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Fun Fall Harvest Festivals in New Jersey
Picked your apples? Trudged through the pumpkin patch? Readied your costumes? Don’t think you’ve done it all for October yet! New Jersey boasts a variety of fests focused on everything from horses to cranberries, and garlic to pumpkin catapulting. Launch!
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Second Annual Flying Pumpkin Festival
Peaceful Valley Orchards, Pittstown, NJ
Saturday, October 17; Rain Date: October 18, 10am - 4pm
Watch medieval war machines catapult pumpkins 500 feet across the fields; build and race a car made of ears of corn; participate in a family race or launch your own mini-pumpkin at this charity event. Of course, tamer activities including a cake walk, pumpkin picking, face painting, balloon animals, a petting zoo, and live music will be available–but when’s the last time your cathartic activity involved smashing a pumpkin? Activity fees range from $2-4 with family discounts available.
25th Annual Cranberry Festival
Chatsworth, NJ
Saturday, October 17- Sunday, October 18, 9 am - 4pm
609-726-9237
Celebrate the 3rd largest cranberry harvest in the United States with this festival covering everything cranberry and more. Sample some cranberry ice cream, tour a cranberry bog, or just wander past the 160+ artists and craft demonstrations. Live music and an antique/classic car show round out the day, and best of all, admission is free.
3rd Annual Garlic Festival
Hoboken, NJ
Sunday, October. 18, 1 pm - 5 pm
201-656-2240
Seeking something smaller (and stinkier?) Swing by the Hoboken Historical Museum for an education in everything garlic. Free tastings of garlic in a variety of forms--pestos, dips, vinegars–the kids are sure to find something they like Then purchase some local garlic and farm produce and head home to create your own garlic concoction. Free admission
Fall Harvest Family Festival at the Morris Museum
Saturday, October 24, 11am – 4 pm
973 971 3718
Visit the museum’s exhibit, “Horseplay: A History of Equestrian Sports in New Jersey,” then head outside for a day of horse-related family fun. Kids can make clay horses, try on equestrian costumes, take pony rides, create their own blue ribbons and learn what a "Hunt Master" does. Gallop over early–the first 100 children under 12 years old receive a free Breyer horse model to paint. Members: $8/child, $7/adult. Non-members:$12/child, $11/adult
Teresa Sellinger - New Jersey writer
Little House on the Prairie met Bright Lights, Big City when, at 17, Teresa left her family of 11 in Dubuque, Iowa to pursue her dream of living in New York City. Many years, jobs, moves, and two children later, she moved to Sparta, New Jersey in search of the perfect medium between urban and rural. She currently attempts to balance her life with three kids, her writing, her marketing consulting, and her partnership in Bruce Lemler Photography...unsuccessfully most days.
More About Teresa
What's your favorite place to hang out with kids in NJ?
Our home. Seriously.
What do you read when you aren't reading Mommy Poppins?
Children’s books (bedtime ritual), foodie sites (Epicurious, Food Network), thoughtful fiction (Annie Proulx, Barbara Kingsolver), magazines (some thoughtful, some trashy) and emails, emails, emails.
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Look back and say, “Wow, what a wonderful life I’ve led. Let the adventure continue!”
