York Pawpaw Festival: September 28th
Tickets are now live for the 20th Annual York County Pawpaw Festival, held on Saturday, September 28th, 9am-5pm at the Horn Farm Center!
You’ll notice a few new ticket features this year, including Premium Early Entry and options for parking on-site or off-site. Each ticket also includes an “arrival window” to help smooth out traffic flows.
Pre-purchased tickets are REQUIRED to attend the Festival. There will be no day-of sales at the door! For more information about tickets and festival logistics, check out our Frequently Asked Questions.
Grab your tickets today for the signature event of Horn Farm Center’s new Wild & Uncommon Weekend!
Want to attend the festival for FREE? Consider volunteering during the event.
Wild & Uncommon Weekend Guide
The York County Pawpaw Festival is now the signature event of Wild & Uncommon Weekend, a region-wide celebration featuring new events and local offerings, many highlighting their own pawpaw twists!
Make the most of your Festival weekend by checking out our partner events taking place across the Lower Susquehanna Riverlands from September 26-29, 2024!
Explore a new array of tastes, tours, and learning experiences, all a part of the Horn Farm’s expanded Wild & Uncommon Weekend.
How About Sunday Brunch?
Kick-off the last day of Wild & Uncommon Weekend with a delicious boxed brunch curated by Locally Seasoned while overlooking the iconic Susquehanna riverfront in Columbia, PA. Enjoy a locally-crafted meal and self-serve beverage station (all featuring pawpaw) while learning about the origins, ecological significance, and future of America’s forgotten fruit!
The presentation will be led by Dale Hendricks, PA pawpaw grower and agroforestry, permaculture, biochar, and soil advocate. Dale will explore the history, culture, and lore of the pawpaw fruit. Learn about establishing other productive perennial crops like honey locust, persimmon, mulberry and more while building an excitingly diverse farm landscape that is water friendly, carbon negative, and presents a hopeful vision for the future.
Did we mention the brunch? Check out the menu and other offerings that will be held at Susquehanna National Heritage Area’s Columbia Crossing River Trail Center on Sunday, September 29th in partnership with the Horn Farm Center!
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Supporting Our Mission, Work, & Festival
Klinge’s mission is to improve the lives of people all over the globe through innovative and ultra-reliable supply chain solutions for critical chemicals, essential foodstuffs, and life-changing medicines. Klinge is also supporting Horn Farm Center’s land-healing mission by providing parking at Church of the Open Door for the York County Pawpaw Festival! Klinge’s customized designs include but are not limited to dual redundant systems, tank container heating and cooling equipment, pharmaceutical temperature control, military-specification refrigeration, explosion-proof refrigeration and heating, quick-thawing systems for meat processing, and equipment reaching temperatures down to -70°C (-94°F). Klinge’s skilled technical team and worldwide service network assist in making sure customer products can be supported around the globe.
We thank Klinge for supporting the Horn Farm Center and for helping to make the 2024 Pawpaw Festival a fun, safe, and accessible outdoor event in York County!
2025 Ecological Gardener Training
Through immersions like our Land Steward and Ecological Gardener Training programs, our community has contributed to the revival and rewilding of different ecological “pockets” across our landscape.Check out the late summer show from our recent plantings, designed and installed by Ecological Gardener Training Program students thanks to our incredible partner, Waxwing EcoWorks Co.
Interested in learning how to design, build, and steward native plant habitat in your own home and community? Be the first to know when the 2025 registrations go live by filling out the interest from linked below.