All About Orchards – AppleJack Weekend

PLEASE NOTE: For your convenience, the Tree Adventure, Arbor Lodge Mansion, Wine Tasting, Hard Cider Tasting, and Live Music will require tickets for admission. We strongly recommend you purchase tickets in advance online. Space will be limited to help ensure safe social distancing. We cannot guarantee entrance to these attractions/activities without a pre-purchased ticket. Beginning September 14, all Arbor Day Farm attractions will be open Tuesday through Sunday only.

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Join us for weekend #2 of the AppleJack Weekend Festival – All About Orchards. Where better to experience the fruits of the orchard than at Arbor Day Farm?! Leave time for other seasonal tastes and activities, including caramel apples, apple donuts, fresh apple pie, wine tasting, and hard cider tasting. Plus enjoy lunch at a food truck, experience time in the trees at the Tree Adventure, and take a stroll through history at Arbor Lodge. There’s also apple variety tasting and a kid’s hay slide and maze.

There’s so much to see and do, you might as well make it a weekend with an overnight stay at Lied Lodge. Book now online or by calling 402-873-8733.

Safely Visiting Arbor Day Farm

We are committed to providing a safe space for everyone who visits and works here. Please help us make that possible.

  • Wear a mask in all indoor public spaces
  • Maintain 6-ft social distancing
  • Wash/sanitize hands frequently

All About Orchards – AppleJack Weekend

PLEASE NOTE: For your convenience, the Tree Adventure, Arbor Lodge Mansion, Wine Tasting, Hard Cider Tasting, and Live Music will require tickets for admission. We strongly recommend you purchase tickets in advance online. Space will be limited to help ensure safe social distancing. We cannot guarantee entrance to these attractions/activities without a pre-purchased ticket. Beginning September 14, all Arbor Day Farm attractions will be open Tuesday through Sunday only.

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Join us for weekend #2 of the AppleJack Weekend Festival – All About Orchards. Where better to experience the fruits of the orchard than at Arbor Day Farm?! Leave time for other seasonal tastes and activities, including caramel apples, apple donuts, fresh apple pie, wine tasting, and hard cider tasting. Plus enjoy lunch at a food truck, experience time in the trees at the Tree Adventure, and take a stroll through history at Arbor Lodge. There’s also apple variety tasting and a kid’s hay slide and maze.

There’s so much to see and do, you might as well make it a weekend with an overnight stay at Lied Lodge. Book now online or by calling 402-873-8733.

Safely Visiting Arbor Day Farm

We are committed to providing a safe space for everyone who visits and works here. Please help us make that possible.

  • Wear a mask in all indoor public spaces
  • Maintain 6-ft social distancing
  • Wash/sanitize hands frequently

Harvest Celebration 2016 at Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure

At Arbor Day Farm, it’s more than an apple orchard. It’s where memories are hand-picked all season long.

• Shop for pre-picked apples by the bag or the bushel at the Apple House Market.
• Savor the season’s best flavors: apple pies, hand-dipped caramel apples, apple cider, and more.
• Taste the apples of yesteryear with antique apple tasting.
• Zigzag your way through the corn maze.
• Choose the perfect pumpkin from the patch.
• Climb aboard the Discovery Ride for a journey into the orchards or a free hayrack ride for general Arbor Day Farm transportation.

This and so much more is waiting for you to explore. For more information, call 402-873-8717.

2016 Applejack Festival at Arbor Day Farm

Mark your calendar: Nebraska City’s annual Applejack Festival is Sept. 16-18, 2016. We invite you to join us in celebrating an abundant apple harvest!

At the Tree Adventure:
• Pick your own apples in the orchard.
• Climb aboard the Discovery Ride with a stop in the Preservation Orchard. Rides depart hourly, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Enjoy live music, bubble making, face painting, and wood carving demonstrations.
• Admission: $8 adults, $6 youth (ages 3-12). Discovery Ride tickets are an additional $5 per person.
• Open extended hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

At the Apple House Market:
• Shop for apples by the bag or bushel.
• Taste Arbor Day Farm wines.
• Select apple pies, caramel apples, fresh-pressed cider, and other fall season treats.
• Choose from assorted food truck fare in the back lawn area.
• Open extended hours: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

At the Historic Barns:
• Shop at the craft show, featuring 50+ booths of hand-crafted items. Open Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Sample heirloom apples from the Preservation Orchard.
• Snack on apple pies, caramel apples, apple slushies, beer, wine, and more.

At Arbor Lodge Mansion:
• Tour the 52-room mansion of J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day.
• Find delicious fare at the food truck.
• Enjoy a Model A car show; Sept. 18 only, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.

At Lied Lodge:
• Savor a chef-inspired meal with sweeping views of Arbor Day Farm.
• Board the festival trolley between Arbor Day Farm venues, Steinhart Lodge parking lot, and Nebraska City High School Parking Lot.

Hoping to stay overnight at Lied Lodge? Rooms sell out quickly in the fall season, but please call our Reservations Team to check the latest availability: 800-546-5433.