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Apple gadgetsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Venice. Another 7 are within 25 miles. It's about 6 miles from Inglewood, CA, heading west.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: corn maze from early September.
Based on the typical seasons for California. Each year runs a little early or late, so a quick call to the farm saves a wasted trip.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Venice and you get 8 U-pick farms in 7 towns, including 7 pumpkin patches and 1 corn maze. 6 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
The one farm inside Venice is Lopez Ranch Pumpkin Patch & Christmas Trees, with pumpkins. It posts updates online and sits on 1020 Victoria Ave. If it's closed or picked out, the table below shows the next-closest farm for each crop.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | Lopez Ranch Pumpkin Patch & Christmas Trees Venice | in town | 7 |
| Corn maze | Tapia Brothers Corn Maze Encino | 12 mi | 1 |
Numbers in brackets are farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in California; each farm sets its own dates.
Frost is rare around Venice: at the nearest NOAA station, half of all years have no freeze at all. Farms around Venice can grow and open for picking much of the year.
| Crop | Typical season in California | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | October | 74 °F | 1 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Venice, 1 mile away. The actual dates in Venice can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals (average daily high; days with at least 0.1 inch of rain) at the station nearest Venice, 1 mi away.
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The old-school gadget that turns a bag of picked apples into pie filling in minutes.
Apple gadgetsWe know of one farm in Venice: Lopez Ranch Pumpkin Patch & Christmas Trees. Within 25 miles there are 7 more.
The farms here list pumpkins and christmas trees most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
Right in Venice: Lopez Ranch Pumpkin Patch & Christmas Trees. Within 25 miles we list 7 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in California is October.
Tapia Brothers Corn Maze in Encino, about 12 miles away in a straight line. It's the only one we list within 25 miles. The usual season in California is September to October.
Did a farm close, or is one missing? Let us know and we'll add it.