Come to WVU Core Arboretum to taste, buy, and learn about pawpaws!

The 2025 WV Pawpaw Festival at WVU Core Arboretum. This annual event celebrating a native fall fruit of the forest is family-friendly, free, and open to the public, no registration needed. The festival will be in the Lawn Area at the Arboretum, and free parking is available in the adjacent WVU Coliseum parking lot. We will have Peterson Pawpaws select varieties of pawpaw fruit available to sample and purchase, samples of pawpaw dishes prepared by a chef, a talk by a pawpaw expert, the North American Pawpaw Growers Association booth, pawpaw trees and other native plants for sale, live music, food trucks, and more. This is the 8th annual WV Pawpaw Festival at WVU Core Arboretum. Don't miss this special event and bring your friends!