Daniel Ball, 2, is all smiles as he surveys the hundreds of pumpkins available on Monday at the First Christian Church patch on South Broadway Avenue in Tyler. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph

With less than a week to go until Halloween, there’s still plenty of time to pick up that perfect pumpkin or two to help set the seasonal theme.

First Christian Church is one of several locales with its annual pumpkin patch set up and open to the public. Business was much slower than anticipated over the past weekend, said the Rev. Ginger Brandt, associate minister of the church. Usually, the weekend before Halloween would bring in several thousand dollars, but heavy rains brought sales to a virtual standstill with only around $200 in the coffers by the end of the weekend, the Rev. Brandt said.

The First Christian Church pumpkin patch is at the church on the northeast corner of Loop 323 and Broadway Avenue in Tyler. The pumpkin patch will be open daily from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. weekdays through Halloween. Pumpkins also will be available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Halloween, Saturday, and during the afternoon on Nov. 1.

 

– Andrew D. Brosig & Melissa McTee

 

Other area pumpkin patches include:

n Troup First United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch, 202 East Duval St. in Troup, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays

• Moore Farms Pumpkin Patch, 22142 County Road 181, Bullard, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays; 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays

• Yesterland Farm, 15410 I-20 Canton, 6 to 11 p.m., Fridays

• Pappy’s Pumpkin Patch, 10589 Texas Highway 300 in Gilmer, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Saturday

 

– Andrew D. Brosig

& Melissa McTee