BoBrook Farms — Attraction in Maumelle

We went this past week with a group of homeschoolers. This place was very rude. We have been to many pumpkin patches and have never been treated like this. It says on the website and on-site 2 and under are free. However they charged all our homeschool momma's who had babies under 2 the full price of $10 each. There website says teachers are free however even though some of us had teacher id's they still charged us saying we are not real teachers. They also were very rude to a parent from another school group who's child came over to our station. He was getting the child to go back to their area when a worker walked up and asked if he belonged with the homeschool group. He said no and the worker was very snotty and rude and said then get your child and get back to your group. The dad said he was and that the worker didn't need to be so rude. The owner was talking to another employee and a homeschooler over heard her saying this is why I don't like homeschool groups. They over charged us (by making us pay $10 for 1 and 2 year olds) and then tried to say we owed them even more money. I have never been to a pumpkin patch that made you stay in stations or treated us so rudely. My son went back out to the car to put his jacket in it and was told he can not leave to go to the car or he would be charged to come back in. I do not recommend this place. I asked an employee about how much the larger pumpkins were since we were only allowed to get a pie pumpkin. He said around $20. But we won't know until we pick them and then weigh them. $20 is a lot of money for a pumpkin. I love supporting local farmers but I will not be back to this pumpkin patch. They are rude and...

We visited Bobrook Farms for the first time today and had a wonderful time in all things except the hayride. Our kids loved the pig races, playing in the corn, sitting on the tractors, and exploring the various activities. However, they were traumatized by scenes on the hayride.

The negative encounters they had on the hayride have overshadowed their entire experience. My kids keep telling me that they wish they hadn’t ever seen those things. The fun we had wasn’t worth exposing our kids to mentally scarring scenes.

On the hayride, there are various “scenes” set up with painted hay bales, mannequins, and skeletons. All of it was pretty harmless, cute, and benign. However, there were two scenes that are very concerning.

The first was one of a skeleton mowing over another skeleton, and some of his bones were scattered by the mower. This was disturbing to us and our kids. It depicted illegal activity and a horrifyingly deadly act.

The second concerning scene was the “hand-burger”. It depicted a skeleton grilling up several realistic-looking bloody hands. Our kids haven’t been able to get this out of their minds and are traumatized by what they saw. This was alarming to me as an adult, so I can only imagine what this will do to a young, impressionable mind.

I really wish there would have been a warning concerning the nature of the scenes one would encounter on the ride. We don’t show our kids murder scenes or things depicting harm, killing, or physical dismembering. If these scary scenes had been omitted, we could have left with an...

When you enter the doors, you are greeted by the most welcoming, down to Earth people. They make sure you understand all the patch has to offer for you and your little ones. It’s location is also perfect. There’s big rows for your little one to roam and no where near the road and fenced in so you don’t have to worry about the kids roaming too far. The animals and other activities are all located close enough together that the children can choose what they want to do and satisfy all their desires. It’s also very large and can cater to a high compacity of costumers at once, except you never feel like a costumer, but more like family, because everyone introduces themselves and makes sure you feel at home while you and your children enjoy themselves. Prices, for even the large pumpkins are extremely reasonable. And if you can’t find a price on a pumpkin in the shop they are quick to familiarize you with their pricing guidelines and assist you in anyway possible. I’m glad I chose to make this my go-to patch for my family. Year after year the never seem to...