The Pawpaw Experience
A Tasting & Educational Workshop
Discover • Taste • Learn • Grow
Celebrate pawpaw season with a unique tasting and educational experience centered around North America’s largest native fruit.
Whether you’re discovering pawpaws for the first time or looking to deepen your knowledge, this small-group workshop offers an engaging introduction to growing, harvesting, processing, and enjoying this remarkable native species.
Tastings Include
- Pawpaw Jam
- Pawpaw Granita
- A Surprise Seasonal Dessert
- Additional Seasonal Treats
You’ll Learn
- Pawpaw history and natural range
- How to identify pawpaw trees
- Harvesting and ripening
- Growing successful trees
- Pollination and cultivars
- Seed propagation
- Processing fresh fruit
- Culinary uses
- Resources for continued learning
What’s Included
- Guided tasting experience
- Educational presentation
- Printed resource guide
- Live Q&A session
- Opportunity to purchase plants and educational materials following the workshop
Event Details
Date: Sunday, October 4
Time: 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Location:
Merion Village Association Info Center
1330 S 4th Street
Columbus, OH 43207
Dietary Information
This event includes guided food tastings. Tastings may contain milk (dairy), eggs, wheat (gluten), tree nuts, soy, and other common allergens.
Unfortunately, special dietary accommodations, ingredient substitutions, or allergy-specific preparations cannot be provided. Please consider this before registering.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Because seating is limited and food is prepared specifically for each event, the following cancellation policy applies:
- Cancellations made more than 48 hours before the workshop are eligible for a full refund.
- Cancellations made within 48 hours of the workshop are non-refundable.
- No-shows are non-refundable.
- Registrations may be transferred to another person. Please contact Libbey Farm before the event so attendee information can be updated.
- If Libbey Farm must cancel the workshop for any reason, participants may choose a full refund or transfer to another available workshop date.
About Libbey Farm
Libbey Farm is a boutique native plant nursery specializing in pawpaws and edible native plants, offering locally grown plants, hands-on education, and unique seasonal experiences.
Rooted in native plants. Powered by pawpaws!
