Oct. 3-4 — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, will host its annual Pumpkin and Apple Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 and 4, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend features hands-on activities and programs, plus pumpkin and apple displays highlighting these two important fall crops, their historical importance, and many uses. Horse-drawn wagon rides are included with admission.
Take the apple taste test and vote for your favorite! Lend a hand pressing cider, making pumpkin or apple ice cream, and peeling apples for drying. Join in the pumpkin and apple fun with apple races, pumpkin bowling, apples-on-a-string, sampling pumpkin bread, watch the apple butter being made in the farmhouse kitchen, and take home a recipe for “Pumpion Pye.”
The Billings Farm & Museum is owned and operated by The Woodstock Foundation, Inc.,
a charitable non-profit institution. It is located at 5302 Old River Road, Woodstock. For more information ,call 802-457-2355 or www.billingsfarm.org.
