Garfield Farm Museum offers Prairie Walk Sunday

Posted July 05, 2016 11:00 pm

Submitted by Garfield Farm Museum

A prairie walk will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, July 10, at Garfield Farm Museum in Campton Hills. Reservations are required for this two- to three-hour hour hike by calling (630) 584-8485 or emailing info@garfieldfarm.org.

Featured on the hike will be the intensive work done this past 12 months employing professional contractors and volunteers to focus on key management issues of invasive plants. Both the successes and challenges will be discussed as the prairie begins its major push toward its legendary height.

There is a $6 donation and hikers should wear long pants and walking shoes and bring sun and/or insect protection. The hike will be led by museum biologist Jerome Johnson.

Garfield Farm Museum is a 375-acre historically intact former 1840s prairie farmstead and teamster inn that volunteers and donors are preserving as a living history museum. The museum is on Garfield Road, off Route 38, five miles west of Geneva. Guided tours are given from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays, June through September; all other times by appointment.

Visit www.garfieldfarm.org.

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