Friends of the Farms
Friends of the Farms Give Local Des Moines
Today Living History Farms is participating in Give Local Des Moines, a community-wide day of giving celebrating local nonprofits. During this 24-hour crowdfunding event, we are challenging Des Moines residents to join forces, celebrate the spirit of giving, and inspire everyone to give to the nonprofit organizations that make our city stronger and create a thriving community. In partnership with Give Local America and The Des Moines Register, we will be joining thousands of nonprofits across the country to raise money for local causes. Plus, when you donate to Living History Farms today through Give Local Des Moines, Grinnell Mutual will match your gift dollar for dollar. DONATE NOW
Member Mondays
Member Mondays are back! Members can enjoy exclusive, hands-on activities at the Farms during the 2016 visiting season such as baking biscuits at the 1900 Farm, practicing tea manners at the historic Flynn Mansion, making homemade ice cream at the Tangen house, and so much more! See the full schedule and register today
Tractor Day
Ride & Drive presented by Van Wall Equipment Our friends from Van Wall Equipment are all about tractors! They will be bringing an impressive display of new and antique John Deere tractors to our front lawn, along with other fun tractor related activities. Activities for this Family Day event are on the front lawn of the Farms and are free and open to the public. Admission is required to visit Living History Farms, which is always free for members.
Soybean Planting Day Saturday, May 14 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Sponsored by the Iowa Soybean Association Kids of all ages can experience being a farmer for the day as they help plant one of Iowa's most prominent crops: soybeans! Local farmers will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss techniques, challenges, and uses of this versatile crop. The Iowa Food & Family Project will also have a table in our Visitor Center sharing fun agricultural facts and hosting a cookbook signing with Iowa Girl Eats blogger Kristin Porter from 9:30 am - 10:30 am. All soybean planting activities are included in admission to the Farms.
Spring Cleanup Day Thank You On Friday, April 22 nearly 150 volunteers worked hard to prepare Living History Farms for opening day on May 1. Volunteers spruced up historic sites, built fences and prepared gardens, cleaned our Visitor Center, picked up trash around the Farms, and much more! Along with core LHF volunteers and volunteers from the local community, we also welcomed employee groups from the
Julie Chappell and Denise McFadden from the ITA Group helped to clean our MarketPlace Museum Store.
following companies: Heartland AEA, IMT Insurance, ITA Group, Mosaic, Marsh & McLennan, Nationwide Insurance, Pearl Insurance, Principal Financial, Voya, and Wells Fargo.
Special thanks to volunteers Ron Palmer and Tom Wilson for helping supervise various volunteer groups. Thank you to everyone for a full day of hard work! For addition volunteer opportunities please visit www.LHF.org/Volunteer SUBSCRIBE TO LIST
FORWARD EMAIL
Thank you to our 2016 Premier Partners: Bravo Greater Des Moines, W.T. & Edna M. Dahl Trust, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, John Deere, Living History Farms Race
Today Living History Farms is participating in Give Local Des Moines, a community-wide day of giving celebrating local nonprofits. During this 24-hour crowdfunding event, we are challenging Des Moines residents to join forces, celebrate the spirit of giving, and inspire everyone to give to the nonprofit organizations that make our city stronger and create a thriving community. In partnership with Give Local America and The Des Moines Register, we will be joining thousands of nonprofits across the country to raise money for local causes. Plus, when you donate to Living History Farms today through Give Local Des Moines, Grinnell Mutual will match your gift dollar for dollar. DONATE NOW
Member Mondays
Member Mondays are back! Members can enjoy exclusive, hands-on activities at the Farms during the 2016 visiting season such as baking biscuits at the 1900 Farm, practicing tea manners at the historic Flynn Mansion, making homemade ice cream at the Tangen house, and so much more! See the full schedule and register today
Tractor Day
Ride & Drive presented by Van Wall Equipment Our friends from Van Wall Equipment are all about tractors! They will be bringing an impressive display of new and antique John Deere tractors to our front lawn, along with other fun tractor related activities. Activities for this Family Day event are on the front lawn of the Farms and are free and open to the public. Admission is required to visit Living History Farms, which is always free for members.
Soybean Planting Day Saturday, May 14 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Sponsored by the Iowa Soybean Association Kids of all ages can experience being a farmer for the day as they help plant one of Iowa's most prominent crops: soybeans! Local farmers will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss techniques, challenges, and uses of this versatile crop. The Iowa Food & Family Project will also have a table in our Visitor Center sharing fun agricultural facts and hosting a cookbook signing with Iowa Girl Eats blogger Kristin Porter from 9:30 am - 10:30 am. All soybean planting activities are included in admission to the Farms.
Spring Cleanup Day Thank You On Friday, April 22 nearly 150 volunteers worked hard to prepare Living History Farms for opening day on May 1. Volunteers spruced up historic sites, built fences and prepared gardens, cleaned our Visitor Center, picked up trash around the Farms, and much more! Along with core LHF volunteers and volunteers from the local community, we also welcomed employee groups from the
Julie Chappell and Denise McFadden from the ITA Group helped to clean our MarketPlace Museum Store.
following companies: Heartland AEA, IMT Insurance, ITA Group, Mosaic, Marsh & McLennan, Nationwide Insurance, Pearl Insurance, Principal Financial, Voya, and Wells Fargo.
Special thanks to volunteers Ron Palmer and Tom Wilson for helping supervise various volunteer groups. Thank you to everyone for a full day of hard work! For addition volunteer opportunities please visit www.LHF.org/Volunteer SUBSCRIBE TO LIST
FORWARD EMAIL
Thank you to our 2016 Premier Partners: Bravo Greater Des Moines, W.T. & Edna M. Dahl Trust, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, John Deere, Living History Farms Race
