A Full Day at 1509 N Perry Rd: Gourds in the Morning, Stars at Night
On Saturday, October 10, the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum pulls double duty. Carrollton Parks and Recreation opens the grounds at 10:00 AM for the Perry Pumpkin Patch, and once the sun goes down the same site transforms into a Night Sky Celebration starting at 6:00 PM. If you plan it right, you can spend the better part of the day at 1509 N Perry Rd without doubling back across town.
What the Pumpkin Patch Looks Like
Parks and Recreation decorates the entire homestead for fall, so the atmosphere leans into the season rather than offering a bare-bones setup. The draw is old-fashioned games — the kind that do not require a screen — and photo-op stations positioned around the museum grounds. The historic structures on the property give those photos a backdrop you are not going to replicate at a suburban retail lot. No specific end time has been published for the daytime event, so arriving closer to the 10:00 AM opening is the practical move if you want full access before the evening programming begins to set up.
The event is hosted by the city’s Parks and Recreation department, which has run programming at the homestead for years. That institutional familiarity with the property tends to show in how the grounds are used — stations are spread out rather than compressed into one corner, which helps when families with strollers or younger kids need room to move.
The Night Sky Celebration
At 6:00 PM the focus shifts upward. The Night Sky Celebration is an astronomy and stargazing event held on the museum grounds. The homestead sits in a quieter pocket of Carrollton, and the historic site context makes it a more deliberate setting for an evening like this than a standard park field would be. Specific details on equipment, guest astronomers, or program structure have not been published, so check back with the city’s events calendar as October 10 approaches for any additions.
The back-to-back scheduling means families who come out for the pumpkin patch in the morning have a reason to return in the evening, and attendees who are primarily interested in stargazing can arrive at 6:00 PM without committing to the full day.
Logistics Worth Knowing
Address: A.W. Perry Homestead Museum, 1509 N Perry Rd, Carrollton, TX
Pumpkin Patch: October 10, starting at 10:00 AM
Night Sky Celebration: October 10, starting at 6:00 PM
The museum is on the north side of Carrollton, off Perry Road. Street parking is the norm at the homestead, so arriving a few minutes early for either session is sensible. As of publication, no admission fee or registration requirement has been listed for either event, but confirming that detail on the city’s official events page before you head out is worth the two minutes.
Why This Site Specifically
Carrollton’s Parks and Recreation department could run a pumpkin patch at any number of green spaces around the city, and the choice to anchor it at the Perry Homestead is deliberate. The site is one of the few places in Carrollton where the built environment itself dates back far enough to carry genuine historical weight. Using it for fall programming keeps the property visible and active rather than treating it as a destination only for formal tours or school field trips.
The pairing with a stargazing event the same evening extends that logic. The grounds are quiet enough and the site is meaningful enough that the Night Sky Celebration feels proportionate to the location rather than incidental to it.
For residents who have driven past the homestead on Perry Road without stopping, October 10 is a low-barrier entry point. Both events are city-hosted, the grounds are familiar to anyone who has attended past Parks and Recreation programming there, and the dual-event structure gives you flexibility in how much of the day you want to build around the site.
