Pumpkin Patch and Brunch at Jucker Farm

Today was the first day of the autumn school holidays, so we headed for brunch and the pumpkin patch at Jucker Farm. Known for their pumpkin displays every autumn, this year the theme was Romans. I love everything pumpkin and everything brunch, so this was a great day out from Zürich.

Pumpkin Sculptures At Jucker Farm

Brunch At Jucker Farm

We made a brunch reservation, which I would highly recommend. Today it was cold and raining and we were very happy and warm with our reserved table for three hours. You can reserve a table from 9am-12pm for 36 chf or 9am-1pm for 42 chf and children are 2 chf per year of their age.

We showed up at 9am, thank goodness as even on a rainy Saturday it was a bit busy when we left at noon. We were one of the first ones there. Our waitress gave us a little orientation of how brunch worked and we were on our way. We got our stickers and paid for our brunch at the coffee bar. Once we had our sticker, we could get anything in the café from 9am-12pm, our reservation slot.

Brunch Food

The food was very good. We started with a cappuccino for me and fresh apple juice for the girls. Then we had a few courses of brunch followed by dessert. We walked around the farm and shopped a bit in between our courses. The girls even carved pumpkins before we had our dessert. Thank goodness for our reserved table! We ate pancakes, rosti, eggs, waffles, apple sauce, merengue, berries, cheeses, and dessert. There is truly something for everyone.

Cost Of Brunch

The brunch was in a nice small restaurant with a gorgeous lake view. It was a buffet brunch, so we left our table and walked over to the food and brought it back to our table. As far as reasonably priced Swiss food goes, I thought this was a very well priced brunch. It was 60 chf. And the three pumpkins were 14 chf. I don’t remember what pumpkins usually cost, but I was surprised at the great prices.

Our girls picked out three pumpkins and carved them at a carving table in a sweet open barn right next to the goats and bunnies. In true Swiss fashion our girls carved the pumpkins themselves with tiny serrated knives. I thought of this as practice for the upcoming Räbeliechtli night where they will carve their own small turnips, put tea candles inside, and walk around with them dangling from a string for hours in the dark cold weather.

Getting To Jucker Farm

Jucker Farm Seegräben is located a 45 minute train or a 26 minute drive from Zürich HB. I drove this morning and parked 400 meters from the farm at a parking lot on the left. It is well marked as a parking lot and takes less than 5 minutes to walk to the farm from that lot. I paid $8 for a 4 hour parking slot. This was our first time here and it was quite easy to get there, park, and find the farm.

We usually go to Jucker Farm Bächlihof which is located 35 minutes by car or 45 minutes by train from Zürich HB. It’s quite similar to Jucker Farm Seegraben, minus the lake. So I would say you’re not missing anything if you go to one and not the other.

Have you been to a pumpkin patch in Switzerland? I absolutely love a pumpkin patch. Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin soup. Anything related to autumn. Canned pumpkin. OK, now I need to go make a good old-fashioned Libby’s pumpkin pie, but maybe I’ll use my Jucker Farm pumpkins instead of Libby’s.