When:
September 16, 2023 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
2023-09-16T11:00:00-04:00
2023-09-16T16:00:00-04:00

Harvest Celebration! 2023

Saturday & Sunday
September 16-17, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. daily

Smeck Park
7395 Basil Rd
Baltimore, OH  43105

Watch as members of Fairfield County Antique Tractor Club bring in the crops using early farm machinery.  Share in some of the work such as getting potatoes out of the ground, shuck maize or popcorn, and take home some of the fresh goodies!  Pick your own pumpkin and gourd – one each, please.

Click here to get a Schedule of Activities & Event Map (printable PDF).  There will be activities and games for all ages, demonstrations, displays, vendors, music, and food trucks.  Come, have fun with us!

Harvest Celebration! 2023 – Schedule of Activities & Event Map (updated 9/11/2023)

HAYRIDE & PARKING SHUTTLE

Parking is available at Smeck Park.  Parking is also at Liberty Union High School.  Those who park at the school will enjoy a free hayride to and from the event.  The shuttle/hayride will leave the school parking lot at 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30 (times are approximate).

ACTIVITIES & GAMES

  • Harvesting Potatoes
  • Pick Your Own Pumpkin, Gourd, Colored Maize, Dried Sunflower Heads
    one pumpkin, gourd, and sunflower per person
  • Pumpkin Painting
  • Candlemaking
  • Cornhole (play cornhole and other games with Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office Deputies!)
  • Tavern Games
  • Coin Scramble (ages 3-10)
  • Gravity Wagon Basketball

DEMONSTRATIONS

  • Spinning Wheel & Drop Spindle (Sunday only)
  • Alpaca Wool Carding
  • Rope Making

EXHIBITS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS & MORE

  • Antique Tractors
  • Antique Farm Implements
  • Fairfield County GIS, Maps
    1910 and 2010 Maps of Baltimore, more
  • Decorative Arts Center of Ohio
    Learn about art exhibits and classes, Plein Air in the Parks 2023 Series, The Art of Nature (9/23), more!
  • Fairfield County Genealogical Society
    Learn about researching your family tree and local history.
  • Girl Scouts of Ohio Heartland, Troop 7501
    Why recycle?
  • Visit Fairfield County (Sunday only)
    What is there to do in Fairfield County?
  • Antique Farm Implements
    Tractors, Wagons, Hand Tools, Cider Press, more.
  • Baltimore Community Museum
  • Fairfield Soil & Water Conservation District
    Skins & Skulls of Ohio Mammals and Field Tiles Display
  • OSU Extension, Fairfield County
    How to Spot a Spot (spotted lanternfly)
  • ODNR Division of Wildlife
    What Does a Wildlife Officer Do?
  • Fairfield County Beekeepers Association
    How to get started in beekeeping.

FOOD

Carroll Lions Food Truck
Baked Goods Sale by Girls Scouts of Ohio Heartland Troop 7501

PETS

Well-mannered pets are welcome.  They must always be under control and on a leash no longer than 6’.  For the health and safety of all, you must pick up and properly dispose of pets’ waste.

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