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Watch: Giant Pumpkins Drop in Utah
Provo, UT - Nov 25, 2013

Watch: Giant Pumpkins Drop in Utah
National News - Oct 28, 2013

Utah Town Hold 5th Annual Pumpkin Drop
Greenville, NC - Oct 28, 2013

Utah Town Hold 5th Annual Pumpkin Drop
Tampa, FL- Oct 28, 2013

Giant Pumpkins dropped from great heights Saturday
Salt Lake City, UT- Oct 27, 2013

Pumpkin Growers Ride Giant Gourds To The Finish Line
Salt Lake City, UT- Oct,19, 2013


Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta invades Sugar House Park
Salt Lake City, UT- Oct,19, 2013

Pumpkin growers row their giant gourds to the finish line
Salt Lake City, UT- Oct,19, 2013

Giant Gourds Carve for Pumpkin Regatta
Salt Lake City, UT- Oct,19, 2013

It's the Great Pumpkin Drop, Vernal
Vernal, UT- Oct 9, 2013

Uniquely Utah: Growing Giant Pumpkins
Salt Lake City, UT- Oct 6, 2013

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1454.5 QuigleyTyler Quigley Wins 2013 Weigh-Off At Thanksgiving Point!

For the 2nd year in a row, Tyler Quigley of Mountain Green took top honors at the UGPG Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off. Tylers pumpkin, wieghing in at 1238, was not his personal best, but was enough to beat our the competition this year. Six other pumpkins weighed in at over 1000 pounds, making the win that much sweeter.

Tyler pumpkin was grown from his own seed from last years 1454.5 and crossed with the 854 Tovar. Congratulations to Tyler on another successful pumpkin!

UGPG Membership

The cost is $25. This gets you in on the annual seed give away and most UGPG activities during the year, including free entry into the weigh off.

Patch Tour

The UGPG annual summer patch tour will be held on August 16th, the 3rd Saturday in August. Contact Kyle Fox if you would like to have your patch on the tour.

2014 Weigh-Off

Join us Saturday, September 27th for our 10th Annual UGPG Pumpkin Weight-off at Thanksgiving Point. See more details.

This is competitive pumpkin-growing and its practitioners call it alternately a sport and an addiction.