Wassailing is an old English practice, with pagan and Norse roots, that involves celebrating the year's apple harvest and anointing the trees with cider to ensure a prosperous apple harvest the following year. Wassailing is a practice that is still done to this day - usually closer to the beginning of January to coincide with the new year and Yuletide. Due to the post-holiday Covid surge, we postponed our Wassail, but the concept still stands: toasting last year’s harvest and blessing the next year’s with cider, songs, fire, and community.  Enjoy some additional Wasail background and history.

At 4:30pm we will gather by the fire pits and proceed on a guided orchard walk led by members of our orchard team and special guests Dan Pucci and Craig Cavallo, authors of the book American Cider. Weather permitting, we will walk with torches and stop at various points of interest for readings, poetry, songs, and reflections with the trees.

We recommend wearing sturdy boots and warm clothing. This event is free and open to all! We hope to see you there!