390 Orchard Road, Mohnton, PA 19540

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Festivals

Enjoy the sunshine, fresh air, and beauty of the different seasons during the festival days at Brecknock Orchard!

Strawberry Festivals

Saturdays, June 1, 8, & 15

8am – 4pm

Friday, June 7, 12pm – 6pm

Enjoy a day at the orchard with your family and friends!

Over five acres of strawberry fields, complimentary bottled water for all “Pick Your Own” customers, and containers are available.

Pick Your Own Strawberries

Pick Your Own Strawberries from 8am until picked out; come early for best picking

Festival Activities 8am – 4pm

  • Free Wagon Rides to the Strawberry Fields 
  • Crafts for Children
    • Plant a Pumpkin Seed, Harvest Bountiful Pumpkins In September
    • Make Strawberry Scented Bubbles
  • Crafts For Adults 
    • Plant a Porch Herb Planter; that thrives in abundant sunshine
    • Plant a Patio “Cut & Come Again” Lettuce Planter; loves shade
  • Make Your Own Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
  • See and Taste our 8′ Strawberry Shortcake with Strawberries and Cream
  • Strawberry Slushies, Strawberry Jam, and everything Strawberry
  • Watch Fresh Apple Cider Donuts being made
  • Stone Ridge Beef will be sampling beef and serving burgers
  • Lunch Available
    • June 1: Golden Pretzel
    • June 8: Golden Pretzel, JR Brisket
    • June 15: Golden Pretzel, Henhouse Grilling
  • Farm Market Open 8am – 5pm
  • Free Parking
  • Free Admission

 

Peach Festivals

Saturdays, August 10 & 17

Festival Activities 9 am – 4 pm

Farm Market & Pick Your Own is open 8 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Sweet & Juicy Peaches…the favorite summer fruits at Brecknock Orchard with your family and friends!  

Activities

  • Free Wagon Ride to the Peach Orchard
  • Crafts for Children
    • Make a Peach Oreo Pop
    • Make Peach Scented Playdough
  • Create Your Own Peach Parfait
  • Preserve Your Own Pint of Peaches By Canning
    • Guided step-by-step process from fresh peaches to sealed jar you will take home to enjoy, along with the recipe
    • Every hour on the hour 10 am – 3 pm
  • Taste our Homemade Peach Coffee Cake – Free samples begin at 10 am. Get yours early before it is all gone.
  • Peach Slushies, Peach Jam, Peach Pies, Peach Bread, Peach Whoopie Pies, and everything “Peachy”
  • Lunch Available
  • Peachy Deals In The Farm Market

There is no entrance, admission, or parking fee. You simply pay for the activities you choose to do. All activity tickets are purchased at the event. Cash, credit, debit, and mobile payments are accepted everywhere.

For the safety of others and the safety of fresh food, pets must be leashed and stay in parking areas.

Fall Festivals

Saturdays, September 21 & 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, 9 am – 4 pm

Monday, Columbus Day October 14, 9 am – 4 pm

Fridays, September 27 & October 4, 11 4pm – 7pm

Activities

  • Pick Your Own Pumpkins, Gourds & Squash
  • Pick Your Own Apples
  • Wagon Rides – children under 2 years ride free
    • Wagon Ride Orchard Tour | $12
    • Wagon Ride ( No Tour) | $9
  • Make Your Own Caramel Apple | $6
  • Children’s Fall-Themed Crafts | 3 for $12
    • Make A Personal Size Apple Crisp
    • Decorate a Mini Pumpkin with Gems
    • Shell Corn With An Antique Corn Sheller, and Fill a Mini Feed Bag to Take Home

Activity Combos

  • Ultimate Child Combo | $26
    • Wagon Ride Orchard Tour
    • 3 Children’s Crafts
    • MYO Caramel Apple
  • Farm Fun Child Combo | $21
    • Wagon Ride
    • Three Children’s Crafts
    • MYO Caramel Apple
  • Ultimate Adult Combo | $17
    • Wagon Ride Orchard Tour
    • MYO Caramel Apple
  • Farm Fun Adult Combo | $12
    • Wagon Ride
    • MYO Caramel Apple

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Looking to reserve a private Farm Tour with a group?

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Create Your Own Christmas Arrangement

Saturday, December 2, 2023

Christmas Wreath

✨Embark on a joyful wreath-making adventure! Transform a stunning 22” Fraser wreath into your personalized masterpiece. Choose from our delightful selection of berries, ornaments, dried fruit, pinecones, and a fabulous bow to add that extra touch of beauty. Ready for some festive fun? Let’s dive into the step-by-step creation of your beautiful wreath!🌿

Cost: $42

Times: 10am & 1pm

Christmas Arrangement

✨Picture this: lush fresh greens, personally arranged by you, paired with your choice of a tall square planter or tin bucket, and adorned with a delightful assortment of ornaments, dried flowers, dried fruit, pinecones, and more. It’s your own botanical canvas, and Charity is here to guide you through each delightful step.

Create a masterpiece!🌿

Cost: $42

Times: 11am & 2pm

FREE Hot Cider to Sip While Designing Your Masterpiece

Register Here

Whoopie Pie Festival

Feb. 29-March 2 & March 7-9

9am – 4pm

Create Your Own Whoopie Pie $2.75 each, 4 or more $2.50 each

Choose your cookie. Choose your frosting. Choose your topping. Enjoy your unique whoopie pie!

Cookies Frosting Toppings
Apple Oatmeal Buttercream Chocolate Chips
Apple Cider Donut Cream Cheese Coconut
Banana Mint Crushed Pretzel
Chocolate Mocha Oreo Cookie Crumbs
Chocolate Chip Peach Peanuts
Chocolate Mocha Peanut Butter Sprinkles
Peach Strawberry
Pumpkin Choc. Chip Vanilla
Pumpkin
Red Velvet
Shoofly
Strawberry

Free Whoopie Pie Samples

Whoopie Pie Trivia w/Prize

Lunch Available by Golden Pretzel on Saturday, March 2 & 9 (9am-4pm) Menu

Spring Festival

Saturdays, April 13 & 20

10am – 4pm

Enjoy beautiful spring blooms and learn about bees at the orchard with your family and friends!

Wagon Ride Tour of the Blooming Orchards

  • Approximately 20 minutes, including a stop in the orchard among the blossoming apple and peach trees. Interact and ask questions about the bees and blooms. The wagon will stop in the orchard for you to enjoy the blooms and walk through the orchard to find different bee facts.
  • 10 am – 3 pm on the hour
  • $6/person (Tickets are purchased at the event)

Walk to the Blooming Orchards

  • Walk to the orchard at your leisure and take pictures of the blossoming apple and peach trees.
  • $3/person (Tickets are purchased at the event)

Make & Take Craft

  • Child’s Craft: Decorate a small flowerpot, select a blooming flower to plant in your decorated pot, take home, and enjoy spring beauty. $5
  • Adult Craft: Make your own succulent planter in your choice of a decorative bowl or vintage watering can. Add decorative stones, take them home, and enjoy them on your patio table, or gift to a friend. $18

Make Your Own Honey Butter

  • With fresh cream and honey, “churn” the honey butter by shaking it in a jar for about 5 minutes. A few more steps and you will have fresh honey butter, made by you to take home and enjoy, plus a recipe for making your own honey butter at home. $6

Learn More About Blooms and Bees

  • Storytime and Pictures with “Buzz” the Bee. Every half hour from 10 am – 3:30 pm
  • Find bloom facts for a FREE honey stick
  • See and learn how nectar is turned into honey with Welsh Mountain Apiaries. Handle bee-keeping equipment.

Activities Combo Pricing

  • Child: $15 Includes Wagon Ride, Child’s Craft, & MYO Honey Butter
  • Adult: $25 Includes Wagon Ride, Adult’s Craft, & MYO Honey Butter

Take Photos and Relax as you Walk among the Blossoming Apple and Peach Trees

Food Available

  • Brecknock Orchard: 4/13 Menu
  • Golden Pretzel: 4/20 – Menu