Hale Farm & Village’s Harvest Festival is Oct. 7, 8,14 & 15 from 10 a.m. -5 p.m.
The festival kicks off with its popular 5K run/walk through the lovely and historic village setting.
The Hale Harvest 5K Run/Walk is Saturday, Oct. 7 at 9:15 a.m. Visit the Hale Farm & Village website at wrhs.org for race/walk details and to pre-register.
Hale Farm is located at 2686 Oak Hill Road, Peninsula.
The Hale Harvest 5K, part of Hale Farm & Village’s Harvest Festival, benefits InHale, an educational initiative that uses historic and natural resources to offer innovative experiences that promote sustainable agriculture, civic leadership, education and recreation.
The course invites runners and walkers to experience the natural beauty of Hale Farm & Village, as you run along nature trails, past historic houses, through farmyards and rural pastures.
The top three finishers overall and the top male and female finishers per category receive hand-crafted pieces from Hale Farm & Village’s Early American Craft and Trade artisans.
Throughout the festival, the Hale Farm barnyards are alive with harvest activities and animals, including chickens, oxen, hogs, and sheep. Other activities include pumpkin painting, wagon rides through the grounds, a huge pile of hay and samples and tastes of the fall season. This weekend celebration, full of fall fun the whole family will enjoy, takes place rain or shine. Admission includes festival activities as well as traditional Hale Farm crafts & trades demonstrations.
Strollers are permitted, however the course is not necessarily stroller friendly. It is a beautiful run through the village, sugar bush, pasture and along gravel trails and grass.
No pets are allowed; only service animals are permitted.
General admission to the festival each weekend includes heritage gardens, foodways demonstrations, and early American craft & trade demonstrations, including glassblowing, blacksmithing, and home crafts.
The cost is $10 adults; $5 youth 3-12; members are free.
