Festival at Meadowbrooke Gourds
July 19 ~ 8:00am-2:00pm

Summer
Celebration

There's So Much to Do!

Finished gourds in a tent at Meadowbrooke Gourds

Oops! Sale

Get excellent deals during this awesome annual Oops Sale! This is the perfect time to stock up on discounted hand-crafted gourds that have a minor blemish (or may have just been retired).

Make sure to visit the Oops Sale first to receive a discount for items in the store.

Summer Celebration at Meadowbrooke Gourds

Artisan craft vendors

Stroll through our grassy lawn and shop a variety of Artisan craft vendors! Each booth will be filled with artisan-made goodies for you to enjoy!

gourd birdhouse birdfeeder and butterfly house

Paint Your Own

While you are at the farm, stop in our building to Paint Your Own Birdhouse, Birdfeeder, Butterfly House or all three. You can enter from the retail store or through the center door of the building.

No reservations are required to participate. Last seating is at 1:00pm. Pay for what you make: $10 for birdhouse, $7.50 for birdfeeder, $15 for butterfly.

Tractor and trolley wagon

Trolley Rides

Take a trolley ride around our 200-acre farm to see beautiful sights of our gourds and other crops growing during the summer. Our Trolley Rides take approximately 45 minutes and are $5.00. Handheld infants are free. Be sure to get your tickets before the event as they tend to sell out.

Tickets coming soon!
Front porch at Meadowbrooke Gourds

Gift Shop

Visit our 7,000 sq ft Gift Shop on the farm filled with gourds for all seasons as well as other artisan crafts, gifts, raw hard-shell gourds for crafting, food items and more!

Make sure to visit the Oops Sale first to receive a discount for items purchased in store.

face painting

Oh Look, Facepainting by Amber

Bring the kids (and kids at heart) to get their face painted by Amber.

Lots of designs to choose from!

Taurus and Maddy the Highland cows

Cow Cuddles & Petting Zoo

Adventures with Taurus and Friends will be here with their Highland Cows, Taurus & Maddy for you to cuddle along with other animals from their farm for you to pet.

Connect Four Yard Game

Yard games

NEW this year, Yard Games!

We will have several Jumbo Yard Games for you to enjoy while you are enjoying your time on the farm.

Games available in the yard will be Jumbo Connect Four, 4' Jenga, Corn Hole, Ladder Toss and a Giant Checkerboard located in the one cottage!

Beer vendor at festival

Beer & Wine

Enjoy a craft beer from Molly Pitcher Brewing Company, or PA wines from Castlerigg Wine Shop!

Artisan craft vendors - List coming soon!

Food & Drink

Shuman's Concessions

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Molly Pitcher Brewing Company growler and glass of beer

Molly Pitcher Brewing Co

Castlerigg Wine Bar sign

Castlerigg Wine Bar

Dad's Famous Cold Brew sign

Dad's Famous Cold Brew and Sweet Treats

Sack of Hillbilly's Beef Jerky

Hillbilly's Jerky

Popcorn

Jack & Joan's Kettlecorn

Loaded pork nachos

Redemption BBQ

Ice cream cone at Summer Celebration at Meadowbrooke Gourds

Wow! Ice Cream

Fruit bowl dessert

Playa Bowls

Four bottles of hot sauce

Revolutionary Hot Sauce

FAQs

The festival is on our 200-acre farm at 125 Potato Road, Carlisle, PA 17015.

Parking is free!

Though dogs are welcome on the farm most days, we ask that your furry friends stay home during our festivals as there are lots of people, and rescue dogs will be visiting this event.

For vendor information, please contact Dori at dorih@mbgourds.com or 717-776-6029.

This event is hosted rain or shine.

Not all vendors accept debit/credit cards, but we do have an ATM inside.

Agritourism Liability Clause

AGREEMENT AND WARNING: I understand and acknowledge that, except for limited circumstances listed below, an agritourism activity provider is not liable for any injury to or death of a participant resulting from an agritourism activity. I understand that I have accepted all risk of injury, death, property damage and other loss that may result from an agritourism activity. I understand that an agritourism activity provider is not protected from liability if the provider: (1) Performs an act in a grossly negligent manner and causes injury or damages to a participant. (2) Purposefully causes a participant’s injury. (3) Acts or fails to act in a way that constitutes criminal conduct. (4) Recklessly fails to warn or guard against a dangerous condition that causes injury or damages to a participant. A dangerous condition is a condition that creates an imminent and substantial risk of injury or damages to a participant.”

NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

By entering an event or program of Meadowbrooke Gourds, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur.

Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with Meadowbrooke Gourds and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.

By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media.

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