Morris Arboretum Celebrates Farming Life and the Insider Art Show & Sale at Bloomfield Farm Day
On Sunday, October 21, 12-4pm, Morris Arboretum celebrates farming life and the Insider Art Show & Sale at Bloomfield Farm Day. Learn about Bloomfield Farm’s rich agricultural history and leisurely browse original art and craft works created by Morris Arboretum’s talented staff and members. At this multi-generational event, there will be demonstrations, music, food, a few animals, and the final opportunity of the year to tour the restored Springfield Mills. Enjoy a seasonal beer and/or wine to compliment the popular Farm Day lunch of cowboy chili and corn bread!
Take a guided tour of the Arboretum’s historic creek-side flour mill, Springfield Mills and discover the history of this 19th century feed and flour mill. Watch one-ton millstones grind corn kernels, and observe 160-year-old machinery transport and sift the ground corn to produce meal.
Explore time-honored farming professions from educational instructors Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers, who will demonstrate spinning and weaving, woodworker John Barrett, and blacksmith Solomon Matisoff.
Traditional chicken keeping is new again, and visitors may learn the how-to’s with Philadelphia Backyard Chickens and a few live hens. Kids and adults alike will learn more about farm animals by interacting with Saul High School’s 4H petting zoo.
The Insider Art Show & Sale will feature more than 20 artisans specializing in glass blowing, to woodworking, to photography. Stock up your gift closet, start your holiday shopping, or treat yourself to one, or two, of the many hand crafted pieces on display.
Need to nosh? At the Compton Café’s satellite café, visitors may savor fall specialties such as pumpkin bread and caramel apples while listening to the sweet sounds of Valley Creek’s bluegrass music.
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to glimpse a different time with a short trip to Bloomfield Farm, located across the street from the Arboretum’s main entrance on Northwestern Avenue. Included with garden admission.
For more information about this or any other Morris Arboretum event, please call 215-247-5777 or visit online atwww.morrisarboretum.org.
Morris Arboretum is a 92-acre horticultural display garden that features a spectacular collection of mature trees in a beautiful and colorful landscape. The official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, effective 1988, Morris Arboretum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and accredited by the American Association of Museums. For more information, visit:www.morrisarboretum.org
Photo Credit: Bob Gutowski
Photo Caption: On Sunday, October 21, 12-4pm, celebrate farming life, past and present, at Morris Arboretum’s Bloomfield Farm Day.Learn about Bloomfield Farm’s rich agricultural history and leisurely browse original art and craft works created by Morris Arboretum’s talented staff and members. At this multi-generational event, there will be demonstrations, music, food, a few animals, and the final opportunity of the year to tour the restored Springfield Mills. Enjoy a seasonal beer and/or wine to compliment the popular Farm Day lunch of cowboy chili and corn bread! For more information, visit www.morrisarboretum.org. Included with garden admission.