This year we’re adding one more thing to celebrate: apples!
The Rocks will host our first-ever Apple Cider Celebration over the three days of
Columbus Day Weekend, October 10-12, and it will be a delight for the senses!
The kaleidoscopic colors of autumn, the taste of freshly pressed apple cider,
horse-drawn wagon rides through the farm, and a program on pruning apple trees.
Beyond the myriad rows of Christmas trees growing through
the fields at The Rocks, there are nearly 200 apple trees. These are all
heirloom varieties and are pruned for the benefit of the many species of
wildlife who live on the farm and rely on apples as a staple of their fall diet:
deer, bear, coyote, turkey, moose, porcupine and others.
Both The Rocks Marketplace and the Gift Shop – chockfull of
gifts, decorations, and the works of many local artisans – will be open during
the Apple Cider Celebration, which will run each day of the long weekend from
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wagon rides will be offered Sunday and Monday. The apple
tree pruning presentation will be Saturday at 11 a.m. Guests are invited to
explore the network of trails at The Rocks, bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in
the formal gardens or elsewhere on the Estate, visit the interactive New
Hampshire Maple Experience museum, and even “tag” a Christmas tree in the field. (For more on The Rocks’
Tag-Your-Own tree season, check out our last Blog post!)
For those who want to continue celebrating apple cider, we’ll
also have small cider presses available for sale. Sip cider, shop for the
holidays, take in the colors of fall…the Apple Cider Celebration has it all!
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