Date Set – 10th Annual Fest ~ Sept. 20th 2025
10th Annual PawPaw Fest ~ Tickets Now Available!
We are introducing a new Paw Paw Fest ticket option!
This offer includes 2 Select Paw Paw Seedlings with the purchase of a ticket
~ This is a limited-time offer ~
Regular Paw Paw Fest tickets are still available via the link below.
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 20th, 2025 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)
12:15 Spirit of the Bees: natural bee keeping 101 with Kypriana
1:00 Permaculture Walk with Eric Joseph Lewis
2:00 Food Forest Tour with Antonette Vasseur
2:30 Talking Pawpaws with Todd Mcree
3:00 Plant Walk with Bohdi Vasilopoulos
3:30 Children’s Paw Paw Story Time
3:30 Gentle Flow Yoga with Hannah Cherry
4:00 Talking Pawpaws with Todd Mcree
4:00 Q&A with a bee keeper Josh Kalo
4:20 Food Forest Tour with Michael Judd
.. 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
* Please note that parking is at Brook Hill Church, address listed, and then a short walk down our wooded lane to the fest.
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 <-
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!
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!
Posted In: Edible and Ecological Landscape Design
Justin Meyers
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Do you have 2025 dates? We bought tickets for 2024 but the family got sick that week and we didn’t end up coming. Looking to purchase tickets for 2025!!