All activities are subject to change. Please check back often during the season.

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Join us for special activities throughout the season!

With our annual festivals--Country Celebration, and Pumpkin Fest--as well as portrait photography and other special offerings, each trip to Center Grove Orchard can bring new things to see and do. Pat Black will read stories in Storybook Corner most Saturdays and Sundays.

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Taste of CGO Holiday Luncheons

Join us for an orchard delight especially created for the late-fall season—Taste of Center Grove Orchard or "Taste of CGO." Enjoy soups, salad and, of course, our bakery items to satisfy your sweet tooth—apple pie, pumpkin pie, cider donuts, and more! This is a wonderful time to get caught up with friends and family during the holiday season and to take a break from the bustle and busy-ness.

Holiday Events

Build a gingerbread house, have fun with special crafts and activities, enjoy brunch with Santa and Rudolph, and then give Santa your wish list!

The Amazing Chemistry Show

Josh Denhart is the founder and creator of The Amazing Chemistry Show, an educationally-entertaining stage production filled with explosions, colored foam, liquid nitrogen, and glow-in-the-dark solutions, all set to up-beat music. As former Valley High School chemistry teacher, Josh created the show to reach out to elementary schools, camps and churches in central Iowa. Josh holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry Education, a Masters Degree in Effective Instruction, and earned National Board Certification in Young Adult and Adolescent Science. Josh currently serves as the Director of Children's Ministry at Valley Church in West Des Moines, Iowa. Learn more at http://chemistryshow.blogspot.com/

Select Saturdays and Sundays. Check the calendar above for dates and times.