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2010 Tour Options


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150 Pittstown Road
Pittstown, New Jersey 08867
Ph: 908-730-7748 or

908-713-1705


















Walking Farm Tour (available spring & summer)
This tour can be geared towards preschool age children up through High School age and includes:

  • Tour of the greenhouse
  • Walking tour of the farm where irrigation, planting, maintenance and harvesting of fruit and vegetable crops will be explained
  • Informative talk about farm animals (children will also get to feed the animals)
  • Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Group Photo

Cost:
$7.50 per person (teachers, students, chaperones & siblings), Minimum of 10 people required

*Picnic tables are available, please feel free to bring your own lunch or snack*

Private Tours (Tour length – approx. 1 hour)
Looking for a place to take the family or out of town guests who appreciate nature and want to learn more about agriculture? This tour is a perfect opportunity to explore beautiful Hunterdon County. Learn why NJ is called the Garden State!

The tour will start out in the greenhouse with one of the owners of the farm as their personal guide. Groups will then be given a private hayride through the farm. The guide will point out the different crops and explain how they are planted, maintained and harvested. Guests will learn how the farmers implement pest management and conservation practices. The guide will also talk about how Peaceful Valley Orchards works in conjuction with America’s Grow-A-Row, a non-profit organization that provides fresh produce to those in need. Each guest will be allowed to pick something from our fields, depending on what’s in season at the time of the tour. (fruits, vegetables or flowers – quantity will vary depending on the crop).

Cost:
$85.00 minimum, over 5 people $15 additional per person

*Picnic tables are available, please feel free to bring your own lunch or snack*

Garden Club Tours
Have a Garden Club or a bunch of friends that are avid gardeners? Peaceful Valley Orchards is the perfect place to hold your meetings. Take a tour of our commercial fruit and vegetable operation and then hold your meeting at our picnic tables. Visitors will be able to tour our greenhouses, orchards, and vegetables and cut flower plantings with one of our farm educated guides. At the end of the tour guests will have the opportunity to ask one of the farmers any questions they may have about fruit and vegetable production. Feel free to bring your own refreshments. $10/person; Scheduled between May 1-Oct. 31

Apple Orchard Tour:

Available September 13th – October 29th (Mon-Fri 9 am-4 pm)

Cost: $7.75 per person (Teachers, students, chaperones, and siblings)

The apple picking tour is a walking tour and educates kids about farming, apple growing and the role honey bees play on the farm. We teach kids the importance of eating fresh, local, and in season. The tour includes:

- Educational Farm Tour
- Hand picked juicy apples (2 apples per tour member) fresh from the orchard
- Cup of apple cider
- Straw Bale Maze
- Farm Coloring book
- Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Group Photo
- Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Farm Fun Facts

Pumpkin Patch Tour:

Available September 13th – October 29th (Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Cost: $7.75 per person (Teachers, students, chaperones, and siblings)

The Pumpkin patch tour educates kids about farming and growing pumpkins. We teach the importance of eating fresh, local, and in season. The tour includes:

- Educational Farm Tour
- Hayride
- Hand picked Pumpkin the size of your head!
- Straw Bale Maze
- Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Group Photo
- Farm Coloring book
- Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Farm Fun Facts

Combo Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch Tour:

Available September 13th – October 29th (Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Cost: $14 per person (Teachers, students, chaperones, and siblings)

The apple picking tour educates kids about farming, apple and pumpkin growing, and the role honey bees play on the farm. This tour teaches kids the importance of eating fresh, local, and in season. The tour includes:

- Educational Farm Tour
- Hayride
- Hand picked juicy apples (2 apples per tour member) fresh from the orchard
- Hand picked Pumpkin the size of your head!
- Straw Bale Maze
- Cup of cider
- Farm Coloring book
- Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Group Photo
- Peaceful Valley Orchards electronic Farm Fun Facts

* Note: No tours on October 11th (Columbus Day)


Are you interested in one of our tours? If so, please complete the form below.

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Apple Orchard Tour
Pumpkin Patch Tour
Combo Apple Orchard and Pumpkin Patch Tour

 

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