Plenty of Pumpkins to Pick from in John Wesley United Methodist's Patch

CHARLESTON - From $.50 for the minis all the way up to $30 for the big boys, has plenty of variety in its annual pumpkin patch.

Delivered Sunday from a Native American reservation in New Mexico, more than 2,000 orange gourds line the lawn in front of the church. The proceeds from the sales get split between the reservation and the church's mission ministries, said Youth Minister David Boudolf.

"We've been doing it 15 or 16 years," Boudolf said. "We're known as the pumpkin church."

Church members will be on hand selling the pumpkins 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12:30 - 6 p.m. on Sunday, until Oct. 31. Boudolf said another load of gourds is set to arrive on Oct. 16 to restock the patch. John Wesley United Methodist Church is located at 626 Savannah Hwy.

Boudolf said families are welcome to come and look and take photos.

"We've got families that come back year after year to take pictures of their kids growing up in the pumpkin patch," he said.