The film, 
directed  by John 
McPhai l
(
An  na  and
 the Apocal
yps e),

tells the stor y of Dina h Litt
l
 e, a no- nonsense,
 curmudgeonly fa
 rmer, and Char l ie,
 the  unlove d niece who Din ah begrudgingly  t
akes in afte r discovering her in an o rphana
ge. Di nah  's f
arm is  in the sel 
f-proclaimed " ;Pumpki n Capi
tal of the World" where the biggest event of  the year i 
s a high-stakes,  cutthroat giant-pumpki n  -gr owing contest with an en o

rmous cash prize
. Cha
rlie, who has a special bon
d with  plants, decides to enter the
 competit ion where she and
the other pump
kin growers fa
ce sabotage and a g  en etically engineere d   riva l. As she nurtures her pumpkin ‘Peter’

 and  watches him  grow, so  does a bond between Dinah and 
C harli e.