{"id":17823,"date":"2023-04-21T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=17823"},"modified":"2023-04-28T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T14:46:56","slug":"sholan-farms-22nd-apple-blossom-festival","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/event\/sholan-farms-22nd-apple-blossom-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sholan Farms 22nd Apple Blossom Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 10\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The 22nd Sholan Farms Apple Blossom Festival celebrates the advent of spring in the Central Massachusetts region as evidenced by the blooming of the apple trees. The Festival is a civic celebration organized and operated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/partners\/friends-of-sholan-farms\/\">Friends of Sholan Farms<\/a>. Activities will include crafters, food trucks, butterfly release, scavenger hunt, free wagon rides and Story Walk by Project Apples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/place\/sholan-farms\/\">Sholan Farms<\/a> is open to the public for passive recreation daily from Sunrise to Sunset. The perfect place to take a hike or walk and enjoy this historic apple orchard. We connect to 30 miles of hiking trails in <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/communities\/leominster\/\">Leominster<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/communities\/sterling\/\">Sterling<\/a>. Sholan Farms is owned by the City of Leominster and operated by the volunteer non-profit organization of Friends of Sholan Farms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sholanfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check our website to see how you can volunteer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Portions of this <span class=\"searchHighlight\">program<\/span> will be available to the public as a self guided tour beginning on May 7th and running through the month of May. This will include the story walk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13428\" src=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Hidden-Treasures_logo_transparent-background.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"146\" \/><em>This program is offered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sholanfarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of Sholan Farms<\/a> as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomsway.org\/staging\/6553\/hidden-treasures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hidden Treasures Festival of Nature, Culture &amp; History<\/a>, an annual month-long celebration showcasing events and activities hosted by local partners celebrating the unique places, objects, and stories of the Freedom\u2019s Way National Heritage Area. 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