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PawPaw Fest!

February 27, 2026 · EcologiaDesign

Date Set – 11th Annual Fest ~ Sept. 19th 2026


~ 11th Annual PawPaw Fest ~

 TICKETS  SOLD OUT LAST YEAR

– Get Your Tickets Early –

THERE ARE NO WALK-IN TICKET OPTIONS


Early Bird Tickets are now on sale! We look forward to seeing you at the fest!


Some of our favorite snapshots of this year’s fest! Credit to Robb Hill Media


What’s this Paw Paw Fest all about?

Watch more about Paw Paw Fest 2023

Join us September 19th, 2026, 12-5 p.m. to celebrate our beloved Paw Paw Fruit with tastings, ice cream, jam making, music & fall fun for everyone. All ages welcome.

Live Music, Food Forest Tours, Plant Walks, Earth Based Crafts & More!

The event is all outdoors with plenty of space and flow. Rain or Shine. No Refunds.

What to Expect?

PawPaw Fest 2025 Schedule (subject to change)

.. and of course we will be celebrating everything pawpaw with multiple cultivar tastings, pawpaw ice cream, rocket stove jam, fruit and tree sales, kids zone, awesome fun music, eco-groovy vendors, circular strawbale and high vibes!

*Kids 12 and under free!

*Not handicap accessible but electric chairs have made it through..

Extras for sale at event:

Paw Paw Trees
Paw Paw Fruit by the Pound

Looking to volunteer at the fest  please email us at info@ecologiadesign.com


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Paw Paws

*Visit our Uncommon Fruits page to learn more about Paw Paw’s.

About Long Creek Permaculture Haven

Long Creek Permaculture Haven is a mosaic of wild woodland, riparian forest, hardwood forest, orchards, food forests, and  innovative ecological systems. Located just north of downtown Frederick, MD at the entrance to Gambrill State Park. The site is 7 years into design has over 50 species of uncommon fruit and nuts, a circular strawbale home, and small scale mushroom cultivation. -> Read more  <-

The Homestead

We look forward to jamming with you!


PawPaw Fest tickets are on sale! Can’t wait though? Here’s a free mini Paw Paw guide to keep you in the loop!


A Big, Thank You for the past PawPaw Fests!

To everyone who came out, pitched in, participated, and made this fun fruit festivity what it is!

Thank you to the PawPaw! And thank you to Lindsey Welch once again for capturing some of the magic moments at 2021’s PawPaw Fest!

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Here are a few of our favorite highlights of years past memorializing our love of paw paws. Thank you to Lindsey Welsh for her beautiful photos of 2018’s event. As well as  Nicolo Massa of VGN Productions for putting together this video capturing some big smiles and moments. Finally a big shout out to all the volunteers who helped make it all possible. We hope you all enjoyed and hope to see you next year!

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Pawpaw Tasting Tour

February 20, 2026 · EcologiaDesign

PAW PAW FRUIT TASTING & ORCHARD TOUR

Come Taste the Tropical Fruit of the North
Join Michael Judd, author of For the Love of Paw Paws, for a delicious and educational orchard experience.
  • Taste different Paw Paw varieties
  • Enjoy Paw Paw ice cream
  • Learn about North America’s largest edible fruit
  • Guided by a leading Paw Paw expert
Frederick Maryland
September 12
10-12pm
Space is limited — don’t miss the harvest!

Green Burials with Michael Judd

December 29, 2025 · EcologiaDesign

Are you curious about Home Funeral and Green Burial practices/options in Maryland?  Join Michael Judd as he invites you to consider choices for end-of-life care, home funeral, home burial, and green burial practices.  Michael will share information, resources, and personal experiences as he honors the wise traditions of natural burial and the relevance of these choices for us today. Talk and tour at the Morris Orchard, Frederick county’s first natural burial site which is centered in a chestnut orchard, so there will be an open fire and roasted chestnuts!

Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole-system designs throughout the Americas for over two decades, focusing on applying permaculture and ecological design. His projects increase local food security and community health in both tropical and temperate growing regions. He is the founder of Ecologia Edible & Ecological Landscape Design, Project Bona Fide, an international nonprofit supporting agro-ecology research, co-founder of SilvoCulture, a Maryland based nonprofit which is helping plant 1 million nut trees in the Mid-Atlantic region, and Morris Orchard Natural Burial. He is also the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist, and For the Love of PawPaws.

Michael lives with his family on a permaculture homestead nestled along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Frederick, Maryland. The Judds’ homestead consists of 25 acres of mixed woodlands, food forests, gardens, and a nursery designed for experimentation and education.

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