Well, this is awkward.
We’re having Apple Days, without many apples.
A late spring frost had other plans for Southwest Colorado’s apple crop. The fruit may be scarce this year, but the fun is decidedly not!
This year’s festivities include:
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The highly anticipated Apple(less) Pie Eating Competition
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Apple pressing demonstrations
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Local vendors
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Educational activities
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Family-friendly fun!
orchard-to-table
brunch
On Sunday, October 11, we’re opening the gates to the historic Roberta Barr Ranch in Hermosa for an afternoon that happens only once: just 60 guests will gather for The Good Food Collective’s first-ever Orchard-to-Table Brunch.
Executive Chef Jenni Gross is preparing an abundant, scratch-cooked harvest brunch featuring ingredients grown and produced across Southwest Colorado. Throughout the meal, EsoTerra Ciderworks will pour hard or NA cider pairings, made with apples gathered from the orchards up and down the very same creek we're dining along.
EsoTerra Ciderworks founders Elizabeth and Jared will share the fascinating—and sometimes improbable—story of apples in Southwest Colorado: old orchards, mining-era history, colorful characters, late frosts, and the persistence it takes to grow fruit in the high country.
Join the apple(less)
pie-eating competition!
Get ready for the challenge, the glory, the deliciousness! We double-dog dare you to become one of our comp-eat-itors in either the Adult or Youth categories.
Be there or be hungry. The trophies are custom built by our Apple Fairies and are almost as good as the pies ;)
at the festival:
story "core"🍎
apple mural
creation!
Come join local artist Kate Covey of Codesigned Collaborative to share your story about what apples have meant to you, and watch as she adds it to our apple mural for posterity!
