North Garden, Virginia
...from the rich orchard heritage of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains
12th Annual Apple Harvest Festival
Saturday, November 3, 2011
at Rural Ridge Farm from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Taste a variety of apples that are not found commercially today.
Local musicians add to the enjoyment.
The Ruritan Club will be cooking brunswick stew for sale all day.
Call or e-mail us with any questions you might have:
Vintage Virginia Apples and the CoveGarden Ruritan Club invite you to join us!
Come for one of our many workshops! See schedule here.
The Ruritan Club will be making Apple Butter and Brunswick Stew over a slow fire to be ready in the early afternoon. But hurry! They sell out fast! Other special features include:
- Local musicians performing all day.
- A hayride over the ridge above the orchard.
- Dozens of craft and artisanal food vendors.
- Prepared foods from local vendors.
- An Apple Pie Contest sponsored by In The Kitchen.
Entries must be made by 11:30am the day of the festival. Click here for more details. - Fresh cider by the cup, half gallon or gallon.
- Hot cider by the cup.
- Hard cider available in our tasting room.
- Tours of the cidery given throughout the day. See schedule here.
Hope to see you there!
Schedule of Events
Our schedule of events for 2012 is TBA.
Please see below for our events last year (2011).
Music By:
- 10:00a - 12:00p Bud Branch and Anne O'Brien
- 12:00p - 2:00p Jim Waive
- 2:00p - 4:00p Don't Tell Darlings
Programs:
- 10:00 Heirloom Apple Tasting / Vintage Virginia Apples
- 11:00 Planting Your Winter Salad Garden w/ Margaret Shelton, Shelton Herb Farm
- 12:00 TBA
- 1:00 Artisanal Virginia Cheeses / Gail Hobbs-Page, Caromont Farm
- 2:00 Fermentation Basics / Dawn Story
- 2:45 Heirloom Apple Tasting / Vintage Virginia Apples
- 3:30 Pairing Artisanal Cheeses and Vintage Apples / feast! and Vintage Virginia Apples
Apple Pie Contest
A Few Simple Rules:
- Present only one freshly baked, homemade, apple pie by 11:30 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012.
- Bring your pie, with a card containing your name, address and phone number, and the names of the apples used. Recipes are optional.
- Pies will become the property of the Cove Garden Ruritan Club.
- Slices from the pies will be offered for sale at $2 per slice, for their benefit, once the judging has concluded.
- Pies will be judged on appearance, taste, and texture.
Prize: The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to Vintage Virginia Apples and Albemarle CiderWorks.
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