Our Summer Harvest Festival is this weekend!

Summer Harvest Festival 2019

Saturday, September 14, from 9 – 5 PM

Sunday, September 15, from 10 AM to 4 PM

Arts & Crafts Vendors

It's time to celebrate the end of summer & beginning of fall! Over 90 heritage arts and crafts vendors from near and far will be showing off their hard work, skills and talents. We'll have 7 food trucks and lots of concessions available to satisfy your appetite. We'll even have some local farmers offering fall produce for you to take home.

Full Vendor List 2019

Fun for the Kids . . .

Let the kids go a little wild and free, while you kick back with family, friends and neighbors. The entry fee includes lots of activities for the kids, including vintage carnival games, Mr. Twister and his balloon creations under the Big Oak at the Stables, Mr. Mark from The Broccoli Brothers on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00-11:45 AM for a sing-a-long in the Gazebo. Ms. Jimmie will also have a Make-A-Basket class in the Basket Gallery at 11 AM on Saturday & at 2 PM on Sunday. If you're looking for a little more, we'll have $2 wagon rides on the half hour starting at 11 AM on Saturday and noon on Sunday; and $5 Stables tours to meet our Barnyard friends, beginning at 11 AM (closed-toe shoes required).

And Fun for the Adults

For adults, we'll have music at the Gazebo with musician, Scot Painter, playing from 12:30-2:45 PM on Saturday, and the live “hard hittin’ bluegrass” of Folkstone Stringband on Sunday from 1-4:00 PM. Adult beverages will be available for purchase from Wrightsville Beach Brewery , Noni Bacca Winery , and B.B.’s Tropical Treats. Poplar Grove will also have a $5 beer tent.

If you're looking for a little history, visit our antebellum Manor House for a self-guided tour (additional fee) of this former peanut plantation, located within the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.

General Admission is $5 for ages 3 and up, and includes games, prizes, and activities. All proceeds benefit Poplar Grove Foundation, Inc., in support of our mission of conservation, education, and preservation.

Poplar Grove Plantation | Wilmington, North Carolina | 910-686-9518

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