activities

2008 Events

7th Annual Small Farms Food Fest
Sunday, September 14, 2008
11:00 am -5:00 pm
Vermont farmers and food producers present their prepared dishes, with local live music and family-friendly activities all day (hayrides, facepainting, juggling, and more!).

Free under 12 or over 65, otherwise the $5.00 admission gets you a $5 coupon for Pick Your Own apples during the '08 season

7th Annual Cider House Run & Pie Fest
Sunday, September 28, 2008
11:00 am -4:00 pm
Enter a two-crusted apple pie to be judged, participate in Shelburne Field House’s Cider House Run through the orchard, or stick around to eat the pie entries. Entertainment by Foolz, a family-friendly vaudeville act by Woody Woodhead & Henrik Bothe. Please pre-register!

Senior Citizens' Days
Thursday & Friday, October 16 & 17, 2008
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
If you’re old enough, a bushel of Pick Your Own apples costs only $6!

Truckload & Ginger Jack Saturday
Saturday, October 18, 2008
9:00am -6:00 pm
Fill your pickup truck for $50…or join us for recipes and food with Ginger Jack, our non-alcoholic specialty drink.

Pick Your Own Apples
Late August-Mid October
Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. and Sunday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

5 lb. bag/$5, 1/2 bushel/$15, bushel/$26

Children's Programs
Our program runs from early September to early or mid-October on Monday and Thursday mornings. Kids get a tour of the orchard operations, pick some apples, and eat cider doughnuts. Cost is $5.00 per person. Please call us to sign up.

 

2007 Events Recap

Recommended by Scenes of Vermont6th Annual Vermont Small
Farms Food Fest

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Sunday, September 9, 2007
11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

As the seasons change, we're looking ahead to the 6th Annual Small Farms Food Fest. We'll be hosting more delectable foods from Vermont farms and food producers than ever before. And Nick's pulling together a wonderful mix of musicians for the all-day music line-up. The musical day is going to be fabulous. Musicians and performance times include:
11:00 a.m. Hammer & Saw (all-girl, old-time music with clawhammer, banjo, fiddle, and other instrumentation)
12:00 p.m. Red Thread (everything from Latin to Gypsy jazz to modern jazz)
1:00 p.m. Meat Packers (bluegrass, country, redneck)
2:00 p.m. Magnolias (country)
3:00 p.m. Barbara Wager & Robert Resnik (Shoo-fly pie and Apple Pan Dowdy---rocking music about food)
4:00 p.m. Blue Norther (bluegrass)
5:00 p.m. Hibernators (bluegrass, swing)

Nick Cowles - the man at Shelburne OrchardsThe following Vermont food producers coming to this year's Food Fest are Amy's Granola, Jim Blais' chicken and water buffalo, Bloomfield Gardens, Blue Ledge Farm (goat's milk cheeses), Bove's of Vermont, Charlotte Village Winery, Dancing Cow Cheese Farm, Good Companion Bakery, Island Homemade Ice Cream, Kingdom Mountain Maple, Lakes End Cheeses & Shoreline Chocolates, Last Resort Farm, Maple Wind Farm (beef, pork, lamb and chicken), Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA), Pizza on Earth, Rockville Farm Market, Shelburne Farms (market garden and products) and O'Bread Bakery, Shelburne Orchards (of course), Shelburne Vineyard, Sonia's Salsa, Stony Loam Farm (CSA vegetable farm) , Stony Pond Farm (organic beef), Taylor Farm, Vadeboncoeur Nougat, Vermont Coffee Company and Vermont Soy.

Folks under the age of 12 or over the age of 65 get in free. Otherwise, we ask that you purchase a $5 Pick Your Own coupon, valid for the '07 season. We're also collecting non-perishable food for the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf at the entrance gate. We ask that you leave your pets at home. They'll be happier---and so will we.

We'll also have facepainting for the kids, tractor hayrides, Harry the Party Donkey rides, Phinneus Sonin (circus arts instructor), Terry's Handmade Picnic Table Raffle and our haybale maze. And you can always go off and pick some apples, fresh from the orchard!

We'll be updating this year's festival details as they roll in. Hope for spectacular weather and then join us in our annual celebration of Vermont farms, food, and frivolity!

We're still looking for some more volunteers for the Food Fest. If you'd like to lend a hand assisting with facepainting or serving food or helping the bands set up or welcoming folks at the entrance gates or directing cars or any of the other options, we'd love to have you! Please contact Megan at 864-7528 or meganh@sover.net. Thanks in advance!

Ringo Matsuri (Apple Festival): Taiko in the Orchard
Burlington Taiko is celebrating their 20th anniversary!

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Saturday, September 22, 2007
noon - 4:30pm
Open to the public from Noon-2:00, and then a Parade at 3:00 through the orchard and drumming until 4:30.

6th Annual Pie Fest & Cider House Run

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2006 Pie Fest WinnersSunday, September 23, 2007
11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Come and run in the Cider House Run at 11:00 for the 2 or 4 mile run or the 2 mile walk. You must register here.

And/or enter a two-crusted apple pie in the Pie Fest. Entries must arrive by 11:30, and because the number of entries are limited, you must pre-register at meganh@sover.net or call 864-7528.

Here are the guidelines for the Pie Fest:
• The pie must be two-crusted and have only apples (no other fruit).
• Nuts may be included, but the pie must be labeled as such since we will all be eating pies after they have been judged.
• You must arrive by 11:30 on Sunday to drop off your pie. Nick has tightened up the rules by explaining that, if you are late, you may be entered but may not win. No stragglers!
• Please label the bottom of the pie pan with your name if you would like it back.
• We will have 30 entries, the limit for the Pie Fest. If you are past participant and cannot make it this year, please let us know asap so that someone else may have the chance to enter.

We're thrilled to have Woody Woodhead & Henrik Bothe performing at this year's Pie Fest! Veterans of film, television, radio and the stage, Woody & Henrik have performed for audiences on six continents. Their new show, “FOOLZ”, is a character-driven amalgam of theater, music, comedy and juggling that visually demonstrates the power of cooperation between two performers with different dispositions.

Henrik Bothe, fluent in four languages, is a Danish comic juggler with enormous dexterity and casual ease. His partner, Woody Woodhead, weaves a tapestry of chaos, slapstick and ‘eclectic’ music with the menacing uncertainty of a tornado.

Woody & Henrik’s signature grand finale is a one of a kind, frenzied, frenetic juggle montage using a consortium of absurd objects (apples, chairs, guitars, bird cages, umbrellas, rubber chicken, etc.). Never two shows the same---expect the unexpected!

Nick will also be available for a booksigning with the newly-released Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont by Melissa Pasanen & Rick Gencarelli. Nick's one of the folks featured in the cookbook! Other family activities and foods will be available from 11:30-4:00.

Pick Your Own Apples
Harvest Season (Late August to Late October)
Monday-Saturday 9am - 6pm, Sunday 9am - 4pm
Come visit us! We appreciate everyone who buys locally and/or goes to a local orchard to pick fruit for themselves. We do think, however, that our orchard is especially spectacular. With a view of Lake Champlain, lots of apple varieties available to pick, and the fact that the folks who work here are just some of the nicest folks you'll ever meet, we encourage you to come for a visit! And meeting Nick is totally worth the trip!
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Cider House Farm Market
Seasonal
Drop by the Cider House to purchase some Vermont goodies and gifts to take home with you.

Children's Educational Program
Harvest Season (September to mid-October)
This year, kids can come to the orchard on Monday and Thursday mornings to learn about the process of growing and harvesting apples, as well as picking apples for themselves. Groups are welcome, but please call ahead for reservations. $5 per person.
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Senior Citizens' Days
Thursday and Friday, October 18th & 19th
9am - 6pm
If you're a senior, the cost is only $6 a bushel for Pick Your Own!
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Truckload Saturday
Saturday, October 20th
9am - 6pm
Fill your truck with apples for only $50! Make it a family affair or bring the whole neighborhood to help fill your pickup truck with apples!
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Eat, Drink, and Be Happy!
Folks crave our fresh cider doughnuts, homemade apple pies, sweet cider, Ginger Cider, Ginger Jack, and caramel apples. Have some here or take some home! READ MORE...



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