Day Trips to Terhune Orchards Farm & Winery ~ Pick-Your-Own Adventure!
Schedule for the day:
Boarding: 9:45 am (McCarren Park, Bedford Ave btw N12th & Lorimer) Potluck: 11:30 am Farm Visit: 12noon to 5pm Return to McCarren Park: 7pm Meet up at 9:30 am for tea, and plan to board the Green Bus at 9:45 sharp, at McCarren Park in Brooklyn. We'll enjoy our 1.5 hour communal ride in the cozy green bus with lounge style seating built for you to kick back & enjoy the ride to Princeton, NJ ~ where we'll have a lake-side potluck picnic at the lush Rosedale Park. Please bring vegetarian friendly foods to share. Think: hummus & veggies, bean salads, quinoa & steamed veggies, egg salad, fruits, et cetera. Rosedale Park is a sprawling 472 acres and includes a lake stocked with trout. The fishing season opened up on April 6. There are grills at Rosedale Park if you wish to enjoy your fish lake-side. Rosedale Park is just a 20 minute walk from Terhune Orchards along the woodsy "Cold Soil Road". A straight shot walk. You can join us a the orchards at any time before our departure from the farm. Remember: The wine tastings end at 5:00 pm, as well as the opportunity to pick-your-own strawberries. Terhune Orchards is a family owned and operated farm with 200+ rolling acres of fruits, vegetables, vineyard, and orchards. Pam & Gary Mount bought the farm in 1975 from the Terhune family who owned the farm for two generations. Pam & Gary proudly use Integrated Pest Management methods to keep their farm produce and soils safe for all visitors. You and your kids can safely pluck a strawberry from the ground and eat it right on the spot. In NJ, strawberry fields cannot be called "organic" because they move their fields, dig up new soil every year, and plant their new strawberry crop in a new spot each year. They use only the safest farming practices for you and the Earth. Beautiful background story for how the Mount family came to Terhune Orchards: Pam & Gary married in 1967 and went to Micronesia together to farm with the Peace Corps for three years. "They had a wonderful experience on a small island with 400 people, teaching and helping with agricultural projects. Coming home after traveling around the world, Pam & Gary started a five year search for a place where they could find the community they experienced in Micronesia. This was Terhune Orchards! The Mount Family invites you to visit and share in the experience." |
Saturday 6/2,
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