The Pumpkin Patch Mum
Join Emily on her journey through life at Foxes Farm Produce as a mum balancing life with family commitments alongside running her family pumpkin business.
Based in Colchester, Essex the family farm run by husband and wife team Guy and Emily French grow and produce wholesale pumpkins for delivery across the UK, as well as operating two pick your own pumpkin patches in Colchester and Basildon.
Get an insight behind the scenes of one of the busiest and dynamic pumpkin farms in the UK.
The Pumpkin Patch Mum
The Accidental Pumpkin Patch: How One Rainy Wedding Started It All
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Have you ever wondered how Foxes Farm Produce really began? Was it passed down from generations? Started with hundreds of acres and big machines? Think again.
In this episode of The Pumpkin Patch Mum, you’ll hear the real story of how a farmer's daughter from Billericay and a Colchester boy with a love for veg turned a university side hustle into one of the UK’s leading suppliers of wholesale pumpkins — and one of Essex’s most-loved pick your own pumpkin patches.
Discover how picking green beans became the perfect first date, why a rainy wedding led to the very first pick your own pumpkin patch back in 2015, and what it’s really like building a business from the ground up while juggling full-time jobs and raising a family.
You’ll get behind-the-scenes stories, personal insights, and funny moments from those early mornings delivering pumpkins to haunted scare grounds. Whether you’ve picked a pumpkin with us before or you’re thinking about visiting this year, this episode will bring you closer to the roots of everything we do.
In this episode you’ll find out:
- Why Foxes Farm didn’t start with a plan, but with a passion
- How Halloween has transformed in the UK over the last decade
- What inspired the very first pick your own pumpkin patch
- How two millennials turned a muddy field into a must-visit family experience
- What makes the wholesale pumpkin journey so unique (and occasionally spooky)
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