Hello, we are Dan and Kelsey Maslen! Along with our three boys, we are delighted to welcome you to Brookfield Pumpkins. In 2025, our family took over Brookfield Pumpkins from Sam and Mary Jane Roop, our dear friends and mentors. For 29 years, Brookfield Pumpkins has been welcoming families to experience the best of local agriculture. We look forward to helping you make magical fall memories with your friends and families for years to come.
To share a bit of the farm’s history…
In 1996, Sam and Mary Jane Roop wanted to begin a family project with their three small children. As they began dreaming about the project, they knew it was important to incorporate agricultural education, the family farm, and each family member’s gifts. Later that year, Brookfield Pumpkins was born. Sam and Mary Jane planted and harvested just one acre of pumpkins and much to their surprise, they quickly ran out! The public loved the patch and the experience of being on a working farm.
Brookfield Farms has been in the Ramsburg and Roop families for over 100 years. Though Farmer Sam is retired, the farm remains in the Roop family.
We LOVE your farm and hearing about your family SO MUCH. I found you by chance many years ago (not long after your first year of business, before marriage and 2 kids) while driving from my parents’ house in Walkersville to my dad’s hunting property in Thurmont. Our two girls (now 9 and 11) have been to your farm every year of their life. I absolutely love the family farm experience – it is so much more than what those commercialized “farms” with bouncy houses and entrance fees could ever offer. We can’t wait to visit on your opening day!!