colonial pennsylvania plantation

Hi there! We're so glad you had such a wonderful visit at our site. Thank you for posting a review for us (great tips!) We hope you'll come back and visit us again soon sometime. :)-Joy

Hi! We're so glad to hear you and your family had a great time on your recent visit to the Plantation! Thank you for submitting a review - we greatly appreciate it. We hope you'll come visit us again sometimes - in fact, we have some great children events every year and the fan-favorite is coming up on July 12th - Pirate Splash Day!Thanks again, Joy

Hi there!!Thanks so much for writing a review. We're so happy to hear you and your students had a great experience on the farm, especially that one boy! You should let him know that we host birthday parties if he wanted to come back with his family and friends to celebrate his next birthday! We hope to see you again next school year - Happy Holidays!Joy

Hi Judesmomma,Thanks for taking time out of your day to bring your family for a visit at the Plantation! We're happy to hear you had a wonderful time on the farm and hope you'll join us again soon!p.s. For new, future visitors - We generally only sell hotdogs, chips and drinks on special event days when we're expecting a crowd. But you are always welcome to bring a picnic lunch whenever you visit! To find out which weekend days are scheduled for a special event, you can visit our webpage here: http://colonialplantation.org/eventsandactivities.html

Hi Ana,I'm so sorry our Medieval Event was cancelled for your visit. It is a fabulous event, unfortunately sometimes we have to make tough decisions based on the weather forecast. It ended up being a pretty nice weekend and I'm glad you and your husband decided to stick around! We hope you'll come visit us again in the future!

Hi PhillySteeler,Thanks for visiting us at the Plantation! We're glad to hear you've had a great experience. And you're right - our family membership is by far a great deal for families that live relatively close by! Thanks for sharing your review with us and the Trip Advisor Community!

We have gone to the plantation many times over the years. When the kids were small we took them to show them how people lived in the 17 & 18 hundreds. When the grandchildren came along we did the same thing. Now we go for ourselves. The place is very realistic and gives you a sense of how hard life was "back in the day". It makes you appreciate what you have today, like indoor plumbing, electricity, cooking ranges, refrigerators, etc. Some years ago we went for our Thanksgiving dinner and really enjoyed ourselves. The people were very friendly, the food was good but a little on the cool side because it is hard to keep all the food warm when you don't have a stove. They had a violin player and a guitar player that played music during the dinner. The nice thing about the dinner was that it was all original and authentic. We have always met nice prople there. A rel gem right in our own backyard.

The Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation is an authentic living history site with the purpose of enhancing understanding of mid- to late-18th century farm life in Southeastern Pennsylvania, provided within the context of early American history, the setting where the impact of King George's taxes was felt, the American melting pot began to simmer, and American ingenuity took root. Included in the tour are various buildings including an 18th century farmhouse, stone cabin, springhouse, wagon barn, stone cabin, springhouse and two barns. It is a working farm, where animals are raised and vegetables are grown.

This was a fun visit to a working 18th century farm where they do things as they did in the 1700s. Had a nice house where they had open hearth cooking going on. Also some interesting varieties of farm animals from the time period and a large kitchen garden. Very interesting building where they show and explain how flax and wool was spun and made into clothing. Sometimes they do events with various period reenactors as well as events for kids.