SPECIAL EVENTS

For more information about any of the special events or cranberry tours listed here, click on the name to visit the hosting group's website.

Cranberry Blossom Day - June 30, 2012
Free tours of the Wetherby Cranberry Marsh offered from 9 to 11 a.m.. Activities throughout the day at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center, including cranberry wine tasting, gourmet food sampling, children's activities, reduced admission on exhibit hall tour and cranberry brat lunch served by the Open Door Baptist Church Youth Group. For information call (608) 378-4878.

Warrens Cranberry Festival - Sept. 28, 39 & 30, 2012
The world's largest cranberry festival, Cranfest boasts more than 1,200 arts and craft, flea market and antique booths. More than 100,00 visitors attend each year to shop and experience everything cranberry, from delectable cranberry cream puffs and savory deep fried cranberries to cranberry crafts and decor. Cranfesters can tour a cranberry marsh on Friday and Saturday, and see one of the largest marching band parades in Wisconsin on Sunday. For more information, click here or call (608) 378-4200.

Cranberry Harvest Day - Oct. 6, 2012
Free tours of the Wetherby Cranberry Marsh offered from 9 to 11 a.m. Demonstrations of old-time cranberry hand raking. Also, activities from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center, including cranberry wine tasting, gourmet cranberry food sampling, and reduced admisison on exhibit hall tours. For more information about Cranberry Harvest Day, call (608) 378-4878.


CRANBERY TOURS

Arpin Cranberry Marsh Tours
N4690 McKenna Road, Warrens, WI 54666; (608) 378-4333; bjranch@centurytel.net
Cranberries have been cultivated as a crop in Wisconsin since the late 1800s, yet few people know how this native fruit is grown and harvested. If you would like to learn more about cranberries, give us a call and schedule your personal tour of our cranberry marsh. The cost of our tour is $10.00 per adult (children 18 and under are free). The tour is approximately 1 hour long and includes getting right into a cranberry bed for an up close touch – and taste – of cranberries.

Wetherby Cranberry Company Marsh Tours
3365 Auger Road, Warrens, WI 54666; (608) 378-4813; wetherby@centurytel.net
The Wetherby Cranberry Company is a family owned and operated cranberry marsh located 4.5 miles east of Warrens on county Highway EW. Producing cranberries for over 100 years, the Van Wychen family specializes in high quality fresh fruit. The family offers free marsh tours the last Saturday of June and the first Saturday of October, from 9 to 11 a.m. Motor coach and school tours are available by appointment (fee charged). Fresh cranberries are available from late September through the end of November.

Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center
204 Main Street, Warrens, WI 54666; (608) 378-4878; info@discovercranberries.com
The Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center is the place to learn everything you've ever wanted to know about Wisconsin's No. 1 fruit crop. Housed in a historic cranberry warehouse in downtown Warrens, the Cranberry Discovery Center features an interactive exhibit hall, including a cranberry corralling game where visitors can test their skill. After your tour, treat yourself to a dish of cranberry ice cream or slice of cranberry pie from our in-house bakery. Our gift shop features a diverse selection of Wisconsin-made cranberry food products and gift items for the perfect souvenir of your visit to the Cranberry Capital of Wisconsin.

Self-Guided Driving Tour - Map coming soon!