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Orchard tours your kids will love and teachers will appreciate!
Come see the beautiful orchards. Your students will love a day on the farm!
Book your tour now - before the fall fills up.
What
You Can Do:
- Take a tractor-pulled wagon ride
- Pick fruit (July: pick bluebrries, August: get a bag of peaches, September and October: pick apples, November: get a bag of apples)
- Pick a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch (Mid-September through November)
- Learn about bees and farms.
- Explore a 3-acre corn maze.
- Play in the corn shed, slide down a tube slide, play in the apple bin-azium, and ride a pedal kart.
- Picnic at the large covered picnic area if you like.
- Stop in the farm stand on your own to see live bees making honey in the observational bee hive.
Please Read Before Booking:
- Tours are scheduled between the hours of 9:30-3:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.
- Tours are $5/student. Chaperones are free and do not pick fruit and pumpkins. If you would prefer to have your chaperones pick, please note that in the comment section when you make your on-line reservation and the cost will be $5/person. We apologize, but we request that you make a group decision and either all of your adults pick or none of your adults pick.
- Plan on spending about 2 hours on the farm (groups larger than 50 will probably need more time). This includes educational time, play time, and snack/lunch time.
- It helps us interact with your students if they wear nametags, but this is optional.
- Minimum tour size is 12 students. You may bring fewer, but you will need to enter 12 on the reservation page and pay the minimum $60.
- If you have more than 40 total people, please book consecutive time slots for each group of approximately 25 people. For example, an elementary school with 100 total people should book four consecutive time slots (Each time is 30 minutes apart).
- The picnic area will be reserved for you for thirty minutes beginning one hour after your scheduled start time. If your start time is 10 am, the picnic area will be reserved for you from 11-11:30. If you prefer to not eat at the reserved time, you are welcome to bring blankets and picnic in the grass at any time you desire.
- You are welcome to bring packed lunches or snacks or we can provide lunches for you. Just click the link to see the available options. We request at least one week's notice for food orders.
- Bring sharpies with you to label student's apple bags. You may even want to bring a plastic grocery bag for each student to hold their pumpkin and their bag of apples.
- If you have a tour scheduled for September or October at 10 am or later you may arrive early (as early as 9:30 am) and let your students have time in our play area before their scheduled start time. The play area is not a private area; other schools may be playing as well. We request that chaperones are assigned to a group of students and stay with those students in the play area. Your educational talk, wagon ride, and picking time are private. If you choose to come early, please keep an eye on the time and be ready to start your tour at your scheduled time. If your tour is for summer or in November, we ask that you arrive at your start time. Since we are busier in September and October, groups may not be able to get their first choice of start time so we're trying to make sure they get their play time.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW TO BOOK A TOUR
Educational Coloring/Activity Books: Looking for an educational
and inexpensive souvenir of your trip? Pick up one of these books in
the farm stand. Inventory may change, you may call ahead to reserve
books.
- Honey Book: a fantastic biology lesson with terms such as antennae, compound eye, thorax, abdomen, drone, queen, worker bee, proboscis, nectar, symbiotic relationship, circle dance, wag tail dance, and more. It is a fantastic book with many, many bee facts; sure to teach everyone in your class something new.
- Corn Book: teaches children the history of corn and how the Indians taught the pilgrims how to grow and use it in many ways. It also teaches children the correct plant part names, what makes popcorn pop, and how corn mazes are created.
- Apple Book: geared toward young children. Mostly a coloring book.
- Pumpkin Book
- Vegetable Book
- Gourd Book
Teacher Testimonials...
- I was on my daughter's fieldtrip to your orchard with Hampden Elementary. It was the best field trip I've been on (and I am a former teacher, so I've been on my share of them)! It was just wonderful to see firsthand how sincere and family-oriented you really are! It was quite an enjoyable day for children and adults alike. Thanks again! Sharon Dietz
- On behalf of the students of PA Virtual Charter School, I would like to thank you for the excellent outing in October. The students commented on how interesting the program was and how much they enjoyed the activities. Thank you for allowing us the use of the tents. Your careful attention to details, your organization, and your friendly, helpful staff made it possible for our groups to move smoothly through your activities. This was an excellent outing for our students. I hope that we will be able to reserve a tour in the future. Deborah Umbreit, PAVCS. (120+ people)
- Thank you very much for our exciting day at Paulus Orchards. We had lots of fun picking pumpkins and apples - the apples were delicious! We loved the wagon ride too. Thank you for making our day so much fun! Mrs. Bortner, Kindergarten Teacher, St. Rose of Lima School
- We had a great time visiting your orchard on October 22, 2008. The students enjoyed all of the activities that you had planned for them. They were able to see first hand how things are done at the orchard as well as get some tasty apples to take home...I also really appreciate how Karen helped the members of our group that arrived later. She went the "extra mile"...Thanks again for making our trip to Paulus Orchards a great experience! Kim Gruver, Agora Cyber Charter School.
- Thank you again for allowing Tiger Cub Scout Pack 198, Den 8 to visit. All of the scouts and their families had a wonderful time and learned a great deal. We appreciate all of your time and effort. Steve Rehrer, Den Leader.
- Your field trips are wonderful...hope we can do it again. Francine Moody, Wesley Pre School, Mechanicsburg
- Thank you for a wonderful field trip. The presentation was on their level and just the right length. You have a beautiful orchard. We really enjoyed the day. Carol Johnson, Kindergarten Teacher, St. Rose of Lima School.
- Thank you so much for a wonderful field trip! You really do an outstanding job. The kids all had a great time. Carol Hansen, GLEE Pre-school, Mechanicsburg.
