News from: 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |  2011 |  2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 2024 News Releases Garfield Farm Museum Preservation Awards and Dinner Presentation May 5 Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 3 2023 News Releases Antique Tool Show August 6 Exhibitors needed for Heirloom and Antique Garden Show August 27 Lecture - When the railroad came to LaFox - May 13 Annual Awards Presentation and Dinner - May 12 2022 News Releases Candlelight at the Inn Returns December 4 Antique Tool Show and Sale - August 7 34th Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 13 2021 News Releases 28th Antique Tool Show and Sale August 1 2020 News Releases Garfield Farm Museum to Remain Closed through May Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 8 35th Annual Native Plants & Natural Area Management Seminar - Feb. 22 2019 News Releases Dulcimer Music and Candlelight at the Inn December 7-8 Barns 101 and 201 Lectures October 19 Blacksmithing 101 and 202 October 12 Harvest Days at Garfield Farm - October 6, 2019 Schools Should Register Now for October 4 Student Harvest Days Garfield Farm Presents Corn 101 September 15 Heirloom  Garden Show Aug 25 Exhibitors' Registration for Aug 25 Heirloom Garden Show 27th Annual Antique Tool Show and Sale - Sunday, August 4 -  9 am – 1 pm Two Day Camp Sessions Begin July 9 Settler's Eve Contra Dance July 6 Teddy Roosevelt Dedicates 1906 barn restoration at Garfield Farm Volunteer Registration for 3 Archaeology Field Sessions in 2019 Hearthside Cooking Seminar June 1 Rare Breeds Livestock and Poultry Show May 19 Spinning 101 and 201 Classes May 4 Exhibitors Register for Rare Breeds Show by May 10 Settlers' Farms and the Railroads Talks April 28 Woodland Wildflower Walk April 27 Annual Garfield Farm Awards April 13 Apple Tree Grafting Workshop Rescheduled for March 17 Apple Tree Grafting Workshop March 3 Native Plant Seminar February 16, 2019 2018 News Releases Candlelight Reception December 1-2 on Eve of Illinois Bicentennial Barns 101 and 201 Lectures October 20 Blacksmithing 101 and Hands-on Blacksmithing 202 Harvest Days October 7 Previews the Future of the Past at Garfield Farm Corn 101 - History of Corn Lecture September 16 Heirloom Garden Show August 26 Antique Tool Show and Sale August 5 English Garden Tea Benefit July 20 History, Farming, and Nature this July at Garfield Farm Museum Volunteer Registration for June Sessions of Archeology Dig at Garfield Farm Garfield Farm Museum's Rare Breeds Show May 20 Exhibitor's Registration Deadline May 8 for Rare Breeds Show Backyard Chicken Workshop April 28 at Garfield Farm Two "Hands On" Dulcimer Workshops at Garfield Farm on April 22 Garfield Harley Pond and Woods Restoration Woodland Walk April 21 Ginger Ale Making Workshop April 8 at Garfield Farm Museum Animal Domestication Lectures March 24 Garden Expert Presents Food Preservation Workshop March 18 Garfield Farm Museum’s 31st annual Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar on Sunday, March 4th 33rd Annual Native Plants and Natural Area Management Seminar February 17 2018 Garfield Museum Calendar of Events Celebrates Illinois' 200 Years 2017 News Releases Candlelight at the Inn December 2-3 Blacksmithing 101 and 202 lectures, demonstration, and hands on Oct. 7 1842 Threshing Barn Dedication at Garfield Farm Museum's Harvest Days Oct. 1 Heirloom Garden Show August 27 Volunteer Registration for 2017 Archaeology Program at Garfield Farm Museum  - beginning July 19 Discover the 1840’s at Garfield Farm Museum Camps Beginning July 11 Settlers' Contra Dance July 8 Garfield Farm Museum Can Win $21,000 Challenge Grant The Daylight Fireworks of the Mill Creek Prairie - July 1 prairie walk June 17 Lecture on Roots of Democracy in Early American Farming Lecture:  Medications of the 1840s June 4 Historical Fiction Writing Workshop Prairie Walk May 278 at Garfield Farm Museum Garfield Farm Museum’s Rare Breeds Show Sunday May 21 May 12 - 40th Anniversary Celebration of Garfield Heritage Society Founding “Angie of Garfield Farm”: Facts & Fictions - May 7 Spring Wildflower Walk April 29 "Harriet Garfield’s Work Basket” Lecture - April 23 175th Anniversary of Garfield Farm Museum Barnraising - April 13 Four Decades of Archaeology Lecture at Garfield Farm Museum - April 8 2017 Garfield Farm Museum 29th Annual Awards Dinner - April 22 Backyard chicken workshop - March 19 40th Anniversary Program - Prairie Preservation - March 12 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 5th Native Plant Seminar Feb 25 40 Years of Restoration at Garfield Farm & Tavern Museum- Feb. 12 Lecture on Different Families in Garfield Farm's History; 2017 Calendar Available 2016 News Releases Candlelight Open House at the Garfield Inn Dec. 3-4 Barns Lectures Oct. 15 Blacksmithing 101 and 201 Oct. 8 35th Annual Harvest Days Oct. 2 Register Now for Student Harvest Days Sept. 30 Corn 101 Lecture Sept 18 Autumn Prairie Walk Sept 10 Heirloom Garden Show August 28 Volunteer Registration for August Archaeology Program at Garfield Farm Museum Aug 10-14 and 17-21 24th Annual Antique Tool Show and Sale Sunday, August 7 Summer Evening Writing Workshop August 9 at Garfield Farm Museum Prairie Walk Re-Scheduled to Sunday July 10 Volunteer Registration for 2016 Archaeology Program at Garfield Farm Museum 30th Annual Rare Breeds Livesstock and Poultry Show May 22 Our Favorite Things Walks and Talks April 23 and 24 Tenth Annual Garfield Farm Awards Dinner April 16 Growing Herbs Lecture April 10 Program: Early American Farming April 16 Lecture on Garfield Farm's Java Chicken Project March 19 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 6th 31st Annual Native Plants & Natural Area Management Seminar Feb. 20 Backyard Chicken Workshop at Garfield Farm Museum Feb. 13 Winter Creative Writing Workshop Jan. 24 2015 News Releases Candlelight at Garfield Farm December 5 & 6 Wasco’s White Brothers Trucking to the Rescue to Save 1870s Stone Smokehouse for Garfield Farm Museum Barns 101 & 201 Lectures at Garfield Farm Museum Oct. 17 Garfield Farm Museum Presents Blacksmithing 101 & 202 Oct. 11 Harvest Days Previews the Future of the Past at Garfield Farm Museum Oct. 4 Garfield Farm Presents Corn 101 Lecture September 13 September 6 Prairie Walk at Garfield Farm Tomatoes Highlighted & Prairie Tallest Ever at 26th Annual Heirloom Garden Show on August 23 Volunteer Registration for August 2015 Archaeology Program II Summer Creative Writing Workshop Aug. 9 at Garfield Farm Museum 23rd Annual Antique Tool Show and Sale, Sunday, August 2, 2015 9 AM - 1PM Animal Domestication Lectures at Garfield Farm Museum July 25 Garfield Farm Museum Challenged by Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Prairie Stewardship Grant Seed Saving Workshop at Garfield Farm July 19 Volunteer Registration for 2015 Archaeology Program at Garfield Farm Museum - beginning July 15 July 5 Prairie Walk at Garfield Farm Discover the 1840s at Garfield Farm Museum Camps beginning July 7 and 17 Tea in Angie's Garden & Book Signing in LaFox May 30 29th Annual Rare Breeds Livestock Show May 17 Spring Wildflower Walk May 3 Spring Creative Writing Workshop April 26 Garfield Farm Museum Awards Dinner April 18 - Reservations Due April 15 ?Hands On? Dulcimer Workshops at Garfield Farm April 12, 19 "Angie of Garfield Farm" Book Signing March 28 Garfield Farm Museum Co-Hosts CSADA Spring Antique Show at Fairgrounds March 14-15 Historic Perspectives on Organic Gardening on March 22nd Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 1st Timber Frame Barn Restoration Lecture and Tour Feb 14  2 pm 29th Annual Natural Area Management Seminar Feb. 21 2015 Calendar Issued for Garfield Farm Museum LaFox History Newsletters 1988- 2013 Now Available 2014 News Releases Garfield Farm Museum Wins $115,000 Jeffris Family Foundation Barn Restoration Challenge Grant Annual Candlelight Reception Dec. 6-7 Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley Awards  $20,000 Grant for Barn Restoration Blacksmithing 101 and 202 on October 12 Celebrate the Harvest  at Garfield Farm Museum?s Harvest Days Garfield Farm Museum Challenged by $115,000 Jeffris Family Foundation Restoration Grant in $345,000 Campaign Schools Reserve Now for Student Harvest Days Oct. 3 Prairie Walk September 6 at Garfield Farm Museum Volunteers Needed for Second Two-Week Archeological Session Sept. 9-21 Creative Writing Afternoon at Garfield Farm Sept. 13 Volunteer Registration for 2014 Archaeology Program 22nd Annual Antique Tool Show and Sale August 3 Show Your Favorite Garden Heirlooms at Garfield Farm Museum on August 24 Discover the 1840s at Garfield Farm Museum Camp July 22-24 Summer hours begin Reserve for July day camps Illinois' Only Rare Breeds Livestock and Poultry Show May 18 Woodland Wild Flower Walk May 3 Garfield Farm Museum's Annual Awards Dinner May 2 Folksinger Tom Neilson April 21 Concert Benefits Garfield Farm Museum Register Your Rare Breed Livestock or Poultry for May 28 Show at Garfield Farm "Hands On" Dulcimer Workshops at Garfield Farm April 6 and 13 Antique Show to Benefit Garfield Farm Museum March 8-9 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 2 29th Annual Native Plant Management Seminar Feb. 22 2013 News Releases Dulcimer Music & Candlelight at the Inn December 7th & 8th Garfield Farm Museum Presents Blacksmithing 101 Oct. 13 Barns 101 & 201 Lectures at Garfield Farm Museum Oct. 12 Travel Back in Time at Garfield Farm Museum's Harvest Days Oct. 6 Corn 101 Lecture Sept. 8 Schools Should Register for Harvest Days Oct. 4 Participate in Garfield Farm Museum's August/September Archaeological Field Session 24th Annual Heirloom Garden Show August 25th Antique Show & Sale Aug. 4 Step Back in Time at 1840's Day June 16 Sign Up Now for Garfield Farm Camps Summer Hours Begin June 1 Rare Breed Exhibitors Needed May 19 2013 Awards Dinner Black Java Chickens Advanced Dulcimer Workshop  April 21 Woodland Walk April 14 ?Hands On? Dulcimer Workshops at Garfield Farm in April Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 3rd Wetland Specialist Added to Native Plant Management Seminar Antique Show Sponsors Needed Check Out Garfield Farm Museum's 2013 Calendar 27th Annual Native Plant Management Seminar Feb. 16 Garfield Farm Museum Offers Graduate Studies Scholarship 2012 News Releases Dulcimer Music & Candlelight at the Inn December 1st & 2nd Tales of Halloween Oct. 27 Blacksmithing 101 - Oct. 14 35th Anniversary at Harvest Days Oct. 7 Barns 101 Lecture at Garfield Farm Museum Oct. 21 Travel Back in Time at Garfield Farm Museumâ??s Harvest Days Oct. 7 Help with Archeological Dig beginning Sept. 26 Corn 101 Lecture Sept. 16 September 8 Prairie Walk for Families Reserve Now for Schools' Harvest Days Oct. 5 Jeffris Family Foundation Awards Matching Grant to Garfield Farm Museum Garfield Farm Museum's 23rd Annual Heirloom Garden Show August 26 Antique Tool Show and Sale Sunday, August 5 Last Chance to Sign Up for July Camps at Garfield Farm Settlers' Eve Picnic Dinner and Dance July 7 Step Back in Time at Garfield Farm Museumâ??s 1840s Days June 16-17 Discover the 1840s at Garfield Farm Museum Camps Garfield Farm Museum Begins Summer Hours Participate in Garfield Farm Museumâ??s June 2012 Archaeological Field Session June 2nd Prairie Walk at Garfield Farm Illinois' Only Rare Breeds Show May 20 Register for May 20 Rare Breed Show 1830's British Traveler Presentation May 13 Garfield Farm Museum Awards Dinner April 28 Garfield Farm Museum Woodland Wildflower Walk April 21 â??Hands Onâ?? Dulcimer Workshops April 22 & 29 Antique Show to Benefit Garfield Farm Museum  March 10th and 11th Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 4th 26th Annual Native Plant Seminar February 18 2011 News Releases Dulcimer Music & Candlelight at the Inn December 3rd & 4th Learn About Historic Shoes at Garfield Farm Museum Oct. 16 Ox Driving Workshop Oct 8 A 30 Year Tradition at Garfield Farm Museum's Harvest Days October 2nd Schools Reserve Now for Student Harvest Days Sept 30 Barns 101 Lecture Sept 18 Corn 101 Lecture Sept 11 Help with an Archaeological Excavation at Garfield Farm Museum Garlic Highlighted at 22nd Annual Heirloom Garden Show August 28 Show Off Your Heirloom Plants Aug 28 Antique Tool Show and Sale Aug. 7 Prairie & Savanna Walk June 25 Help with an Archaeological Excavation at Garfield Farm Museum June 8-12 Step Back in Time at Garfield Farm Museum's 1840s Days - June 11-12 Illinois' Only Rare Breeds Livestock & Poultry Show May 22 Register Now for Youth Farm Camp Champion Your Rare Breed Livestock or Poultry at Garfield Farm May 22 Learn About Early Photography at Garfield Farm May 15 2011 Garfield Farm Museum Awards Dinner May 7 April 30 Woodland Wildflower Walk Learn How to Garden at Garfield Farm Museum April17 'Hands On' Dulcimer Workshop April 10 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 6th 25th Annual Native Plant Seminar Feb. 19 2010 News Releases Museum/Archaeology Graduate Studies Scholarship Garfield Farm Museumâ??s Candlelight Tours & Homespun Holiday Market December 4th & 5th Garfield Farm Museum Presents CORN 101 Garfield Farm Museumâ??s Harvest Days October 3 Barns 101 Lecture at Garfield Farm Museum Sept. 10 Schools Need Reservations Now for Garfield Farm Museumâ??s Student Harvest Days October 1 Help Dig at Garfield Farm Museumâ??s Archaeology Program Sept 22  21st Annual Heirloom Garden Show August 29 Antique Tool Show and Sale - Sunday, August 1 It's Not Too Late to Sign Up for Garfield Farm Camps Raise the Roof Dance & Picnic Dinner June 26 Garfield Farm Museumâ??s 1840â??s Days & Homespun Summer Market June 12-13 Discover the 1840â??s at Garfield Farm Museum Camps Summer Hours Begin June 1 Help Dig at Garfield Farm Museum's Archaeology Program Rare Breeds Show May 23: Horses & Poultry Top List Illinoisâ?? Only Rare Breeds Livestock & Poultry Show May 23 May 2 Woodland Wildflower Walk Organic and CSA Farming Lecture April 25 Reserve Now For Garfield Farm Awards On April 17 Introduction to Dulcimer Workshop March 21 53rd Annual Fox Valley Spring Antiques Show Benefits  Garfield Farm Museum March 13-14 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 7th Antique Trade Signs and Spongeware Ceramics Lectures Feb. 21, 28 24th Annual Prairie, Woods, and Wetlands Management Seminar Feb. 20 New Additions & Old Favorites on Garfield Farm Museum's 2010 Calendar 2009 News Releases Garfield Farm Museum's Historic Administration Scholarship Fund Garfield Farm Museum's Candlelight Tours & Homespun Holiday Market December 5th & 6th Prairie Bandits Lecture at Garfield Farm Museum Nov. 15 Travel Back in Time at Garfield Farm Museum's Harvest Days Oct. 4 Work to the Old Time Rhythms with Oxen Sept. 26 Corn 101 Lecture Sept. 20 20th HEIRLOOM GARDEN SHOW Aug. 23 Barns 101 Lecture at Garfield Farm Museum Aug. 9 Antique Tool Show and Sale Aug. 2 RARE 18th Century Clothing 1 Day Only Exhibit July 25 Pastoral Summer Picnic Dinner & Sunset Contra Dance July 18 Discover the 1840â??s at Garfield Farm Museum Camps in July Step Back in Time at Garfield Farm Museumâ??s 1840â??s Days - June 27-28 Learn about Beekeeping at Garfield Farm Museum May 31 Prairie Walk May 23 at Garfield Farm Museum Rare Breeds Livestock and Poultry Show May 17 Organic and Community Supported Agriculture Lecture May 3 Garfield Farm Annual Award Dinner April 17 Garfield Farm Museum to Offer Felting Workshop March 21 SPRING FOX VALLEY ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE March 14 & 15, 2009 How to Cane Your Antique Chair Lecture March 1 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 8th Antique Oil Painting Lecture Feb. 22 23rd Annual Prairie, Woods, and Wetlands Management Seminar Feb. 21 Garfield Farm Museumâ??s Historic Administration Scholarship Fund 2008 News Releases Candlelight at the Inn & Homespun Holiday Market December 6th & 7th Rediscover Thrift That Made America at Garfield Farm Museum's Harvest Days Oct. 5 Garfield Farm Museum Presents CORN 101 Schools Need Advance Reservations for Harvest Days Oct. 3 at Garfield Farm Museum Heirloom Garden Show August 24 Garfield Farm Prairie Walk August 9 Rare Breed Show May 18 Garfield Farm Museumâ??s 20th Annual Awards Dinner May 9 Ox Driving Workshop May 3 Chicken Breeding Seminar Attendees & Rare Breed Exhibitors Needed For May Show Voices from the Land Debuts April 27 at Garfield Farm Museum Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 2 Spinning and Felting Seminars Begin Feb. 9 22nd Annual Prairie, Woods, and Wetlands Management Seminar - Feb. 16 Garfield Farm Museum Announces Historic Administration Scholarship Fund 2007 News Releases  Garfield Farm Museum's Candlelight at the Inn & Homespun Holiday Market December 1st & 2nd Escape The Pressures & Crowds with a Day on the Farm - Harvest Days Oct 7 Garfield Farm Museum Presents CORN 101 - Sept. 30 School Reservations and Volunteers Needed for Garfield Farm Museum's Harvest Days Oct 5 & 7 Buckskin Tanning at Garfield Farm Museum Sept. 1 18th Annual Heirloom Garden Show August 26th Antique Tool Show and Sale Aug. 5 Community Supported Agriculture Farm Lecture July 22 Childrenâ??s 1840s Morning Chores (July 12) & Sunday Morning Cooking (July 15) Barn Sale To Benefit Garfield Farm Museum June 30 Traditional Barn Dance, June 16, 2007 at Garfield Farm Museum Garfield Farm Preservation Awards For 2007 to Be Presented April 27 April 29 Soap Class and Woods Walk; May 6 Ox Driving Class Owners and Breeders Needed for 21st Annual Rare Breeds Show May 20 Fox Valley Antiques Show March 10-11 Benefits Garfield Farm 21st Annaul Prairie, Woods, and Wetlands Management Seminar - February 24 20th Annual Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar - March 4th Whimsies and Whittling:  An American Folk Art - January 28 2006 News Releases Candlelight at the Inn - December 2-3 170 Year Old Cabin Cellar Discovered & Featured at Harvest Days Harvest Days 9/29 and 10/1 - Volunteers Needed; Make School Reservations Heirloom Garden Show August 27 Exhibitors Needed for Heirloom Garden Show August 27 Antique Tool Show and Sale - August 6 Children's Chores on July 13 1840s Childrens' Morning Chores - June 15, July 13, August 3 Rare Breeds Livestock & Poultry Show - Plus Wool Spinning Class May 21 Wool Spinning Workshop May 7 Ox Driving Class May 7 Garfield Farm Museum Awards Preservationists April 21 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar March 5 20th Annual Native Plant & Tree Management Seminar February 18 2005 News Releases Home Spun Holiday Market during Candlelight at the Inn Dec. 3-4 Harvest Days Sunday, October 2 Broom Making Class on September 11 16th Annual Heirloom Garden Show August 28th Antique Tool Show and Sale Aug. 7 Build A Shaving Horse Aug 6-7 Ox Team Driving Class May 7 Rarest of Breeds Needed for May 22 Show Historic Preservation Awards Dinner April 21 Pysausky Egg Dyeing Class March 19 Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminary March 6 19th Annual Native Plant Management Seminar Feb. 19 Garfield Farm 2005 Special Event Calendar 2004 News Releases Escape to Harvest Days Oct. 2-3 Volunteers Needed for Harvest Days Oct. 2-3 Papermaking and Bookbinding Workshop - Sept. 12-19 Last Scheduled Prairie Hike of the Season - Sept. 5 Heirloom Garden Show August 29 Prairie Soils Lecture August 19 Antique Tool Show and Sale - Sunday, August 1 Transportation in Early Illinois Lecture May 20 Rare Farm Animal Show May 16 Garfield Farm Award Dinner May 6 Fireside lectures - secret fraternal organizations of the 1800s - April 15 Discover Resources for Family History at March 18 Fireside Talk Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar - March 14  18th Annual Native Plant Management Seminar February 21