What’s Happening at Eplegaarden in 2011

Honeycrisp Apples - Selv Plukk in early Sept. Details at orchard.

Labor Day Weekend Fun Sept. 3,4,5 Sat, Sun, & Mon.

Ol Fashioned Ice Cream Social - Nickel Cones & Lemonade

New Fitchburg Library Fundraiser with Mayor Shawn Pfaff

Library Display with donations accepted and matched. Bring your pennies and

put them in da Vortex.

Badger Football Ticket Drawings

On Sundays Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25 and Oct. 2 we will have a drawing for 2 football tickets to be given away.

Stop by the orchard for details.

Xfordnaire - Enjoy the Model A Club's many antique cars and trucks on Sun. Sept. 11

Autism Orchard Day Benefit - with David George on Sun. Sept. 11

Farmyard Scavenger Hunt - Sat. & Sun Sept. 17-18. Come see what you can find around the

farmyard. Lots of fun riddles to solve.

Scaretroll Making Contest - Sat. Sept. 24. Get your family and/or friends together for a fun day of creating a troll. Come to the orchard for details and sign up in Sept.

Horse Drawn Hayrides

Every weekend beginning Sept. 10 & Oct. 23, 2011, we will have horse drawn hayrides around

da orchard and to da pumpkin patch for your pleasure from 11:00 – 4:00.

Halloween Fun-2011

Through out September and October we celebrate Halloween with haunted decorations, pumpkin plukkin,

Harold Potterson’s Hallowed Haunts Sat.& Sun. Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 and Harried Hunts, old barn loft and

silo possibly haunted, and fun activities for kids of all ages.

Da Trolls

Dave Watson of Watson’s Woods in the Wis. Dells, a chainsaw wood carver, created a family of trolls for the orchard in 2007. Come say hi to our family of trolls.

Harold Potterson’s Hallowed Haunts and Harried Hunts for little Wizards and Trolls

A new, self guided playground to families with kids 10 years and younger, and der parents (no entrance wit out muggles). Open weekends in September 24 & October 23. Many new haunted items for 2011. Harold Potterson is da little cuzzin of da famess vizard from Yolly ole England.

Folk Music under da Apple Trees

Returning by popular demand. Sept. 11 – Oct. 9, 2011, Saturday & Sunday afternoons from 1:00-4:00 great folk music all over da orchard.

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FOLK MUSIC

UNDER THE APPLE TREES

SUNDAY AFTERNOON – 2011

1:00- 4:00 PM

Sept. 11 Buttons & Banjo Trio

Sept. 17 Fiddle Stix

Sept. 18 Buttons & Banjo Trio

Sept. 25 Dark of the Moon

Oct. 02 Down from the Hills

Oct. 09 Buttons & Banjo Trio

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Harold Potterson’s Hallowed

Haunts & Harried Hunts

for little wizards & trolls (10 & under)

at Eplegaarden

2227 Fitchburg Rd, Fitchburg, WI

Fundraising for Madison West Kiwanis

Don’t be late! The railroad station’s open

Saturday & Sunday, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sept. 24 - Oct. 23, 2011

- special stops at the sorting hat, castle, the magic

- mirrors (new), quidditch field, dinasaur dig, amazing maize,

- enchanted forest , black tunnel, levitation station (new)

- & other fun, scary places.

- And a free pumpkin for da wizards

Tickets: Wizards (Children) $_____

Muggles (Adults) _______

An overwhelming, magical success in 2002, ’03, ’04 ’05 ’06 ‘07 '08 '09 '10

Don’t be da only wizard or muggle to miss it

Wizard & witch costumes encouraged.

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Group Tours

Pre-scheduled school tours are very popular at da orchard. 1000's of children visit Eplegaarden in groups each summer and fall. An organized tour of 1- 1 ¼ hours of presentation and hands on experiences and includes velkommen, background of orchard, hayride to the orchard , information handout for teachers and actual experience of plukkin and gradin apples. Minimum of first grade is required. This year the school tours will be FREE. We will need to charge for the produce and other items. Tours will be given on Tuesdays and Wednesdays by appointment only. If you wish to have a snack or lunch at the orchard, please remember all garbage must be taken with you when you leave.

Preschool, nursery, daycare, head start groups, etc. have found Eplegaarden to be a fun place for a self organized, self conducted tour or group activity. Groups must register at the store prior to picnicking, receive written requirements, and verbal instructions for apple plukkin and prepay for apples prior to entering the orchard. All garbage must be taken back home with the group. No charge per child except for cost of produce (apples, pumpkins, raspberries) plukked. Note: Consider having each child brings a small bag with their name on it, which can be placed in our larger apple plukkin bags. For pumpkins, leader should bring a marker for putting names on pumpkins.

Keeping children under control is expected of teachers and parents to insure safety and enjoyment of all. We have many picnic tables for your enjoyment. Please bring a trash bag and take any trash back with you generated from snacks, etc.

Travel Tours have found the orchard to be a vonderful stop in the Madison area.

Parties

Birthday parties, church picnics, business picnics, wedding receptions and anniversaries have been held at Eplegaarden. Call or better yet come out to the orchard to find available times, space and prices.