The Patch: More families expected to visit pumpkin patch at Los Flores Ranch Park with less COVID-19 restrictions

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - One of the highlights to this years pumpkin patch is the return of this
Corny Corn Maze.

And it’s just one of all kinds activities visitors can now enjoy at The
Patch, especially after enduring more than a year of the pandemic.

"I feel free ... finally free to go out and do things at least outside anyway," said visitor Marshall Sumrall.

Organizers with The Patch say they lifted COVID-19 restrictions this year.

So you don’t have to wear a mask while enjoying the hundreds of pumpkins at Los Flores Ranch just outside Orcutt.

"Yeah we lifted the mask mandate we felt safer … that most attractions can
be reopened again so there’s the jumping house … The corn maze … A lot more
free a lot more areas to walk around and people together and have fun with
their families," said organizer Noel Peinado of The Patch.

Visitors are loving it.

"Feel more free out here … you don’t have to worry about looking around to
see if someone is gonna say put your mask on or where is your mask or
something like that … you know here you’re just sitting here and nobody’s
bothering you," said visitor Phil Eskridge.

The Patch offers free agriculture education to high school students in
Santa Maria. They spent months preparing the patch just in time for
visitors of all ages to enjoy.