Address
5210 S US Hwy 85
Colorado Springs
CO

80911
United States

Nick “the Pumpkin Man” and Bambi Venetucci made Venetucci Farm a community icon with their annual pumpkin giveaway. For decades, Venetucci Farm has gifted pumpkins to area school children and hosted a fall festival that welcomed the community onto the farm. Since 2004, Pikes Peak Real Estate Foundation (PPREF) with Pikes Peak Community Foundation (PPCF) have owned and managed the farm as Bambi asked of them: The land is preserved from development by a conservation easement with Colorado Open Lands, and every year thousands of families are able to enjoy the farm and its signature pumpkin patch.

In 2019, the Quad Innovation Partnership published a report titled “Venetucci Farm: Re-imagining a Community Asset”. The report conducted community interviews and analyzed case studies on how to best utilize Venetucci Farm into the next decade. The report recommended a wedding venue, pumpkin festival, and a distillery. The distillery was replaced by a flower farm but the rest is being fully implemented through a lease with Gather Mountain Blooms.

The Farm is still owned by PPREF and PPCF but is leased and operated by Nikki McComsey of Gather Mountain Blooms, who is able to manage the property in the spirit of Community.  They are changing the farm into a wedding venue and event center.  They will still hold the annual Pumpkin Festival in October. They also provide floral classes.

New Website:  https://www.venetuccifarm.org

Directions to Venetucci Farm

Address: 5210 South US HWY 85, Colorado Springs, CO 80911

From I-25 going South: Take I-25 to South Academy Blvd EXIT 135. Go east for ½ mile and take the exit for HIGHWAY 85 toward Fountain. Turn right on HIGHWAY 85 and go 0.9 mile Look for the farm on your right.	From Powers: Turn slight right onto E. Fountain Blvd/US-24 W. Turn Left onto S. Academy Blvd S/CO-83S Take the US-85 ramp toward Security/Widefield/Fountain Turn right onto S US85 Farm is on your Right
From Pueblo: Take exit 132 Toward Fountain Turn Right onto CO-16 Take the US85 ramp toward Widefield/Security Turn Left onto US-85 Farm is approximately 1.5 miles on Left

Please Note:  For Pumpkins for Kids, all vehicles will enter through St. Dominic’s Church, just south of the Farm.

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