Fruit tasting at Silver Creek Nursery in Wellesley

Pictured from left, 2024-2025 Wellesley Fall Fair Ambassador Katie Musselman shares the Wellesley Pumpkin Experience with 2025-2026 Junior Fair Ambassador Chloe Scott at Fall Harvest Farm’s Thanksgiving Open House, where hundreds of pumpkins were available for purchase. Wendy Richardson photo

By Gary West

The Wellesley Fall Fair Ambassador Program doesn’t end when the fair wraps up in August – it continues throughout the year as part of the ambassador’s educational experience.

This Thanksgiving weekend, 2024-2025 fall fair ambassador Katie Musselman – who also serves as director of the Junior Ambassador Program she founded herself – took 2025-2026 Junior Ambassador Chloe Scott on a special tour of local farms around Wellesley to experience the region’s fall harvest firsthand.

One of their stops was Silver Creek Nursery’s Thanksgiving Fruit Tasting Event, where guests were invited to sample apples, nuts and berries grown onsite. The Muma family, who operate the nursery, also demonstrated how apple cider is made and offered free samples to visitors.

Scott said her favourite part of the tour was “being able to see all the different varieties of apples produced, and taste them all to see the differences.”

Both ambassadors described Silver Creek Nursery as “picturesque and plentiful,” perfectly situated between Wellesley and Bamberg on Gerber Road near St. Agatha, where the surrounding forests look like something straight out of a postcard this time of year.