Register online at ActiveMONTGOMERY.org 4/25 Light it Up Blue: Autism Awareness & Acceptance
April is Autism Awareness & Acceptance Month! Join us at the farm for hands-on activities, crafts, entertainment, s’mores and meeting with live farm animals. An interactive community resource area will also be on-site. Activities are available for you and your family to participate at your own pace and a sensory retreat tent will be available to take a break. Advanced registration encouraged-cash only at the door. Wear BLUE to support the cause! This event is sponsored in conjunction with Montgomery Parks, Takoma Park Recreation Department & City of Rockville Recreation and Parks, City of Gaithersburg Recreation and Montgomery Village Foundation. For more information, contact Jennene Blakely at Jennene.Blakely@ montgomeryparks.org or 301-670-3291. Schedule of activities will be available online and on Facebook. $5 advance registration; $5 (cash only) at the door. Ages: All Ages Fee: $5 Course: #79812 • Saturday, Apr. 25 • 4-6:30 pm
MAY 2020 5/8 Homechool Days at the Agricultural History Farm Park
History comes alive through our new program designed especially for homeschool students. Journey with us to the past and enjoy hands-on activities, living history demonstrations, and crafts. Learn about life on the farm during the turn of the 20th-century. Ages: 6-17 Fee: $7/adult, $5/child Course: #79997 • Friday, May 8 • 10 am-1pm
5/16 Planting Day
FREE. The final frost date has passed and now it’s time to plant the gardens and crops that will help the farm family pay their bills and survive the winter to come! Meet farmers from the year 1908 and help them plant their fields and gardens; meet the farm tools and equipment that made farming easier and more productive in the early 20th century; and find out what life was like on a Montgomery County Farm in the year 1908, when the big white farmhouse was completed! Discover how the County, family life, what we eat, and how we grow it has changed over the past 112 years. This is a great, immersive program for scouts, community groups, families, AND individuals, as all hands are welcome and appreciated in the work of caring for a farm! Ages: All Ages Fee: Free Course: #79820 • Saturday, May 16 • 12-4 pm
18400 Muncaster Rd, Derwood, MD 20855 | 301-840-5120
AgHistoryFarm.org Montgomery Parks: Part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
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