Is it just not Halloween for you without a pumpkin patch? If you find yourself in need of a gourd fix, head on over to what is billed at the world’s largest pumpkin exhibition, which is taking park in the Blühendes Barock Park in Ludwigsburg, Germany, through Nov. 1.

English language information is sparse, but if you check out the photos on the park’s Web site, the exhibit appears to be a mishmash of pumpkins, gourds and other members of the squash family arranged in artistic patterns, rather than the jack-o-lanterns, bales of hay and cornstalks to which Americans are accustomed.  According to the site’s information, more than a half-million specimens representing over 450 kinds of squash from around the world can be admired.

The pumpkin-related fun goes further than a mere exhibition, but unfortunately the high points have already passed us by. For next year, if the calendar of events remains the same, expect a pumpkin regatta, in which pumpkins carved into canoe-like vessels with a person aboard to row it battle it out in the park’s terraced pond, in mid-September. In early October, the European world championships for heaviest pumpkin are held. The European record to beat, as quoted on the Web site, is 610.5 kilograms, about 1,346 pounds.

On the Blühendes Barock grounds you will find not only a park, but also a  museum, a castle and a fairy-tale garden.  If you just want to visit the castle grounds and the fairy-tale garden, adult tickets cost 7.50 euros, and children ages 4-15 pay 3.60 euros. A family card for two parents and their own children goes for 20 euros.  If you want to see the museum and the palace as well as the grounds, tickets are 15 euros for adults and 7.50 euros for children.

The full address of this park is Blühendes Barock, Schorndorfer Straße, 71640 Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg.