What You'll Find at Garfield Farm Museum
photo of the beautiful Garfield Farms |
Preliminary Events 2013Calendar- please check their website for changes and or updates
Natural Area Management Seminar
Feb 16 8:30am-4:30pm. Learn how to restore and manage prairie, woodlands
and wetlands. Reservations required. $50. Includes lunch.
Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar
March 3 1:30pm. Make three grafts of antique apple trees to take home for
planting. Reservations required. $30.
Fox Valley 56th Annual Antique Show
March 9 & 10 Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm. Produced by Chicago
Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA). To Benefit Garfield Farm
Museum. At Kane Co Fairgrounds. $8.
Woodland Wild Flower Walk
April 14 9:30am. Tour the museum’s woodlands with museum staff.
Reservations required. $6.
Museum Awards Banquet
April 27 6pm–9pm. Annual dinner at the historic Dunham Woods Riding Club.
Reservations required. Cost TBD.
Rare Breeds Show
May 19 11am-4pm. Breeders from around the Midwest display rare and historic
types of livestock. Individual breeders may offer livestock and poultry for sale.
Member participation by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy. $6/$3.
Garfield Farm Camp Sessions July TBA. 9am-Noon. During these three day
camps, children ages 8-11 years old will learn about farm life in the 1840’s.
Activities include; feeding animals, museum tours, and hands on
demonstrations. Reservations required. $75 each camp.
Prairie Walk
July TBA 9am. Tour the prairie with museum staff. Reservations required. $6.
Antique Tool Show & Sale
Aug 4 9am-1pm. Members of the Midwest Tool Collectors Association and the
Early American Industries Association display, trade and sell antique and collectable tools. $6/$2.
Heirloom Garden Show
Aug 25 11am-4pm. Rare and specialty fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs are
displayed and sold by Midwestern growers. Member participation by Seed Savers
Exchange. $6/$3.
Prairie Walk
Sept TBA 9am. Tour the prairie with museum staff. Reservations required. $6.
Student Harvest Days
Oct 4 9am-1:30pm. Museum volunteers demonstrate 19th century living to
school children. Limit of 600 students by advanced reservations. $5/$4.
Harvest Days
Oct 6 11:30am-4 pm. Join museum volunteers in this celebration of the season.
Continuous demonstrations of farm and household skills, 19th century music
and food. $6/$3.
Volunteer Party
Nov 10 3-6 pm. For all those who helped out at the farm, a pot-luck with
photos and awards makes for a fun social afternoon.
Candlelight at the Inn
Dec 7 & 8 3-7pm. Experience the tradition of winter visits as practiced by
families like the Garfields in their 1846 Brick Inn. Hospitality, food, music and
bake-sale. Donations accepted.
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