Upcoming Events at Willowgrove Farm
We host various seasonal events and workshops at the farm!
Click the event listing to learn more.
Willowgrove Work Bee
This May 4th, many hands will make light work! Much like an old barn raising, we hope to come together as a community to do the impossible! Our goal: to convert the foundation of an old chicken barn (Belonging to AD Grove) into an outdoor terrace and gathering space adjoining our greenhouse.
The greenhouse, which was built in 2021 through a donation by Willowgrove founder, Glen Brubaker (Watch Time Lapse Here), will also receive a makeover: finishing off the interior so that it can be better utilized for Outdoor Ed's Plant and Seed program, WDC's nature program, and Take Root's Parent and Tot, and Nature School programs.
9:00 am - Arrival
12:00 pm - Lunch (supplied by Willowgrove)
2:00 pm - Departure
Where your favourite Star Wars shirt, get your hand dirty, and enjoy some pizza on us! To RSVP, email Willowgrove's Recreation Director, Maeyken Jones below. Please be sure to mention any dietary needs too!
RSVP
GTA Mennonite Festival For World Relief
Mennonite Food, Wagon-Rides, Pick-Your-Own Apples, and Live Quilt Auction!
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 Walk-ups
(Children 5 and under are free)
It starts with food! So come hungry! Enjoy traditional (and not so traditional) Mennonite favourites like rosettes, freshly baked pies, hand-churned ice cream, spring rolls and more!
The fun continues! Bring the whole family and enjoy fun activities including wagon rides, pick-your-own apples and other family-friendly fun.
Shop for beautiful crafts and fresh produce. Check out the silent auction, and famous Toronto Mennonite Festival Quilt Auction.
Bring the whole family to the Festival and let's change lives together!
The GTA Mennonite Festival For World Relief will take place rain or shine!
All proceeds support relief, development and peace in Ontario and around the world through Mennonite Central Committee.
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Willowgrove’s Weekend
Pick Your Own Apples Events!
Saturdays and Sundays
Sept. 21 - Oct. 27, 2023
(and Thanksgiving Monday)
10am - 4pm
Weekend Pick-Your-Own Apples in Willowgrove Farm’s 900-tree apple orchard
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
No cost for entry
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own : Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Willowgrove’s Market Stand is also open selling honey, lavender, garlic, and more
Maple Syrup Tours on the Farm (Sat.)
No tours on Sundays! Saturday, March 9, (no event Sunday), then continues from Monday, March - Saturday, March 16.
Maple Syrup Tours on the Farm (Weekdays)
No tours on Sundays! Saturday, March 9, (no event Sunday), then continues from Monday, March - Saturday, March 16.
Reconciliation Welcome Day
Reconciliation Welcome Day - Tours and Free Land Access for Indigenous Communities
Christmas On The Farm
Christmas on the Farm
A day of festive fun at Willowgrove Farm!
Saturday, November 25th, 2023
10am - 4pm
Hands-on Activities
This November, Willowgrove’s Christmas on the Farm is back with guided tours and lots of festive, hands-on activities to fill your family with the holiday spirit.
Try your hand at creating a country craft
Play a role in the nativity by helping to re-enact the Christmas story in Willowgrove’s barn, alongside some friendly farm animals
Take a look inside Willowgrove’s I Spy Christmas room to see if you can find the hidden items
Play in the hayloft
End your adventure around a campfire singing your favourite Christmas songs, and sipping Willowgrove’s hot apple cider and hot chocolate (For purchase)
TICKETS / ADMISSION
Tickets are $15 per person
Children 2- are free
So many Christmas secrets in store…
Ever wonder why we decorate evergreen trees, eat candy canes, and exchange gifts at Christmas? Learn about the ways people celebrate this season all over the world!
Willowgrove’s incredible Outdoor Education Instructors will share fun stories and teach your family some new (and old) Christmas traditions
Put your sleuthing skills to the test and see how many folktales/traditions your family can find with an outdoor scavenger hunt
Questions
Call (905) 640-2127 to learn more.
Contact us for more information!
Thanksgiving: Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Willowgrove’s Thanksgiving Monday, Pick Your Own Apples Event!
Thanksgiving Monday
Monday, Oct. 9, 2023
10am - 4pm
There’s no better way to celebrate the harvest than Picking-Your-Own Apples in Willowgrove’s 900-tree apple orchard
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
No cost for entry
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own : Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Willowgrove’s Market Stand is also open selling honey, lavender, garlic, and more
Practicing Peacemaking Workshop
Practicing Peacemaking Workshop:
Sat. Aug. 12 @ 1-3pm
Willowgrove is very excited to be hosting Peter Haresnape (Bio below) for a 2-hour workshops in the Indoor Pavilion space on Saturday, August 12.
This engaging, skills-based workshop teaches participants about the concepts and theories of non-violence, and features stories from Anabaptist (“Peace Church”) peacemakers throughout history.
Participants will also be given the tools for how to successfully analyze conflict, learning practical techniques for implementing various forms of non-violent intervention.
COST: SUGGESTED DONATION IS $10
(Free for all Mennonite Fellowship Festival campers)
About Peter Haresnape
Peter was born into a non-denominational Christian community in England, giving him early experience of living out faith in every aspect of life. He studied English Literature at Stirling University, where he also encountered theologies of liberation and solidarity, calling followers of Jesus into action for social justice. Following that call he came to Turtle Island in 2010 to work with Christian Peacemaker Teams as part of the Indigenous Solidarity program. Peter has been active in interpreting issues of decolonization and solidarity to the Church through sermons, workshops, and two chapters in Unsettling the Word – Biblical Experiments in Decolonization (Mennonite Church Canada 2018).
After attending for several years, Peter formally joined TUMC in 2015 and has served on Preaching Team, as a Junior Youth Sunday School teacher, and as a consultant to the Mission and Service Committee. Since 2016, Peter has been the National Coordinator of the Student Christian Movement of Canada (SCM). In that role Peter is a core organizer of the Cahoots Festival, an annual ecumenical skill-sharing event focused on faith and justice.
Peter accepted a call to pastoral ministry at TUMC in November 2019.
Peter is married to Ken, living together with housemates in Toronto’s former Catholic Worker community. Peter enjoys Arthurian literature, roleplaying games, small group Bible studies without foregone conclusions, and drinking cups of tea with friends and enemies.
Selah's Song: Folk Musical Fundraiser
Community Mennonite Church of Stouffville Proudly Presents
SELAH’S SONG:
FOLK MUSICAL FUNDRAISER
In Benefit of Willowgrove’s Charitable Subsidy Programs
Sunday, Nov. 20 @ 2:30pm
(11737 McCowan Road, Stouffville, ON)
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:
Community Mennonite Church of Stouffville commissioned Theatre of the Beat to create Selah’s Song in 2013. It was performed in partnership with Stouffville’s Nineteen on the Park Theatre, premiering in January of 2014. This original production acted as a community theatre project, bringing together an eclectic +40-person cast and live band, and featured many Willowgrove connections. Now in 2022, Theatre of the Beat has restaged the production as a four-person show with professional actor/musicians/puppeteers and is currently touring across Canada. We are very excited to host this production at Willowgrove.
All proceeds directly support
Willowgrove’s Hand-in-Hand Subsidy Programs
BUY TICKETS NOW AT THE LINKS BELOW:
Note: all tickets are General Admission.
There are no assigned seating available.
$10 for Students/Seniors
$15 for Adults
Community Mennonite Church of Stouffville, in partnership with Willowgrove, is pleased to present: Selah’s Song, an original social justice folk musical.
Written by Johnny Wideman, with original music by Bryan Moyer Suderman, Selah’s Song tells the story of a young girl whose courage inspired a village and whose song became an anthem for peace.
Featuring puppets, a beautiful hand-painted/quilted set, and with live multi-instrumentalist folk music, Selah’s Song is a heartwarming musical that unpacks important social justice concepts of rules and when it is OK to break them in a fun all-ages musical!
CAST & CREW:
Produced by: Theatre of the Beat
Director: Erin Brandenburg
Written by: Johnny Wideman
Music by: Brian Moyer Suderman
Production Manager: Cedric Martin
Set Design: Ian Garrett
Puppet Design: Kristine White
Costumer Designer: Camila Farah
Producer: Brendan Kinnon
Cast: Malia Rogers, Sara Jarvie-Clark, Christina Leonard, and Zach Parsons
About the Company:
Founded in 2011, Theatre of the Beat (TOTB) is a Canadian touring theatre company working to catalyze conversations on social justice and its intersection with the beliefs of the communities in which we find ourselves by staging change across North America and the World!
Through an immersive cultural exchange of grassroots theatre, hospitality, and philosophy, the company empowers its audience to work towards a just future.
BUY TICKETS AT THE LINKS BELOW:
All proceeds directly support
Willowgrove’s Hand-in-Hand Subsidy Programs
Note: all tickets are General Admission.
There are no assigned seating available.
Pick Your Own Apples (No Reservation Required)
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples (No Reservation Required)
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples (No Reservation Required)
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Thanksgiving: Pick Your Own Apples
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own : Macintosh, Cortland, Empire
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm
Come Pick Your Own Apples on the Farm!
Throughout the fall, join us at Willowgrove on Saturdays and Sunday from 10am-4pm!
Pick-Your-Own-Apples ($15/10lb per bag)
Apple Varieties for Pick Your Own: Macintosh, Cortland, Empire, and more
Honey Crisp Apples Available Pre-picked ($25/10lb per bag)
Don’t Forget to Grab a Pumpkin as Well ($5 each)
$15/per bag pick your own
(Macintosh, Cortland, Empire )
$5/each Pumpkins
Contact us for more information!
Toronto Mennonite Festival (Sept. 18, 2021)
Bring the whole family to the Toronto Mennonite Festival at Willowgrove Farm!
Saturday September 18th, 2021 Join us from 10am to 2pm
Pick-Your-Own-Apples
Enjoy Traditional Mennonite Foods
Silent Auction Featuring Quilts
Wagon Rides
Indigenous Learnings
$10/person admission
(children under 5 are free)
Contact us for more information!
