About Us

My name is Travis Gienger and I have been growing pumpkins since I was a kid. I have worked hard over the last 30 years to develop a recipe and strategy for growing giant pumpkins.

7 Time World Record Holder

Michael Jordan

2023 Guinness World Record heaviest pumpkin ever

Winner of Half Moon Bay California Safeway World Championship

Weigh off 2,749lbs

Maverick

2022 North America’s Largest Pumpkin ever

Winner of Half Moon Bay California Safeway World Championship

Weigh off 2,560lbs

Tiger King

2020 North America’s Largest Pumpkin grown

Winner of Half Moon Bay California Safeway World Championship Weigh off 2,350 lbs

Weigh off 2,350 lbs

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2023 WR
Heaviest Pumpkin Ever
2749 lbs

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2023 World Record
Largest Pumpkin
Circumference 21' 1"

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2023 WR
Heaviest Jack O Lantern Carved
2,749 lbs

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2023 WR
Largest Jack O Lantern Carved
21 feet 1 inch

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2022 World Record
Largest Jack O Lantern
Circumference 20’4”

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2020 World Record
Largest Jack O Lantern
Weight 2,350 lbs

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2020 World Record
Largest Jack O Lantern
Circumference 19’10”

In 2002 I graduated from the University of MN with a degree in Agriculture Education and a passion to teach others how to grow, cultivate, and design.  I have taught everything from high school horticulture to now college horticulture for the past 13 years.  My special area of interest is soils with turf and grounds management. 

Over the course of 3 decades of growing I have competed at contests all across the nation but am the most well known for being a 3 time Half Moon Bay World Champion and a 7 time Guinness World Record Holder.