Spring Tours
Spring is a busy time on the farm as plants begin to grow for the season. Our apple and peach trees bloom and begin to produce the year’s crop. Strawberries are blooming and producing red, juicy berries. The greenhouses at Hinton’s Orchard are also busy during the spring growing flowers, herbs, and vegetable plants to be used on the farm and for customers to purchase. On a spring tour, students will hayride through the orchard to learn about the life cycle of our trees, tour greenhouses to see various stages of plant growth, and visit the strawberry patch for each student to pick a few berries in season. Students can play in our Hinton’s FarmLand play area and classes have the option of bringing a sack lunch to eat under our pavilion.
Tour Available April 15 – June 1
Guided Tour Length: 1 ½ hours
Cost: $5.00 per student, $2.00 per parent, staff are free
Summer Tours
Visit Hinton’s Orchard with your summer camp to see fruits and vegetables growing and maybe sample a few! Groups will take a hayride through the orchard and around the farm to learn about the life cycle of peaches and how we harvest them and also visit a vegetable garden to see different kinds of plants and learn how to harvest. In season, all students will pick a peach 
of their own. Students can recess in our Hinton’s FarmLand play area and classes have the option of bringing a sack lunch to eat under our pavilion.
Tour Available June 1 – August 1
Guided Tour Length: 1 – 1 ½ hour
Cost: $5.00 per student, $2.00 per parent, staff are free
Fall Tours
Fall is the most fun time of the year at Hinton’s Orchard! Visit with your school group to learn about apples, pumpkins, and more. Two different options for fall trips are listed below. Each comes with the option to visit the 3-acre corn maze on your own. Plan to spend the day by bringing a sack lunch to eat under our pavilion and let students play in our expanded Hinton’s FarmLand.
Apple Tour
Visit the orchard in September and spend some time in the apple orchard. Hayride through the orchard to see many different varieties of apples, learn about the life cycle of apples, and how we harvest. Students will also visit our market building to see what happens to apples after they are harvested – from washing to refrigeration, and finally into the store. After discussing different tastes and uses for apples, students 
will enjoy a sample of apple cider and take sampling apples home to share. Following the tour, teachers can decide to visit the corn maze, play in Hinton’s FarmLand play area, and each lunch under our pavilion. Larger groups will be divided and may complete the tour in a slightly different order.
Tour Available: September 1 – 30
Guided Tour Length: 1 – 1 ½ hours
Cost: $4 per student
Apple & Pumpkin Tour
With this tour, students will get to experience both of the fun fall crops at Hinton’s Orchard. The tour will begin with a hayride to the apple orchard and include a discussion of the life cycle of apples. Next, the hayride will unload at the pumpkin patch for a discussion of the life cycle of pumpkins and each student
will pick their own pumpkin from the patch where it grew. Finally, students will finish the guided part of the tour by visiting the market building to see harvested apples be prepared to sell and each student will receive a sample of fresh apple cider. Following the tour, teachers can decide to visit the corn maze, play in Hinton’s FarmLand play area, and each lunch under our pavilion. Larger groups will be divided and may complete the tour in a slightly different order.
Tour Available: September 20 – October 31
Guided Tour length: 1 ½ – 2 hours
Cost: $6.00 per student
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