people to get in and out smoothly. Last and the most important part, the strawberry patch was absolutely awful. There was no berries worth picking. It honestly should have been closed. I maybe got a handful of tiny berries no bigger than my thumbnail and it was 5 dollars. The hayride to the patch was not being done and it was a long hot walk there and back with small children. The playground area for kids was rickety and not safe. I will not be returning. read more

Always a wonderful time visiting! Great for families and kids of all ages. Plenty of parking too!

Gallmeyer Farms may not have all the fancy things that bigger farms around the area have but it's one of the few farms that allow you to come to pick your own pumpkin without charging an entrance fee. They have a large area to browse for the perfect pumpkin and cute/trendy pumpkins up front by the checkout stand. They also have a hayride, maze, funnel cake & cotton candy stand and a small playground for the kids. The pumpkins were reasonably priced and there is plenty of parking available. It is right in the middle of a built up area but they've managed to make you feel like you're right on a family farm. read more

Gallmeyer Farms - a field full of pumpkins - Farmers Market Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Smooth process getting pumpkins! Went on Halloween and there were so many options. Pretty affordable too. Free hay rides! read more

Gallmeyer Farms - Pumpkins - Farmers Market Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

free pumpkin patch activities for kids, with a good selection of pumpkins. Prices seem in line with others but the hay ride and maze activities are free. read more

Don't go here it's terrible the photos shown on google was not like how it was everything was poor and no sign of excitement just meant for kids for the pumpkins are alright but When I was leaving they were harassing a black family for stealing when they just bought some pumpkins. read more

The children play area is dangerous. Wood sticking out, screws and nails exposed. I will never take my grand child back here again.

Pick your own pumpkin for $0.69 cents a pound. They also have after hay ride, hay bale maze, and play set. You can also buy tomatoes, potatoes, onions, squash, and gourds. It is an awesome place to go in October with kids. We spent about an hour there just playing! read more

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The staff is very racist and rude, I felt very uncomfortable when I was paying for my strawberries

My boyfriend and I went together this past weekend. It was definitely a neat place with tons of pumpkins to choose from, however most of the pumpkins were rotten and you really had to search for some that weren't. Also- PARKING WAS HORRENDOUS. There was no one out directing traffic and it took us about half an hour to get out of the parking lot. There also were many vendors to choose from. If you're a family looking JUST to pick a nice pumpkin- this is an okay place if you're in the area. read more

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I've been buying veggies here for 20-25 years. Back in the 90s and naughts, when it was run by Bill & Marilyn, it was super. Circa 2001, Sarah, a worker there, offered me a free puppy and I found the love of my life, a Golden/Yellow Lab mix, gifted to me by Marilyn. These days, the produce selection is about the same, but the help keeps changing. And not necessarily for the better. Today I stopped by to get tomatoes and some of that incredible Gallmeyer corn. Nary a greeting, even when I approached the POS terminal. The girl (first I've seen her) had her head buried in her phone. She deigned to weigh my 'maters, charge me $4+ for the lot, make change, then went back to whatever thrilling entertainment on her screen. Never a smile, no "thank-you," no "kiss my ass," she just interrupted her activity long enough to reluctantly help the gal who had the nerve to require her presence for 30 seconds. Gallmeyer Farms knows how to keep generating revenue off-season, with hayrides, spooky house tours, the straw bale maze, and pumpkin patch activities. I like that because it's great for kids and keeps them in business. I don't expect to return this year; perhaps by Spring they'll have another person at the POS terminal, and I will feel appreciated for my patronage. p.s. The corn and tomatoes were wonderful this evening! read more

Gallmeyer Farms - Emily, my über-cute Golden/Yellow Lab mix, was a perq of shopping at the Vegetable Patch c 2001. - Farmers Market Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

A really wonderful farm, the fall festival was amazing. The farm provided a free hay ride from parking to the farm and back. There was lots of free activities to do for the kids. Also, I thought the prices were the pumpkin was really good deal. There was live music, food vendors and other vendors selling their stuff. It was crowded, but not so crowded that you have no breathing room. I am not sure why there's so many lukewarm ratings, but I for one had a wonderful experience along with my daughter. read more

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REALLY RACIST JERKS!!!! DONT GO HERE! I really wish I'd read the reviews before I came, but I didn't. I'm shocked to find other stories just like the scenario I watched unfold today.... we were having a fine time, my two daughters and I. The employees seemed really friendly with us. I was really annoyed that the old man with the white beard was standing in the one crowded walkway where folks lined up to board the heyride with a perpetual cigarette in his mouth, puffing smoke in the faces of everyone who walked by (so many children!!!! C'mon!!!) But as I was standing by the playground watching my two kids play, I noticed the old smoker man and another old dude (employee, maybe owner?) run up behind a black woman and man pushing their baby in a stroller. I realized he was yelling at her, accusing her of stealing a ONE DOLLAR PUMPKIN. She said "what? I just paid for these. Ask the women at the register!" These old men proceeded to rummage through the back her stroller (!!!!!!!) in the caddy area and made a big angry scene accusing her of stealing. He tried to grab her and tell her to come back and look at the pumpkins and receipt. At first she didn't want to comply and said "no I'm not stealing anything, but I'm leaving now..." and he continued to pursue and harass her. Over what he claimed was a tiny $1 pumpkin that she was "hiding" somewhere. As I watched this unfold, Mr Smokey Man looked at me and thinking because I'm white I likely would sympathize with him, and gave me one of those "THESE PEOPLE!" looks. You know the look. So I said "why are you accusing her of stealing? That's ridiculous! Cmon! Why would she need to steal a $1 pumpkin when she obviously just spent money on lots of other big pumpkins!?" He looked shocked at first, then got INCHES FROM MY FACE- he was unmasked of course, and I just so happened to have mine pulled down at that moment because I was eating a snow cone, and didn't have time to pull it up before he was literal INCHES away from my face, and he said " you have no idea what we deal with here! What we see!" Eventually the woman and man walked back with her baby to the register and I watched the interaction from afar but wasn't sure what happened, although I could tell it was super contentious. As she was leaving I asked her what happened and she told me she got a refund and put all her pumpkins back on the counter. The man with her told me she had paid for everything and it was ridiculous. I assured them I totally agreed that the two old men were in the wrong and handled that super poorly and that I totally believed she hadn't stolen anything. I stuck around for another hour. I wanted to watch these men. I literally watched Mr Smokey puff smoke in the faces of black people walking past him, but not white people. I wish I was exaggerating that but I'm not. As I walked around the property I noticed that everywhere I went, the other older man (owner?) was right there. They were very clearly following me and watching me. I supposed because I called them out for a minute. I was obvious about keeping an eye on their racist behavior. They were obvious about keeping an eye on me. I actually told the girls at the register that I'd be leaving a yelp review about the racist crap I saw. These were really young girls (likely high schoolers) and they all gave me secret empathetic looks. Quietly shook their heads in agreement. So imagine my horror this evening to open yelp, and literally read the first several reviews, all stating how racist this place is. How people have been accused of stealing $1 pumpkins. Seems to be a pattern. What absolute scum. Please DO NOT support this place. PLEASE. read more

We went here as part of a field trip. We were expecting a lot more interaction between the staff and students. The website advertised activities for the students but not much was available. Including parking. It didn't look like there were covid regulations in place. A lot of groups were there at the same time. The playground was open but it didn't look like any staff were sanitizing it or watching how many customers were over there at a time. We received a bag and taken to the pumpkin patch on the tractor/hay ride. I don't remember the tractor driver saying two-words to us and he looked unfriendly. Also, the little Halloween tunnel was closed (so another activity the students didn't have). At the pumpkin patch, we were only allowed to put one pumpkin in the bag. Even if the student picked a small pumpkin, the student couldn't fill up there bag with pumpkins. At least the students got to go outside and visit the pumpkin patch. My pumpkin died within a week. I didn't even get a chance to carve it. read more

Pumpkin patches are my absolute favorite thing to do in the fall and luckily for me Gallmeyer Farms is only a hop, skip and jump away from my house. The pumpkin patch at Gallmeyer is unique in that it feels very homey there is so much rustic charm sprinkled throughout this place. The pumpkin patch itself is pretty large with a nice selection of pumpkins and gourds!! To get to the patch you park your car across the street and grab a wheel barrel the. Push the wheel barrel on this little gravel pathway. As you are on the gravel pathway you pass a home with a loud barking dog that is not on a leash. I have two small children and they were a little startled by the dog. They do offer complimentary hayrides and mazes. Fair warning the maze is a very tight space meant for children. So if you were thinking of doing the activity with your kids- think again!! They also have an insight play area, farmers market, and food trucks on site so you can make a day of it!! Oh ya and did I mention the Pumpkins were only 69 cents per pound??!! Great deal in my opinion. read more

pumpkins!!!! hay rides!!! nice people!!! kid zone play area!!! dogs so chill, they let anyone pet them!!! great spot for a food truck or two!!! local produce and honey!!! fun with family and friends!!! read more

What is Fall without going to a Pumpkin Patch/farm? I had seen recently a lot of people that I knew that had visited Gallmeyer Farms. I decided to check It out myself. The location is good because instead of driving out to Ashland here's a smaller farm located right in Montrose. They had a lot of activities for children to enjoy. Great place for field trips. They have hayrides, free parking, plenty of pumpkins to choose from of various sizes both white and orange. You even got to enjoy the two friendly dogs running around. They had some pretty good deals on their flowers and pumpkins. read more

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Last year when we went it was great, this year when we went it was good up until the owner of the farm had a serious case of the redneck ass. Now in fairness, the staff was very professional and understanding and even acknowledged that the owner was coming across in the most unprofessional way. It seemed the cops kept coming all evening for petty things. I understand that they had problems with people stealing pumpkins before, but he was incredibly aggressive and seemed to be only targeting certain people and I'll explain why. Apparently they had signs in certain spots that said you can't take your pumpkins to the playground area. However, depending on which direction you come from, you're not going to see those signs that are at ground level, especially when there's droves of people blocking everything. To make a long story short while I was supervising my sons going through the hay maze, my wife and daughter were standing by a barrel with the pumpkins. This dude comes over and immediately says if they don't go and pay for the pumpkins now, he's calling the police and I kid you not, he pulled the phone out while he was talking and started dialing not even giving us an opportunity to do anything. So I'll call him Pumpkin Peter. My wife who is visually impaired is trying to understand what the issue was and my daughter who is usually calm, is visibly upset so I grab the boys and head over and this guy is just talking aggressive. I have to laugh at this because after he ran his mouth he asked if we still wanted the pumpkins and I told him hell naw. So that tells me he don't want our people there, but he wants our money. I'll be honest, normally I'm the last person you want to be aggressive with because I'll give it to you. My boys are younger so when they're with me, I try to do my best to show them the proper ways to handle things. I said I tried, because of his tone with my wife, he caused me to go there and I had to handle him. It's one thing to woof at me, I'll deal with you, but no one gets aggressive with my wife or my kids. So, I talked to the staff, again, very professional and then the police when they got there. They obviously were annoyed with having to make their third trip out there for the same dumb mess, but were also very professional and they even acknowledged he was short tempered and suggested that I just not give him my business. Now, to the part where I said he was only targeting certain people. Again, my wife and daughter were standing at a white barrel which after being told we were at the play area, it was right on the border of it. There was a white family with a wheel barrow full of pumpkins perpendicular from us at the picnic table, their pumpkins were not painted either. He didn't say anything to them, not a mumbling word. There's no way you couldn't see them because they were right there about 6 feet from us. There was even two white couples a few feet from us who saw the whole situation and commented on how wrong the owner was. Oh and by the way, the people he called the cops on earlier were also black, which yesterday had predominantly black patrons. So anyone who wants to say I'm playing the race card can kiss my ass and tell me to my face. Sometimes it just is what it is. They will not be getting my business again and I will be putting the word out as I deal with a lot of families in a co op. Want a good farm to go too, Lloyd Family Farms would be the one. Nice owners and staff and more options with farm animals etc.. That's that with that. read more

Horrible experience and very unprofessional. We paid for an educational lesson about the vegetable stand and they didn't teach the kids anything! Them the tractor wouldn't start. They said the fields were too muddy, so they took us down the street to the townhouses!? How is that educational??!! After we left, we called to speak to a manager and they hung up on us!! We will be going somewhere else. Very disappointed. read more

2 weeks ago we decided to take my granddaughter berry picking. We drove from Dinwiddie to Gallmeyer's because we had heard such great things about it. My granddaughter was super excited, and even though I knew we were pushing the envelope on the end of the season, a phone call assured us there was PLENTY of berries for the picking. We arrived, and I was instantly hesitant to proceed. The patches were not in great shape with multiple bald areas, small plants and an overall trashy appearance. As a member of a family who had operated a very successful pick-your-own berry patch for several years, I am familiar with what a quality operation should look like. And what I saw was not it. However, my granddaughter was so excited we decided to go ahead. I noticed the pickers were doing more walking than picking, and most people were leaving the patch with empty to very near empty baskets. I stopped one woman, looked in her basket and asked about the picking. She replied it was fine, but the berries I saw did not back up that statement. I am very familiar with how an operation should be run, and this one was not managed well at all. There was no rhyme or reason to where pickers could go, meaning they did not rotate the patches for optimum picking. Now, I do not expect huge, glistening berries jumping into my basket. I know you have to look and move plants and select. However, there were few plants, lots of trash and field residue and little to no VERY small berries. The few that were there were ok on the top, but destroyed by pests or rotten on the bottom. When I say small, I mean the size of the end of your little finger! After 30 minutes, we had not found enough berries to cover the bottom of our basket. All we wanted were some fresh berries to eat. We were not looking for multiple containers to freeze or make into jam. We sampled a few and ended up spitting them out the quality was so poor. Since the picking was such a debacle, we decided to walk through the vendors and let my granddaughter have some fun. The pony rides were first up......a complete rip off. Less than 90 seconds for $5.00. On animals with poor hooves and desperately needing more hay and feed. The handlers were in not much better shape and looked very unprofessional. The port-a-potties were despicable and the hand washing facilities were out of order. Patrons and vendors were so crammed together you could not walk among them to see what they had. Food vendors were nasty and unsanitary. Now, let me make a few things clear. I come from a family operated farm that has been in operation for over 100 years, so I am not a city gal who does not understand farming or agriculture or animals. I have 2 degrees in the agriculture industry and am a huge AGVOCATE for the industry. So for me to write a family operation up for being so poorly done should indicate how bad it was. NEVER again will we venture there or recommend it to someone else. read more

We have been coming out to this farm for the past 6 years and sadly we had to turn around and go home after we turned in and saw that the hay rides were jammed packed with no enforced mask rules. They were over crowded and sadly with the risk of Covid we left. I would think twice before going during the pandemic. Not worth the risk! read more

This is the worst pumpkin patch I have ever been to. The parking is TERRIBLE and nothing is organized. One way in and one way out once you get inside to park you are stuck forever. The pumpkins were old and a lot of them were rotten. Once we got there we left immediately once waiting forever to leave. Don't waste your time. read more

It was ok..just pumpkins, sum other vegetables,eggs in a refrigerator & honey stands..the whole thing was ridiculously soggy,wet & pretty gross today so nobody could really enjoy it..most ppl jus took the hayride there ,picked their pumpkin,paid &left,like we did..good thing we wore our rain boots read more

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I usually go to Gallmeyer Farms to look for pumpkins at their pumpkin patch. They have an assortment of pumpkins for customers to select. The staff also offer hayrides around Gallmeyer property. It's a fun thing to do with your family. Gallmeyer Farms isn't far from Downtown Richmond. There is plenty of parking for customers. Staff is friendly and professional. Gallmeyer Farms is a good place to go if you want pumpkins for the holidays. read more

Went to Gallmeyer Farms on a weekday morning to pick strawberries; with all the cool weather and rain, we weren't too sure how many strawberries they would have but there were plenty! There were a few other groups there as well but plenty of room for everyone. Before you go, you should know that it is a totally different location than the pumpkin patch -- about 15 minutes apart. 3622 Darbytown Ct Henrico VA is the address for the strawberry patch. They have a little playground and offer a free hayride around the farm (just for fun; you can easily walk to the patch). The staff is very friendly and helpful. They also had three varieties of their own raw honey for around $10/lb. And they take credit cards, so that's a plus! read more

Absolutely wonderful patch. Not a lot to do but there was the hay bale maze, playground, and pumpkin patch. Will definitely be back for the berry patch in the spring! read more

Gallmeyer is such a great place to pick the perfect pumpkin! I look forward to it all year. Thank you for giving this small town girl a taste of home in the fall! read more

Bad experience strawberry picking. Website photos very misleading... we could only find 3 tiny strawberries that weren't rotten or crushed. Lady was rude, only said two words to us and wouldn't make eye contact... we drove an hour to get here. won't be returning. read more