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Educational Events & Tours
On-Farm School Tours and Field Trips
Weaver’s Orchard offers many educational events. We encourage field trips and school tours on our farm. We know the value of teaching the next generation about agriculture. After all, we are a fourth-generation farm! We want children from preschool (ages 3 and up) through elementary school to know that eating locally grown fruits and vegetables is healthy and delicious! Our tours are also available for adults and senior groups.
Fall Tours
Our fall tours focus on apples. Your group of 30 or less will learn about an apple’s life cycle and get a back-stage pass to see what happens to an apple once it is ready to be harvested at Weaver’s Orchard. Topics can also be adjusted to accommodate older children or adults. Our topics also comply and complement the STEEL Standards curriculum requirements for schools. Our tours are perfect field trips for your preschool, kindergarten or elementary school class, homeschool group, scouts, daycare or day camp group.
Spring & Summer Tours
Our spring and summer group tours focus on planting and pollinators. See more info below!
About Our Tours
Parking is free and available at our tour parking lot.
We can work with you to customize the perfect package for your group.
Fall School Tours
Participants will take 2 hours to do the following:
- Take a guided hayride through the orchard
- Discover how apples form and grow
- Learn about caring for apple trees
- Pick their own apples (2 per student) to take home
- Pick a small pumpkin or gourd
- Visit the packing house
- Check out our cold storage area
- Watch the apple sorting process that prepares fruit for marketing
- Observe the commercial cider press
- Get a snack of fresh apple cider and apple cider donuts
- *Note that specific activities included in each tour will vary based on the season and weather conditions.
***Please note: our commercial cider press typically does not run on Wednesdays. If in the event our commercial press is not in operation, your class will participate in a station with a historical hand crank press and information about Johnny Appleseed.
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Spring/Summer School Tours
Our spring and summer group tours focus on planting and pollinators. These are perfect field trips for your preschool, kindergarten or elementary school class, homeschool group, scouts, daycare or day camp group. Topics can also be adjusted to accommodate older children or adults. On both spring and summer tours, participants will:
- Take a guided hayride through the orchard
- Plant a seed to take home (spring tour only)
- Learn about pollinators and role in the growth of fruit
- Receive a honey stick to take home (spring tour only)
- Visit and feed our friendly goats
- Pick fruit in the orchard (based on availability of ripe fruit)
Please use the book now button above to book your tours or for additional information.
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Tour Pricing
Each tour group must meet a $175 minimum for the Combo Package, and a $150 minimum for all other tour options.
We do not accept personal checks from tour goers. We provide a complimentary pass for one teacher or leader per guided tour and a free picnic area for your group (you must request the picnic area when you schedule).
Combo Tour Package
2 hr tour and hayride: $13.65/participant ($175 minimum)
*Note that specific activities included in each tour will vary based on the season and weather conditions.
Other Pricing Options
1 1/2 Hour tour only: $10.50/participant ($150 minimum)
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Book a Tour!
Please use the book now button above to book your tours or for additional information. Looking for something we didn’t mention? We can work with you to customize the perfect package for your group. Don’t forget to reserve our picnic tables if your group requires this.
- Once you click on the book now button it will direct you to our booking page which will provide additional information for you to book online.
- For Specialized tours of prices for individual activities, customers may contact a member of our team for a quote.
- Groups that wish to come pick fruit without a tour guide may do so any time the pick-your-own areas are open, provided children are supervised.
- Groups that wish to conduct their own group activities at the orchard must receive prior approval; please contact us at 610-856-7300.
- Parking is free and available in our tour parking lot. There is a separate bus parking area.
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Groups that wish to come pick fruit without a tour guide may do so any time the pick-your-own areas are open, provided children are supervised. If you have a group of 25 or more for pick-your-own, we encourage you to call ahead with when you will be coming.