Pierce County farm opens pumpkin patch, petting zoo this weekend in new location
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- Harbor Farms expanded to 12 acres in Rosedale, doubling its previous size.
- Farm requires weekend reservations to manage traffic and ensure safety.
- Pierce County approved the farm’s permit after reviewing traffic safety concerns.
Families looking for a fun fall activity will be able to pick out pumpkins, take barrel rides and pet baby goats at a recently-relocated farm in the Gig Harbor area this year.
Harbor Farms at 7725 92nd St. NW now spans over 12 acres in the Rosedale area, offering families a larger space to roam and play compared to their previous 5-acre property about four minutes away.
After “the tremendous amount” of positive feedback the farm got from the community at their previous location, the family knew they wanted to look for somewhere bigger, said Justin Himenes, who owns the farm with his wife Lauren and their two kids. The family also owns a Round Table Pizza location and Cutters Point Coffee in Uptown Gig Harbor.
“As a growing family, we know there’s not much to do in Gig Harbor, so being able to provide that was awesome for our family and to the community,” he told The News Tribune.
Harbor Farms will be open via two-hour reservation only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 26 to Oct. 26. Reservations are broken into two-hour time slots: 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Fridays; and 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Admission is $10 for kids and adults, but 50% off for opening dates Sept. 26-28.
The farm features a “pumpkin patch,” where visitors can pick out pumpkins grown at other local farms, as well as a barrel ride, photo ops and a play area designed like a Western town. New this year are more free games included in the price of admission, an “apple launch” where visitors can throw apples at targets and an area with picnic tables, said Himenes.
They’ll also have more animals in their petting zoo, which includes chickens, ducks, turkeys and pigs, he said. Two baby goats were born a few months ago, and more may be on the way.
The most important thing, he said, is that families will be able to roam more of the land than before.
“Everything’s not so compact and congested,” he said.
The Himenes family moved to Gig Harbor in 2017, per the story on their website. They decided to purchase a 5-acre parcel across from their home in Rosedale to start what Himenes described as “a fun experience for our family.” The farm hosted its first weekend visits with pumpkins and games in the fall of 2023 and sold out almost every weekend, he said.
In comments submitted to Pierce County last year during the farm’s application for permits to run a pumpkin patch and Christmas tree farm at the new location, a few dozen neighbors raised concerns about the farm’s impact on the rural area. Over 40 residents signed a letter saying they were concerned about the traffic the farm would generate on 92nd Street Northwest.
“Several of us have written to the County individually about concerns with this application, specifically in regard to the unsafe and substandard dead-end County Road 92nd St. NW, the only ingress and egress to our neighborhood,” the letter said.
Himenes explained that the farm wasn’t able to run their proposed event last fall due to difficulties obtaining a permit, but that they have “complied with everything” and worked out solutions with the county to move forward this year. The county approved their application this year to run an annual pumpkin patch, according to the public permit portal.
Harbor Farms uses the reservation-based system to limit the amount of traffic coming through the area, Himenes said. They’ve also met and shared plans with some neighbors who will be impacted more than others, he said.
“ ... the last thing we want to do is cause any safety issues or any concerns,” he said.
Previously, the property at 7725 92nd St. NW included an antiques business, Misty Meadow Antiques, operated out of a barn. Himenes wrote in a letter addressing. a neighbor’s complaint to the county last year that his family had visited Misty Meadow Antiques before buying the property and observed the amount of traffic the property could accommodate.
This story was originally published September 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM.
