Register now for 5K and reserve Sunday for Harvest Home

Registration for the Harvest Home 5K on Sunday, Nov. 3 closes on Thursday at 11 p.m. The 10:30 a.m. race starts and finishes at the Community Harvest Barn and will take place on Williams Preserve and Grafton Land Trust Trails. Kids Fun Run will begin directly after the 5K race kick-off.

All proceeds directly support CHP’s mission of building healthy, active and engaged communities through volunteer farming and nutrition education.

Harvest Home tickets will be sold the day of for $10 per adult with a $30 family cap. Kids under 5 are free.

There will be hay wagon rides around the farm, petting zoos featuring rabbits, chickens, alpacas, goats, cattle, donkeys and baby potbelly pigs, a ton of kids crafts and face painting and an antique tractor for the perfect photo op. DJ Jam Events will be providing music for the 5K and the beginning of the day before Big Jon Short performs.

Apples from the farm’s orchard in Harvard, merchandise and baked goods will  be sold. Food offerings include butternut squash soup, chili, hotdogs, pulled pork and apple crisp. Warm up by the fire with some hot apple cider and hot chocolate. Wachusett Brewery’s Wally Airstream will be joining the festival and will be serving craft beers and wine to attendees over 21. 

Waters Corporation will be participating in a pumpkin trebuchet competition, launching pumpkins through the air all day. Guests are invited to shoot apples out of apple cannons.