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Harvest Moon Festival 2011!

  • Fall Family Fun Down on the Farm - We hope to see at this year's Harvest Moon Festival! Live music, bird watching, famous International Turtle Race, Farm Olympics, Farmers' Market, children's crafts and activities, live animals, Tractor Rides, and much more! Check back soon for this year's detailed schedule!
  • Saturday - Sunday, October 1 & 2, 10 am - 5 pm
  • 543 Way Road, Greenville, Delaware 19807
  • Members: Adults $5, Children (Ages 5+) $2
  • Non-Members: Adults $8, Children (Ages 5+) $4
  • Children under 5 are Free!
Harvest Moon Festival 2011 Schedule
  • Chrysanthemum & Pumpkin Sales
  • Coverdale to Ashland Hike with Joe pre-registration required - Sunday only 9AM depart from festival parking lot
  • Draft Horse Wagon Rides & Hawk Watch
  • Carriage Memories from the Past - rides offered from 11AM - 5PM - both days
  • Marketplace
  • Farmers' Market
  • Coverdale Farm CSA, Woodside Farm Creamery, Jack Hill's Jams & Jellies, Sweets by Samantha, Papa's Pastry Shop Vegetarian, Vegan & Gluten Free Delights, Doe Run Farm, Red Bandana Kettle Corn, Pike Creek Coffee Roasterie, SIW Vegetables, Delaware Nature Society T-Shirts, Swarmbustin' Honey, Maiale Deli & Salumeria
  • Main Music Stage
    Saturday
    11 am  Rompus Gang
    12 noon  Ceol Mor
    1 pm  Hobo Pie
    2 pm  John & June Gallagher
    3 pm  Scattershot String Band
    4 pm  Unison
    Sunday
    11 am  The Druckenmillers
    12 noon  Rootbound
    1 pm  Tater Patch
    2 pm  Todd Clewell & Barb Schmid
    4 pm  Whirled Peas
  • Main Food Vendor - all day/both days
  • Bill Thompson Food Service
  • International Turtle Race - 2:30PM - both days
  • Farm Olympics - 3:15PM - Saturday; 1:45PM - Sunday
  • Farm Fun for Children
  • Strawbale maze, bubbles, pennies in the straw, pool of corn, hoola hoops, & jump ropes...fun!
  • Sheep Corner
  • Festival Necklace Making Station
  • Insects Exhibit - all day/both days
    Delaware Nature Society's Stream Watch Program - Live Aquatic Critters!
    Reptile and Amphibians Exhibit - all day/both days
    Birds Exhibits - all day/both days
    Native Wild Animal Exhibits - all day/both days
    Trees & Seeds Exhibit - all day/both days
    Face Painting
    T-Shirt Printing Station
        Make an Ear of Corn Bookmark
        Craft a Wooden Spoon Scarecrow
        Create a Farm Animal Visor
    American Gothic Photo Opportunity
    Water Sales & Recycled Water Bottle Bird Feeder Making Station - all day/both days
    Delaware Nature Society's Backyard Habitat Program
    Wild Birds Unlimited?
    Gateway Garden Center Native Plant Exhibit?
  • Pumpkin Patch Lane
  • Corn Cob Toss
    Pumpkin Sales & Carving Statio
    Pumpkin Croquet
    Pumpkin Ring Toss
    Make a Beeswax Candle
    Craft a Wooly Sheep
    Try your hand at a Thaumotrope
    Vegetable Tote Bag Printing Station
    Make an Owl Puppet
    Delaware Nature Society & Delmarva Ornithological Society Hawk Watch - 10AM - 5PM - both days
  • Farmyard
  • Stone Bank Barn
  • Farm to Fork Check-In Table - 1:00PM - both days
    Cow Milking by Hand 11AM & 2:00PM - both days
    Cow Milking by Machine 4PM - both days
    Farm Chores: bottle feed calves & feed sheep - 4:30 - both days
    Seth Barchowsky, Blacksmith - demonstrations all day both days
    Fiber Artists - all day/both days
    Jennifer Domal, Potter - demonstrations all day/both days
  • Farm Animal Barns & Vegetable Garden
  • Hold a Chick! - 11:30PM, 1:30PM, 3:30PM - both days
    Incredible Egg Presentation - 2:30PM - both days
    Farm Animal Interpretation - all day/both days
    Worm Composting Exhibit - Saturday only
    NCC Master Gardeners Home Composting - Saturday only
    "From Farm to You" Raffle - all day/both days. Drawing on Sunday at 4:00PM at the raffle table
    Apple Cider Pressing (Sat) - 11:30AM, 12:30PM, 2:30PM & 3:30PM
    Apple Cider Pressing (Sun) - 12:30PM, 1:30PM & 3:30PM
  • Farm Stage
  • Saturday
    12PM  Butterflies with Sheila
    1PM  Raptor program by animal behavior and conservation connections
    2PM  Unhuggables
    3:45PM  Pond to Plate Hike to Coverdale Farm - meet at Farm Stage to Hike to Coverdale Pond
    Sunday
    12PM  Butterflies
    1PM  Raptor program by animal behavior and conservation connections
    2PM  Unhuggables
    3:45PM  Pond to Plate Hike to Coverdale Farm - meet at Farm Stage to Hike to Coverdale Pond
  • Fir Grove
  • Pony Rides by Tailwind Farms - 11AM - 4PM - both days
  • Tractor Hayrides - 11AM - 4PM - both days
    Scarecrow Making Station
  • Overlook
  • Farm to Fork Event - 1:30PM - 4:30PM both days - Ticket Holders only


  • Our thanks to Goodwill of Delaware for donating the clothing for our scarecrow!





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