Safety During COVID-19

Summertime is always busy here at Center Grove Orchard with so many preparations for the coming season. This year even more so as we take extensive steps for health and safety. While staying busy as bees here on the farm, we send a heartfelt thank you to the healthcare professionals, first responders, and all essential workers in our area. We are grateful for the opportunity to give families something to look forward to, continuing our tradition of providing families a place to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air while making memories to last a lifetime.

We want to you know what we are doing to keep our team members safe now and to prepare for our opening to guests on August 8.

• Reducing the number of guests into the Farmyard each day to facilitate social distancing. This plan includes our Season Pass holders and, in essence, gives them priority. Here’s how:  Based on attendance in years past, we have an idea of how many pass holders to expect each day and have allotted for that in our reduced capacity for daily admission tickets. As the season progresses, we may adjust how we handle it and move to an online reservation system for those holding Season Passes.
• Asking that all guests practice social distancing between groups and wear a face mask when in enclosed areas such as our Apple Market store or Potty Barn.
• We have chosen not to open our Corn Pool this year due to inability to disinfect such an area.
• Requiring all staff to wear a face mask or shield while on CGO premises.
• Placing floor markings in the Apple Market store to encourage social distancing between guests.
• Installing social distancing markings and/or signage at confined attractions and lines to limit contact between guests.
• Adjusting store displays to provide guests and staff with label information without picking up items.
• Placing additional hand-washing stations for use by guests and staff, with hand-washing reminders and instructions posted around the farm.
• Placing hand sanitizer at each point of sale area and additional locations.
• Sanitizing counter tops in the store and at food venues between each guest.
• Regularly sanitizing attractions and frequently used items/areas.
• Providing designated staff break areas to provide relief from face masks while maintaining social distancing.
• Requiring staff members to complete a COVID symptoms questionnaire at start of each shift.

We will continue to monitor the CDC guidelines and make additions and adjustments to our facilities to support the safety of our team members and guests.

Please note: Admission, group reservations and all add-ons are non-refundable under normal circumstances. However, should we find it necessary to close for reasons of public health, full refunds will be offered for purchases and reservations made for those days. Season Passes, however, are non-refundable and will not be prorated, even if public health reasons require us to close. Thank you for your understanding of the challenges we are facing as a family-owned business and bearing some of the risk with us this year.

updated 9/2/20