This FREE family event features helicopter landings and walk-throughs, Touch-a-Truck vehicles, K-9 demonstrations, a petting zoo, inflatables, face painting, caricature artists, mascots, food trucks, and educational exhibits from the Ohio Department of Commerce and its divisions.
Join us for an opportunity for grandparents and grandkids to explore the farm together and meet
the animals. (Nieces/nephews and borrowed grandchildren will work too)
Enjoy late summer's natural abundance and good company as we go on a roughly 2.5-mile walk through fields and forests with frequent stops along the way to learn about what we observe. Bring water and your sense of curiosity.
Hop on the tram to learn about the park's natural history during this guided tour.
Join us for an afternoon bike ride down the scenic Blacklick Creek Trail! The ride will be 8 miles, with one pit stop mid-way at the Shannon Rd lot of...
Take a 1.25-mile hike to learn about our State Native Fruit and search the trees to find some.
Join the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio and Rhonemus Cellars for a unique evening celebrating art, wine, and the beauty of the Ohio landscape in support of DACO’s outreach arts programming beginning at 6 p.m. September 15 at Rhonemus Cellars in Lancaster.
Take a tram ride to Blacklick Creek and then wade in the water in search of aquatic critters.
The Olde Pickerington Farmers’ Market offers fresh Ohio-grown produce, baked goods, honey, meats, crafts, prepared foods, and more.
The Pickerington Village Association (PVA), in collaboration with Combustion Brewery & Taproom, is hosting this free community event to be held on Friday, September 18th and Saturday, September 19th, 2026.
The Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival is a fun-filled, educational community event celebrating one of America’s largest native tree fruits, the pawpaw (Asimina triloba). This all-weekend event highlights the rich history and future possibilities of the pawpaw through delectable food and beverages, and a full line-up of presentations and activities that cover pawpaw growing, cooking, genetics, medical use and other topics related to sustainability. Special events at the festival include competitions for the best and biggest pawpaw, a pawpaw cook-off, a best pawpaw-related work of art and the ever-popular pawpaw-eating contest.
Come and join us for barrels of fun, with climbing, slacklining, canoeing, live bands, food trucks, beer, and lots of activities for both humans and dogs, their four-legged friends.