2009 Events

For photos of current and past events
please visit or archives section

Sunday, September 13
8th Annual Small Farms Food Fest
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
A day of taste-testing delicacies from local farms & food producers, live music, hayrides, and more family-friendly activities! We'll showcase Amy's Granola, Bloomfield Farm, Charlotte Village Winery, Dragonfly Sugarworks, Folks Foods,Good Companion Bakery, Island Homemade Ice Cream, Kingdom Mountain Maple, Maple Wind Farm, Millborne Farm, Nitty Gritty Grain Company of Vermont, NOFA's Vermont Farmers' Fare, O Bread Bakery, Rockville Market Farm, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne Orchards, Shelburne Vineyard, Sonia's Salsa, Stony Loam Farm, Stony Pond Farm, Tamarack Hollow Farm, Taylor Farm, Vadeboncoeur Nougat, Vermont Coffee Company, Vermont Pickle, Windy Corners Farm, and more!

Educational booths will include American Farmland Trust, Bike Recycle, CarShare Vermont, Intervale Compost, Local Motion, Rural Vermont, and Vermont Fresh Network.

The musicians' lineup is:
11:00-Hibernators
12:00-The On the Rise Session Band
1:00-Meat Packers
2:00-Magnolias
3:00-Stone, Coane, & Sacher
4:00-Twist of the Wrist.

And we'll have tractor hayrides, ropemaking, juggling, facepainting, a Tractor Petting Zoo, apple prints, a haybale maze, educational booths, and other family-friendly activities.

FREE if you're under 12 or over 65. Otherwise, the $5 entry fee gets you a Pick Your Own apples coupon good for the '09 season.

Dowload the resource guide of this year's vendors

Tuesday, September 15
Apple Season Kick-off
4:00-6:00 p.m.
This event kicks off the "Apples to iPods" program sponsored by Vermont Department of Tourism and Small Dog Electronics. We'll feature goodies from our orchard, Woodchuck Cider, and cheese from Shelburne Farms and there will be live music. Wooden apples will be hidden in various apple orchards throughout the state. If you find the wooden apple, you'll win an iPod!

Saturday, September 26
Ringo Matsuri -Taiko In the Orchard
11 a.m.-noon, kids groups & Taiko students
1-4 p.m., Burlington Taiko and visiting Taiko groups from Canada and North America
An informal gathering of Taiko groups from Vermont and beyond! The Orchard Cafe and Cider House Farm Market will be open for eats and drinks.
www.burlingtontaiko.org

Sunday, September 27
8th Annual Cider House Run & Pie Fest
11a.m.-4 p.m.
Start the day with a run through the orchard. Then you can enter, enjoy, or eat the homemade apple pies in the Pie Fest!

The Cider House Run/Walk (2 or 4 mile run/2 mile walk) begins at 11a.m. Cost is $20 for anyone over 12 (includes a $5 coupon for Pick Your Own apples). Kids under 12 are asked to pay $5 for the coupon. Please register by September 25 by calling Shelburne Health and Fitness at 985-3141. For more info, please contact Rayne at 316-7142 or e-mail him at rayne@racevermont.com.

The Pie Fest involves 3 local judges taste-testing 30 double-crusted apple pies. Our esteemed judges this year include Emily Betz (Bistro Sauce), Suzanne Podhaizer (Seven Days Food Writer), and Arthur Shelmandine (It's Arthur's Fault! Sauces and Marinades). You must register prior to Sunday by contacting Megan at 864-7528 or meganh@sover.net. If you are registered, you MUST arrive by 11:30!!!! We'll line all of the pies up and the judges can have at 'em...with the winner walking away with $200 cash. While we're waiting for the judging to be finished, please enjoy a performance by the Hokum Bros again this year. And we'll be showing the Food Network's "Glutton for Punishment" episode from last year's Pie Fest with Bob Blumer!

Month of September
Vermont Foodbank and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture are sponsoring a "Pick for Your Neighbor" program. People can pick apples at the orchard and donate them to the program---we'll store them and the Foodbank will pick up the apples. Thanks for sharing!

Sunday, October 4
City Market Harvest Celebration
at 82 North Winooski Avenue, Burlington
12 noon-4 p.m.
863-3659
Stop by, visit Nick, and taste some Ginger Jack, our specialty non-alcoholic drink.

Tuesday, October 6
Send Some Vermont Day
We'll be shipping a bit of Vermont to anyone you'd like! We'll send apples and cheese, and you'll get the thanks!

Here are the options:
$29 to send 12 McIntosh apples or
$38 to ship 10 McIntosh apples and 8 ounces of Shelburne Farms cheddar cheese
These prices include shipping. Please call 985-2753 to place an order.

Sunday, October 11
"Run Like the Wind"
2-mile and 4-mile walk/run for the entire family
10:00 Registration begins (there will be entry forms at school/around town for pre-registration)
11:00 Walk/Run begins
$10 per person or $35 per family
Come pick apples, pack a picnic, and watch the run!
Benefits the Shelburne Community School Wind Ensemble
Please contact Laureen at 985-5296 or mathon4@myfairpoint.net for further information.
The Ensemble is a group of over 70 musically talented 6th, 7th and 8th graders who auditioned and were selected to be part of this band. The Wind Ensemble has been invited to perform at Disney World in March 2010. Their commitment continues, with countless hours of practice, under the leadership of Mr. David Myers.

Sunday, October 11
Tractor Parade
at Spear's Corner Store
Baptist Corner, East Charlotte
1 p.m.
425-4444

Thursday, October 15 & Friday, October 16
Senior Citizens' Days
9 a.m.-6 p.m.
If you're old enough, a bushel of Pick Your Own apples costs only $9!

Saturday, October 17
9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Truckload & Ginger Jack & Carboy Saturday
Fill your truck with Pick Your Own apples for $50 and/or check out some of our recipes made with our very own Ginger Jack and/or fill up your carboy for the long, cold winter.

photo credits: Stephen Brooks, Brett Carpenter, Kevin Clayton, Cindy Cowles, Brent Harrewyn, Terry Hotaling, Amie Humphrey, David Humphrey, Megan Humphrey, Nick Seifert, Tucker Watson, and Natalie Stultz

Shelburne Orchards | 216 Orchard Road | Shelburne VT 05482
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info@shelburneorchards.com
Nick Cowles, Proprietor