MetroKids' Ultimate Guide to Fall Fun 2011
Chester County
and Delaware County, PA
Fall Festivals
At farms, orchards and other sites, you can pick the perfect pumpkin, test your navigation skills in tricky corn mazes, play old-fashioned games, go on hayrides and meet barnyard animals, then finish the day with a farm-fresh treat like homemade ice cream and an apple cider donut.
Activities vary at each location, click a site name for more info.
Open weekends in Oct. unless specified.
► Brandywine Valley Harvest Festival, Oct. 1-2
► Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation, Media, Oct. 1 only
► Downingtown, Oct. 8 only
► Hillside Farm, Media, Oct. 22 only
► Hurricane Hill Farm, Coatesville
► Linvilla Orchards, Media, daily through Nov. 6 and costume contest, Oct. 23
► Newlin Grist Mill, Glen Mills, Oct. 1 only
► Schmidts’ Tree Farm at Paradocx Vineyard, Landenberg
► Tyler Arboretum, Media, Oct. 15-16
More Fall Fun & Kid-Friendly Halloween Happenings
in Chester and Delaware Counties
► Apple picking at Hopewell Furnace in Elverson and
apple cider-making demos at Anselma Mill in Chester Springs
► Seasonal nature programs and trick-or-treating at Tyler Arboretum, Media
► Autumn Colors display, Pumpkin Playground and Mums Festival at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square
► Trick-or-treating and fall foliage train rides on the West Chester Railroad
► Autumn and Halloween arts and crafts workshops in Coatesville, Swarthmore and West Chester
► Free Halloween pancakes at IHOP
