Apple Crafts, Apple Games, Apple Treats!

Gibbs Farm Apple Festival

Included in general admission:
$8 adults, $7 seniors 62+, $5 children 3 and up
Free for RCHS members

A day of apple fun – all in the beautiful setting of the Gibbs Farm. Enjoy a variety of events at our beautiful farm, visit our Heritage Apple Orchard, make apple critters, bob for apples, and more. Free food and cider.

And want to learn more about the food we eat? The Bell Museum of Natural History will be at Apple Festival from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. with a pop-up museum and fun activities!

Get a small taste of the Bell’s programs. A Bell Museum pop-up museum will feature the “Hungry Planet: What the World Eats” exhibit. This photography exhibit, produced in conjunction with photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio, focuses on what 10 families from around the world eat in a week.

And the Bell’s pollinator activity will put your science skills to the test! Learn about the special role that pollinators, like honey bees, play in our food production.

Apple Festival is for the whole family, from the youngest to the eldest.

Programs are planned to include the following. Please note that programs may change without notice.

• Farmhouse and Dakota Tours
• Apple Stories in the Schoolhouse
• Dried Apple Necklace
• Apple Block Prints
• Apple Magnets
• Heritage Apple Orchard Tours, Sample Apples from the Orchard, Press Apples in Cider Press
• Apple Lore and Mini Caramel Apple Dipping
• Free Food
• Music in Red Barn by Light of the Moon
• Apples Games: Apple Maze, Appledashery, Apple Crunch and Munch
• Bell Pop-Up Museum, “Hungry Planet: What the World Eats,” with a Gibbs Farm side by side presentation about what a pioneer family would have eaten
• Heritage Apple Orchard volunteers (many of whom are Master Gardeners) will be there the whole day, Master Gardener volunteers will be there to answer questions and provide advice from 10:00 am-1:00 pm and from 1:00-4:00 pm.