Terhune Orchards in Lawrenceville celebrates autumn with a two-day Apple Festival, September 14 and 15. The 37th annual festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Terhune will continue the celebration with fall festival weekends through October.

Participants can pick fresh apples from dwarf trees, take a tractor-drawn wagon ride, hear live music Saturday and Sunday from the Daisy Jug Band (returning for the 32nd year), visit the adventure barn, walk the farm trail, and have farm fresh snacks and a homemade lunch. There are numerous activities for kids, including face painting, pumpkin painting, pony rides, make-your-own scarecrows and a cornstalk maze.

Apples can be picked at the Cold Soil Road farm and Van Kirk farm on Apple Day. Pumpkins can pick be picked at the Terhune home farm.

At owner Pam Mount’s down-home food tent, a pig will be roasted for pork sandwiches. Barbecued chicken, hot dogs, homemade salads, and soup will also be for sale. Apple dishes will include apple pies, apple muffins, apple bread, cider doughnuts and applesauce, as well as Terhune apple cider.

Adults 21 and over can stop in at the vineyard and winery tasting room in the 150-year-old barn and sample our award-winning red and white wines, plus apple wine. The farm store will offer fresh-picked fruits and vegetables, homemade pies, homemade cookies, and fresh-pressed apple cider.

Fall festivals continue Saturdays and Sundays beginning the weekend of September 21 and ending October 27, including Columbus Day, Monday October 14. There will be live music, pumpkins to pick and decorate, pony rides, face painting, wagon rides, the corn stalk maze to explore, the adventure barn to visit, and festival foods to eat.

Pictures taken at the farm can be entered in the Terhune Orchards photo contest. Entries are due October 1. For complete rules and entry information stop by the farm store or visit terhuneorchards.com.

There is no admission to the farm store, winery tasting room, and Van Kirk pick your own. Admission to the festival area is $5. Children three and under receive free admission. Parking on the farm is free. There is no admission to the farm on weekdays. Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Road in Lawrenceville. Visit terhuneorchards.com or call the farm store at (609) 924-2310 for directions.