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Artistry is at the heart of pumpkin Blaze

A field of cornstalks made from artfully carved pumpkins is one of the many sights at The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze at the Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-the-Hudson, N.Y. Photo by Bryan Haeffele.
What happens when you throw 5,000 pumpkins, 15 artists and 1,000 volunteers in a caldron around Halloween? You get a can’t-believe-your-eyes event called Blaze. Actually it’s called The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze. Located in Croton-on-the-Hudso...