An Engaging Group Outing
Looking for a fun and unique place to take your group? Visit Meadowbrooke Gourds for an interesting tour and a fun gourd project!
Please complete the online form at the bottom of this page to schedule a group tour and choose the project your group will complete on the tour. We will contact you to confirm the date and time. All group tours must be scheduled in advance.
Tour Options
Free Tuesday Tour
Free public tours are available on Tuesdays at 2pm. This is ideal for couples, singles, and small families. No reservation is needed for our free tour! Stop into our gift shop at 2pm to experience this 45 minute tour.
Group/Private Tours
A minimum of 15 people is required to book a private group tour. For 15-20 people, the tour is free (with optional paid activities). For 21 or more people, the tour fee is $75 with the exception of field trips for children. If scheduling a tour within a week, please contact us at 717-776-6029.
What to know
Private Group Tours
- We offer private group tours Monday – Thursday 10 AM to 3 PM; Fridays 10 AM to 2 PM (cannot guarantee production running on Friday)
- Tours take approximately 45 minutes.
- This is a walking tour with no seating available. Our Gourd Plant is wheelchair friendly.
- Tour is free for groups of 15-20; and $75.00 for groups of 21-50.
- Reservations are required for private group tours – please fill out the online form at the button below to schedule a tour. When scheduling, please indicate the time of day you wish to take your tour. Projects may be scheduled in conjunction with tours. Projects take approximately 1 hour.
What to Expect
Where we begin
Whether you attend a regularly scheduled public tour or a private group tour, you will meet us to begin your journey through our Gourd Plant in our cozy retail store. There you will see a nice display of the types of products we make right here. However, before you even enter our building, be sure to see our fields behind the parking lot where we grow our gourds – that is where our work really starts!
As your tour guide leads you through our Gourd Plant, you will be able to meet our great staff of crafters during each step of the process. Our crafters are very talented and have many years of experience – feel free to ask them questions about what they do!
See how we craft
You may be surprised at how detailed and involved our process is at Meadowbrooke Gourds. We are excited about how much we’ve grown our process since we started and are happy to show you different aspects of our Gourd Plant that makes us so unique. You’ll get a first-hand look at how our gourds are washed, cut, painted, dyed and dried. If you attend a privately scheduled group tour, your group will have the option of a gourd project to complete at the end of your tour. Depending on the season you take your tour, we will have different options for projects to choose from. This is a great way to end your tour with us!
Optional Tour Activities
Optional
Trolley Rides around the farm
Add to your Meadowbrooke Gourds experience by taking an hour-long wagon ride around our beautiful farm in our “Trevor’s Trolley.”
The cost of the Trolley Ride is $150.00 which is for 1-35 people. Tour lasts about 1 hour and is available from May-October. The trolley is not handicapped accessible, as there are about 4 steps to go up onto the platform.
The trolley rides will be canceled if there are soggy ground conditions or rain is present when the ride is to begin.
Optional
Make Your Own Gourd Project
All projects are “make and take” crafts except the birdhouses. We ask that they stay here to be coated in outdoor poly. This process takes a few days to cure, so the houses will be ready to be picked up about a week later. The entire group makes the same project. Groups that opt to make a gourd project must let us know at least 2 weeks prior to the date.
Project Options
Spring Project Options
Choose one project option for your group to complete.
Available February 1 - April 30
Summer Project Options
Choose one project option for your group to complete.
Available May 1 - July 31
Fall Project Options
Choose one project option for your group to complete.
Available August 1 - October 31
Winter Project Options
Choose one project option for your group to complete.
Available November 1 - January 31
Book Your Group Tour
A minimum of 15 people is required to book a private tour. For 15-20 people, the tour is FREE. For 21 or more people, the tour fee is $75 with the exception of field trips for children. If scheduling a tour within the week, please contact us by phone at 717-776-6029. Use the following form only if you are scheduling a tour more than a week in advance.
Agritourism Liability Clause
“AGREEMENT AND WARNING: I understand and acknowledge that, except for limited circumstances listed below, an agritourism activity provider is not liable for any injury to or death of a participant resulting from an agritourism activity. I understand that I have accepted all risk of injury, death, property damage and other loss that may result from an agritourism activity. I understand that an agritourism activity provider is not protected from liability if the provider: (1) Performs an act in a grossly negligent manner and causes injury or damage to a participant. (2) Purposefully causes a participant’s injury. (3)Acts or fails to act in a way that constitutes criminal conduct. (4) Recklessly fails to warn or guard against a dangerous condition that causes injury or damage to a participant. A dangerous condition is a condition that creates an imminent and substantial risk of injury or damages to a participant.”
Notice of Filming and Photography
By entering an event or program of Meadowbrooke Gourds, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur.
Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with Meadowbrooke Gourds and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.
By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media.
You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the event premises.