Guided Tours/Times
Carrot FEST! is here on September 12th from 10am-4pm
Explore Everdale at this years Carrot FEST!, a celebration of healthy food and healthy living! It’s a day of farm crafts, exciting games, educational activities and more. Take part in the Harvest games and discover our Seed Saving Maze. Come bake in our earthen oven, make ice ream with fresh cows milk, and visit with our farm animals. We are thrilled to have award wining local Facepainting artist Tania of Makin' Faces back once again at Carrot FEST!. Tania will be bringing some exclusive carrot inspired designs to the festival to celebrate our favorite pointy, root vegetable!
For adults we are offering a seed saving workshop and tours of Home Alive!TM, the straw bale demonstration home. Join in the farm tour to chat about organic agriculture, while visiting the animals and gardens. KIDS ADMISSION IS FREE! Adults $7.00. We’ll have delicious organic food available all day and of course a bounty of freshly picked carrots.
Click here to see the 2009 Carrot FEST! schedule of activities.
CLICK here for DIRECTIONS AND A MAP!
Use VIAMERGE a rideshare service and help reduce your travel impact by offering or sharing a ride to others attending Carrot Fest
You can visit Everdale any day of the week, bring a picnic, walk around and enjoy a day in the country. For access to Home Alive!, visits with the farm animals, and guided tours of the farm- you must come on an Explore Everdale day or book a custom tour.
We also offer custom tours to suit your group's interests and schedule. For a minimum fee we can take your group on a private tour of Home Alive! or the farm anyday of the week. Please contact Lynn Bishop with your request.
BEE AWARE! Bees on Site
Everdale produces its own honey and has several bee hives. Although incidents of people getting stung have been infrequent, those with bee allergies should take appropriate precautions while visiting Everdale.
No Pets! There are no dogs allowed at Everdale. Please leave your pets at home.
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Each Explore Everdale day will feature: hands-on workshops for adults on topics like gardening, composting and preserving; tons of kid’s activities such as egg collecting, farm animal visits, discovery quests, baking in the earth oven, story walks, and playing in our new seed saving maze; farm tours; tours of Home Alive! the eco-demonstration straw bale home; delicious organic food; and much, much more.
Mark the second Saturday of each month on your calendar and drop by Everdale to spend an exciting day in the country.
EXPLORE EVERDALE on June 13, July 11, August 8, and September 12-Carrot FEST!.
Each Explore Everdale day will include:
11:00 & 2:00: Mini workshops for adults - like biointensive gardening, composting, mulching and other weed controls, canning, freezing and dehydrating your produce, seed saving etc...
11:00 & 1:30: Kids activities- like baking in our earth oven, collecting eggs, or working with wool.
10:30 & 12:00: Wattles and Snouts- visit with the farm animals. (except June 13, 10:00 & 12:00)
2:30: Join us to collect the eggs.
All day: An open invitation to do self discovery quests, play in our seed maze, walk the labyrinth, go on a story walk etc…
12:00 & 2:00: A guided tour of the Organic Farm and Everdale Demonstration Farm Site
11:00, 1:00 & 3:00: A guided tour of our Sustainable Straw Bale Home, Home Alive!TM, the House that Thinks, Drinks, and Breathes.
ADMISSION fees: Adults $7.00 Students/Seniors: $6.00 KIDS (17 and UNDER) FREE. Some kids activities will have a small fee to cover costs.
View June 13th - SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES!
View July 11th - SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES!
View August 8th - SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES!
Adult Mini Workshops are offered at 11:00 and 1:00:
• June 13: Making compost: Learn the right way to make gorgeous, nutritious compost for your garden
• July 11: Mulching, weed control and succession planting. Learn techniques to get the most from your garden
• August 8: Putting It By: A demonstartion of how freezing,canning and drying the harvest can be your part of a Local Food Strategy.
• September 12: Carrot FEST! How to save your own seeds.
Kids Activities are offered at 11:00 and 1:30:
• June 13: Bread & Butter party: rise & churn fun, discover different grains and how to make butter
• July 11: 3 bags full: interactive sheep and wool activites.
• August 8: Thank-you cows: discover where our dairy comes from and make your own ice cream.
• September 12: Carrot FEST! Check back closer to the date for info.
CLICK here for DIRECTIONS AND A MAP!
You can visit Everdale any day of the week, bring a picnic, walk around and enjoy a day in the country. For access to Home Alive!, visits with the farm animals, and guided tours of the farm- you must come on an Explore Everdale day or book a custom tour.
We also offer custom tours to suit your group's interests and schedule. For a minimum fee we can take your group on a private tour of Home Alive! or the farm anyday of the week. Please contact Lynn Bishop with your request.
BEE AWARE! Bees on Site
Everdale produces its own honey and has several bee hives. Although incidents of people getting stung have been infrequent, those with bee allergies should take appropriate precautions while visiting Everdale.
No Pets! There are no dogs allowed at Everdale. Please leave your pets at home.