Princeton NJ Events

West Windsor Community Farmers' Market

Saturday October 21, 2023
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Up to 50 farms and other vendors on site selling fresh produce, meat, sweets, beer, tea, bread, pickles, and more. Live music and other special events weekly.

877 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.wwcfm.org

Farmer's Market, Montgomery Township Friends of Open Space

Saturday October 21, 2023
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

June 3 to November 18

The Village Shoppes, 1378 Rt. 206, Skillman, NJ 08558 (near Ricky’s Thai and Genteel’s Pizza)

For 21 years we have advocated for local farmers and small businesses. When you buy local, you support not just these hard-working businesses, you’re supporting our community and a healthier, more sustainable New Jersey.

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Fall Family Fun Weekends, Terhune's

Saturday October 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Come to Terhune Orchards for a day of family fun on the farm!

What better way to celebrate fall than with Pick-Your-Own Pumpkins and Apples! Choose just the right pumpkin for your jack-o’-lanterns or decorations. Kids have fun at the pumpkin painting station. Enjoy pony rides, pedal and play tractors, children’s games & activities, visit the Corn Stalk Maze and Hay Bale Maze, Adventure Story Barn, our barnyard of farm animals and so much more farm fun.

Buy early & Save. Admission is discounted in advance. (children under 3 are free). Admission tickets must be purchased for festival, winery and farm store entry. $15 in advance/ $18 day of. Online tickets: https://terhuneorchards.ticketspice.com/2023-fall

Hopewell Harvest Fair

Saturday October 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Rescheduled from Sept 23

The Harvest Fair returns again to the grounds of Hopewell Elementary School on Saturday October 21 from 10AM-4PM. A cherished local tradition, it attracts families from all over the area to enjoy a day of old-fashioned fun, while raising funds for local non-profits. Lead Sponsors of the 2023 Fair are Morehouse Engineering and Lakeland Bank.

Activities for kids of all ages: Games, Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, inflatables, free demos with the Hopewell Fire Department, Hopewell Valley Central High School SPIKE Robotics Club, and more!  Old-fashioned country fun: A bake-off, homegrown vegetable displays, a kids’ straw maze to explore, and free country games.  Entertainment all day: Great live music all day! Bluegrass, rock-n-roll, country, and more!

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Princeton Photo Workshop: NEW! Horses & Foliage

Saturday October 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Hopewell, NJ

Nature photographer Rich Sherman guides you through the many image-making moments at two working horse farms.

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Corn Harvest, Howell Living History Farm

Saturday October 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Children's Craft: Popcorn Ball (11:00–3:00)

Get out your husking peg...it's time to pick corn! With more than 120,000 ears to pick, farmers could use your hand filling a horse-drawn wagon with field corn that will be ground into flour and donated to local food banks as part of Howell Farm's Share the Harvest Program. Next, head to the barn to help shell and grind corn for Howell Farm’s animals...or the farmhouse to make a batch of cornbread from freshly-ground cornmeal.

70 Woodens Lane Hopewell Twp., NJ 08530 Main: 609-737-3299

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OAKtober Celebration at Marquand Park Children's Arboretum

Saturday October 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join us for a celebration of the Oak in Marquand Park in Princeton! Free oak saplings, cookies and cider, oak scavenger hunt. Parking: Lovers Lane parking lot. Overflow parking on Mercer Street between Hibben Road and Springdale Road. Additional parking on Olden Lane.

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Pumpkin Palooza, Arts Council of Princeton

Saturday October 21, 2023
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-924-8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Join Pezz Glassworks for a live glass blowing demonstration and shop their glass pumpkin patch. Kids can make their own clay pumpkins and learn to extra pumpkin DNA from molecular biology students at Princeton University. Free.

Princeton Photo Workshop: NEW! "West Side Story" Meatpacking, Little Island & High Line

Saturday October 21, 2023
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

We will discuss the fundamentals of street and travel photography and work on camera skills to be able to produce the sorts of photos that do justice to the places we visit and people we meet.

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Native Seed Collection Workshop, The Watershed

Saturday October 21, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

(Rain Date Oct 22nd, 1 p.m. - 2 p. m.)

Where: The Watershed Institute (meet under big tent with picnic tables in front of Watershed Center)

No registration required. Participants will be guided by River-Friendly Coordinator, Olivia Spildooren and Roosevelt Environmental Commission Chair Ellen Silverman on a hike around The Watershed Institute's property to collect native flower seeds. Each person will go home with seeds and knowledge that they can use to grow native flowers at home or pass on to friends or family. Some of the seeds collected can be donated for use in an upcoming Winter Sowing Workshop event happening Wednesday, January 24 at 6pm. Remember to dress to be outside, among tall plants. Be aware that ticks are still out there. Wear protective clothing -- a hat, gloves, long sleeves, long pants, pant legs tucked into socks, and tick repellent. Bring small clippers or scissors if you have them. For your safety, wear orange.