5th Annual Sunflower Festival

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5th Annual Sunflower Festival
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The 5th Annual Sunflower Festival at Maple Lawn Farms

Enjoy the 5th annual Sunflower Festival at Maple Lawn Farms. With 8-acres and over 187,000 sunflowers in bloom, the festival is the largest, most diverse pick-your-own sunflower patch East of the Mississippi River.

The farmers at Maple Lawn Farms planted 8-acres or approximately 8 football fields of sunflowers. In one section, it’s planted full of the classic yellow sunflowers that will mature at about 5 feet tall.

In another section, visitors get to see around 40 different varieties planted in display plots to show off exotic, multi-colored varieties. In “Land of the Giants,” towering sunflowers form pathways to explore. The “Red Sea” is nearly a full acre of deep, velvety-red sunflowers, unlike anything we’ve planted before.

In “The Wilds,” guests may pick their included sunflower, or pick their pre-purchased 6, 12, or 18 sunflowers from a mixture of over 40 different varieties! All different sizes and colors displayed are ornamental sunflowers.

Relax, get a bite to eat, and even enjoy a glass of wine from Maple Lawn Winery under the enormous white tent and enjoy the lawn – all right in the middle of the Sunflower Fields!

The NEW Safety Plan for the Age in which we live:

Your safety and the safety of our staff is the top priority. We are looking forward to your visit, and have just a few new processes and procedures for guests to follow:

  • Social distancing remains important and all guests are asked to remain a minimum of 6-feet from other guests and staff. 
  • We are enhancing our timed-ticketing program to limit the total number of guests to 50% of our total capacity. NO tickets will be sold at the gate.
  • General admission ticket holders should plan to enjoy a two-hour experience. Most guests for the last 3 festivals averaged 1.5-2 hrs per visit, so this is unlikely to be an inconvenience.
  • Guests and staff are required to wear masks during arrival, transportation on the wagons, and when walking through the patch. You may, of course, remove your masks for picture taking 🙂
  • Guests should plan to bring gloves to use during loading on the ride wagons and while using the flower cutters.

Sunflower “Early Bloomers Weekend Aug. 6th-8th:

This is the early opening and this is a non-festival weekend with a tractor ride and picking, but no food service or LIVE music. It’s meant to be a day in the flowers. Just $10 for children (ages 3-10yrs, 0-2yrs are FREE), $18 Adults (ages 11-101yrs), BUT online ticketing discounts offer the chance to purchase tickets at up to $8 OFF – Purchase Early! Each ticket includes admission, wagon ride to the fields, and one sunflower bloom of the guest’s choice. Friday & Saturday 10am-5pm also Sunday 1pm-5pm.

NOTE: Not all varieties may be blooming yet!

Sunflower Festival General Public Admission Aug 13th-15th and Aug 20th-22nd:

Each ticket includes admission, wagon ride to the fields, and one sunflower of the guest’s choice. Choose the time you would like to visit to get the maximum amount of time in the sunflower fields. Friday Family Day Festival Hours are 10am-5pm. Saturday Sunflower Festival Hours 10am-8:30pm. Sunday Sunflower Festival Hours 1pm-6pm.  *We will close and clear the fields at time stated above on each day.  Please plan accordingly.

No pets are permitted on the grounds or at the Festival.  Thank you for understanding.  Service animals are permitted with proper identification.

NEW Options for Sunflower Enthusiasts! If you LOVE sunflowers, you can make the festival, even more, your very own with our NEW VIP options.

  • Want two different views? The Sunflower FlexPass is valid for ANY two days including Early Bloomers, so you can enjoy two different views of the event. 
  • Is the sunflower field your happy place? The Sunflower ULTIMATE Access Pass is valid for EVERY day of the event and includes a bloom with every visit.
  • Are you totally into sunflowers? The Sunflower Spectacular Pass is the ULTIMATE, every-day access with a bloom on every visit, plus your choice of (1) signature bucket with 10 blooms, (2) wine serving vouchers and 20% bottles of wine for pass holders. (21 and Older Only. All ID’s will be checked- Purchased on the grounds at the Festival Wine Cube only.)

“Each year is an adventure in color,” says Matt Posey, Farm Manager at Maple Lawn Farms. “It’s agriculture. Our guests will have to be forgiving if the sunflowers don’t all cooperate, but when it happens, it should be a wonderful show.”

DRIVE-THRU Local Food & BBQ Festival 5/22-23

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Local Food & BBQ for our FINAL Spring Drive-Thru Festival

7 FARMS UNITE FOR OUR LAST SPRING FESTIVAL

Working together to bring you the “Backyard Grill & Party Box”

What a great way to meet your neighbors and make new friends in agriculture. A farm will keep one busy enough that it takes a shock to the system to get you to pause and take stock.

Dumping milk. Plowing under veggies. Barn weddings cancelled. This crisis has us all trying something new and reaching out to each other for support.

That brings us to our FINAL Spring Festival we’re calling the “Local Food & BBQ Drive-Thru.” We reached out yet again and partnered with 7 farms to bring you good home cookin’, fresh produce, and local food for your Memorial Day weekend.

Meet the Farmers

GK Wilt Farms for Local Beef, New Park, PA (pictured here) – Quick-frozen, local beef processed at Godfrey’s USDA certified butcher shop in Loganville becomes quarter-pounder burger patties for your grill. 

Country View Creamery, Brogue, PA – On-site dairy processing makes delicious raw-milk, aged cheeses.

Maple Lawn Farms & Maple Lawn Winery, New Park, PA – Grab pies, dumplings, cookies, and a selection of wines & hard cider for your Memorial Day weekend.

Pondview Farms, Norrisville, MD – Take home a fresh, HOT 1/2 Chicken BBQ meal with applesauce & baked potato. 

Broom’s Bloom Dairy, Bel Air, MD – Home-made ice cream pints provide a dessert treat. 

Plus our out-of-state partners in Georgia:
Corbett Bros., Lake Park, GA – Zucchini for grilling and salads.

Reserve Your Box Now!

Wine-A-Ritaville Beach Party June 8th 4pm-9pm

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WIne-A-Ritaville Beach Party at Maple Lawn Winery in Pennsylvania

Maple Lawn Winery is trilled to announce Wine-a-Ritaville!

Kick-off Summer with your friends at Wine-a-Ritaville. Waste away with us! Enjoy our specialty drinks with your crew. Our exclusive Wine-a-Ritas are mixed from our very own fruit wines. Also available local beer and even try spirits from our local favorite, Old Republic Distillery in York, PA.

In the Sand & Band Tent enjoy LIVE music from Latitude 24, a Jimmy Buffet tribute band, with your toes in a REAL sand beach we’re pouring in for the event.

Your beach party is fully catered! Your ticket INCLUDES: Buffett Buffet menu of pulled pork, lime rice, Cuban black beans, and Key Lime fudge to top it all off. Enjoy food from 5:30PM-7:30PM

Tickets go on sale April 1st!! Follow this Event for all details and link to tickets!

BYOC-Bring Your Own Chair

Bring a chair and relax or party whichever you would like! We can’t wait for this beach party to launch summer 2019!

*21yrs and older event ONLY. ID’s checked at Event. No outside food or drink permitted. NO Pets. Rain or Shine. No Refunds.

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WINE YOUR WAY OUT! 2018

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Wine Your Way Out 2018
A NEW, exclusive, after hours event at Maize Quest. We’re closing the corn maze and Fun Park for ONE evening this season to host wine tastings INSIDE the maze pathways! You and your friends explore a “scaled down” version of the Maze and to find wine tasting stations from Maple Lawn Winery, Naylor’s Winery and Allegro Vineyards.

Each ticket includes a Campfire Cookout with bratwurst or hot dog you can cook at our campfire pits under the stars, plus roasted corn and baked potato at the pavilion. Plus, enjoy a glass of your favorite wine from the cash bar as you enjoy music.

Saturday Night Sept 15, 6PM-9PM

  • LIVE Music in the field from “Phipps & Friends”
  • Maple Lawn Winery, Allegro Vineyards & Naylor Vineyards – Wine Tasting INCLUDED
  • VIP pricing for our Wine or Hard Cider by the glass
  • 20% VIP Pricing for Wine to Take Home
  • Country Dinner INCLUDED
  • EXCLUSIVE for 21+ attendees with ID
  • EXCLUSIVE Twilight Access to the maze
  • Just $28 per person – A great date night!
  • And SMORE’S for Dessert!

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Wine Just Off the Vine (Nov 11-12 and 18-19)

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Mason-Dixon Wine Trail

Visit Maple Lawn Winery at the Wine Just Off the Vine event November 11-12 and November 18-19. Our hours for this special event are Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5pm.

Enjoy two weekends of wine tastings on the Mason-Dixon Wine Trail, the Mid-Atlantic’s Premier Year-Round Wine Destination.

Guests will receive exclusive tastings at participating locations during both weekends, as well as light food items and more. Highlights will include tastings of “nouveau” wines and wine pressed fresh from the harvest.

The Mason-Dixon Wine Trail stretches across south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, sending wine lovers on a tasting adventure across some of the most beautiful spaces on the East Coast.

Purchase tickets: Buy tickets at the winery or online.

If you have any questions about ordering online tickets please email marketing@yorkpa.org.

You must be 21 or older to purchase a ticket.

Groups – If you are planning to visit in a limo, bus, van or motor coach, we require a 24 hour advanced booking to make sure we are prepared to serve you efficiently.

Designated Drivers – We strongly encourage you to use a designated driver when you explore the Mason-Dixon Wine Trail.

Cigar Guitar, BBQ & Wine Event

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Get down to the King of Cigar Box Guitars, Shane Spiel, as you down delicious BBQ from Smokin’ Coals and sip luscious fruit Wines and Ciders from Maple Lawn Winery.

Admisssion is FREE, just buy your food and wine to enjoy a crisp Fall Friday Night on the farm.

Don’t you get tired of doing the same old stuff? The Fall season is here and we’re kicking off our Fall Event series with LIVE music, LIVE food, and LIVE wine pouring at Maple Lawn Winery.

Good news: There are NO TICKETS required to stop by for music & food, plus you may purchase wine & hard cider by the glass and the VIP Membership card at the bottom entitles you to exclusive “by-the-glass” pricing at the event!

Friday’s event (5PM-8PM) features:

https://www.facebook.com/CigarBoxGuitar

MUSIC: Shane Speal is the King of Cigar Box Guitars. York’s very own maker and musician of this olde tyme folk instrument has carved out a niche in folk & funk. Enjoy your food and enjoy the entertainment. His shows are never the same twice!

https://www.facebook.com/SmokinCoalsBBQ/

FOOD: Back by Popular Demand and bringing the smoked-on-the-spot meats, mac & cheese with burnt ends and more, Smokin’ Coals is BBQ on a mission. A portion of the profits goes to Beast Cancer Research, so eat up and you’ll be helpin’ out!

Michelle’s Wine Pairing Recommendation: Blueberry Blossom

Thanks for your support and we’ll see you this weekend!

-Hugh from Maple Lawn Winery

Fly-over the Sunflowers at Maple Lawn Farms

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MEGA Peach crop continues throughout the Sunflower Weekend. Pick-Your-Own Sweet Peaches before or after you visit the sunflower fields.

Coral Star Peaches headline the weekend as the juicy, delicious fruit is prime and ripe for the picking. 1/2 bu holds about 23-25 POUNDS of peaches for just $18, but here’s the special deal:

–> Pick (2) baskets, get both for just $15 each AND get a coupon for (2) FREE Tastings at Maple Lawn Winery <–

Nothing to print, just ask in the orchard!

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Full Details:

Maple Lawn Farms Sunflower & Peaches Weekend

Who:

Maple Lawn Farms, Maple Lawn Winery & Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park

What:

The farmers at Maple Lawn Farms planted 5-acres, or approximately 5 football fields of sunflowers. In one section, it’s planted full of the classic yellow sunflowers that will mature at about 5 feet tall. In another 2 acres, visitors get to see 10-12 different varieties that display the wide spectrum of sizes and colors in ornamental sunflowers.

Why:

“Sunflowers are symbols of positive thoughts, feelings and create a happy atmosphere,” says Hugh McPherson, Maize Quest’s Mazemaster. “They connect with people, and we want people to connect with farming on a personal level.”

When: Maple Lawn Winery Sneak Preview Event: Friday Aug 11, 2017 5PM-9PM

General Public Admission: Sat 10AM-6PM, Sun 1PM-5PM

Last ticket allowed ONE HOUR before closing. Fields closed at listed hours.

Details: The Sunflower Festival is an experience. All guests park at the farm market. Each ticket includes a wagon ride to the field of sunflowers. Guests spend as much time taking pictures, exploring around the field, and reading informational signs as they like. Each ticket includes one ‘stem’ or LIVE cut sunflower. Parking is FREE.

After exploring the sunflowers, guests may enjoy ice cream, donuts, pies, fudge, cookies and more from the bakery and farm market. Food trucks are on site for lunch, snacks and dinner. Maple Lawn Winery is open for tastings and shopping Sat 12PM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM for guests over 21 years old.

Winery Sneak Preview Details: Friday Aug 11, 2017 5PM-9PM, Maple Lawn Winery is hosting a VIP wine tasting, LIVE music and food truck event. This event will be the FIRST opportunity to visit the Sunflower Fields via wagon ride, and is limited to 250 guests over 21 years old (I.D. required).

Maple Lawn Winery will be open for wine tastings and our outdoor event area offer space to enjoy dinner from the food trucks and beverages from the winery and local breweries while listening to live music.

Ticketing disclaimers: Ticketing is limited and MUST be purchased online to ensure admission to the event. Due to our capacity, we are strictly limiting ticket sales BY DAY to ensure every guest gets plenty of pictures in the sunflowers.

NOTE: Sunflowers are an agricultural crop and therefore subject to weather, growing conditions and ripening variables. We cannot guarantee that the sunflowers will bloom on a particular date, so prepare to be flexible by 7-10 days in your visit.

Stay tuned on Facebook. for up-to-the-minute plans. The event is an outdoor event and therefore held weather permitting. Should a complete crop failure arise, tickets will be exchanged for Maize Quest Corn Maze & Fun Park tickets OR a Maple Lawn Winery upcoming event OR for Maple Lawn Farms fruit and merchandise certificates. NO cash refunds.

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