Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival returns for second year

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megan.wehring, on September 7, 2022

By Megan Wehring

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Growing up in a family who loved the autumn season and planned their own pumpkin patches, Christopher Durst was inspired to create the Dripping Springs Pumpkin Festival.

The festival was created in 2021 after its founders discovered that the Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead was in need of repair and renovation – the space was shuttered at the time. Durst, the festival’s principal founder, has been organizing pumpkin patches with his family fo...

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