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The
Homeplace
Visit The Homeplace and experience life on an 1850's farm. Join the
living history interpreters as they go about their daily chores, weekly
calendar of event programs and special events.
Daily activities on a working farm from the 1850's would involve a variety
of tasks which would vary from day to day depending upon the weather and
the time of year. The Homeplace is a working farm; thus not
every activity will be seen daily.
The 1850's farm raises heirloom vegetables and crops,
as well as minor breeds of farm animals. Heirloom vegetables and
crops are those plants that would have been growing on the Stewart County
Tennessee farm in the 1850's.
Horses and oxen are used to plow and to cultivate fields and the garden.
Other daily activities may include: woodworking, spinning, hearth
and woodstove cooking, period food preservation as well as animal care.
Calendar of events programs include a great variety
of topics including programs like:
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- Traditional Debates & Oratory
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- Traditional Farming Practices
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Visit a special page illustrating
the Agricultural Heritage Fair.
Special Events at The Homeplace include many events
throughout the year including the following:
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- Independence Day Celebration
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- Agricultural Heritage Fair
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Working
wood on a shaving horse |
View the current
calendar of events by looking here.
Visit a special page illustrating
The Homeplace Weddings in the 1850's.
Vendors set up tents to give relief from the
sun at the Agricultural Heritage Fair to help illustrate a variety of
skills and products
as shown below
| March |
5 days a week |
(We-Sa) 9 am thru 5 pm |
(Su) 10am thru 5 pm |
| April - October |
7 days a week |
(Mo-Sa) 9 am thru 5 pm |
(Su) 10am thru 5 pm |
| November |
5 days a week |
(We-Sa) 9 am thru 5 pm |
(Su) 10am thru 5 pm |
To get directions from your home to The Homeplace, use this
website.
Contact the Customer Service Department (270) 924-2020 for group
scheduling.
During the year see different program
every day of the week. Always something to stimulate the young and not so
young. Visit www.LBL.org to find particular
program schedules
or prices.
Take me back to the Friends of LBL Homepage
Golden Pond Planetarium website
Woodlands Nature Station website |
