The Second Annual Pawpaw Festival coming to Powhatan State Park

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The Second Annual Pawpaw Festival will be held in Powhatan State Park, 4616 Powhatan State Park Road, Powhatan, VA 23139 on Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

About the Pawpaw Festival

The festival will feature local vendors with food, drinks, and crafts. Acoustic music performances, ranger-led programs, and animal encounters will be available throughout the day.

What is pawpaw?

Pawpaw is the nation's largest edible native fruit with a tropical flavor. The fruit itself resembles a bean, with a yellow, custard-like interior. Pawpaw trees grow in the Piedmont’s forested bottomlands and floodplains. That is why they are found at Powhatan State Park.

According to Wikipedia:

"The fruit of the pawpaw is a large, yellowish-green to brown berry, 2–6 in long and 1–3 in broad, weighing from 0.7–18 oz, containing several brown or black seeds ¹⁄₂–1 in in diameter embedded in the soft, edible fruit pulp."