The pumpkin patch is calling the art the “Taylor Effect.” Those who want to see the display can visit the Cedar Creek Farm & Pumpkin Patch at 6100 N. 119th St. W. in Maize.

Milledge Avenue Baptist Church’s pumpkin patch has become a staple in Athens since its start in 2006. “I feel like [the pumpkin patch is] kind of an icon.

Pumpkin patches are a way for people to maintain connections to rural life, says Cindy Ott, author of “Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon”. The effects are real enough.