Prairie Fest to connect kids with nature in Campton Township
The fifth annual Prairie Fest will be held Saturday in Campton Township, featuring standards like wagon rides, bluegrass music and apple cider.
Organizers say the free event is a great way to get the younger generation connected to nature.
“It’s just a nice day out in the country,” said Laurel Garza, volunteer coordinator for Campton Township’s Open Space Program. “We’re basically trying to get people out to our open space property and to have some fun. It doesn’t cost anything. We need to find our stewards of the future. It’s connecting the kids to nature.”
The fest will be 1 to 5 p.m. at the Corron Farm, 7N761 Corron Road, Campton Hills.
Refreshments will be served. There will be door prizes and the four-man bluegrass band Good Ole Boys will play from 3 to 4 p.m.
Other activities include a nature scavenger hunt and using the hand-cranked corn sheller to feed kernels to goats.
Visitors can also tour the 1850s red brick home built by Robert C. Corron, one of the first settlers of the area.
“The tour of the brick house is really the newest thing for Prairie Fest,” Garza said. “The house really has a lot of history, a lot of Campton Township history.”
Some exhibitors and exhibits will include a beekeeper, Native American re-enactor, antique tractors, farm equipment, local conservation and preservation groups such as the Conservation Foundation, International Heritage Conservancy, and Great Lakes Falconer’s Association.
The Corron Farm Preservation Society will host a raffle for prizes along with a 50/50 raffle.
For more information visit camptontownship.com.