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SayersBrook– Take an extraordinary tour of the 2500 acre bison ranch at either 10:00 am or 3:00 pm. There will be food available for purchase after 11:30. Tours are $12.50 for adults and $6.50 for children under 12. Take a free drive through and visit the Country Store, the Pavilion at Lake SayersBrook, where there will be small animals for petting, and a view of the bison.
Edg-Clif Farms and Vineyards– Tour the beautiful organic vegetable and flower gardens on the way to the vineyards! Edg-Clif chambourcin grape vines promise some of the best Missouri wines. Edg-Clif will be open from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday. The last tour each day will begin at 3:00 pm. Enjoy a wine tasting with the award winning selections of Missouri wines from Bardenheir Wine Cellars.
YMCA of the Ozarks will offer drop-by programs, with a football theme for the weekend. Hotel-style lodging is available, and includes all meals and activities. For more information on horseback and pony rides and other family-friendly activities, contact YMCA of the Ozarks. Home Grown guests should check in at the Trout Lodge Front Desk to pick up a visitor’s wristband. Overnight guests to the Washington County Home Grown tour are invited to contact YMCA of the Ozarks to make hotel reservations. YMCA Trout Lodge can be reached by calling 1-888-FUN-YMCA. Reservations can also be made online at www.ymcaoftheozarks.org.
Misty Glen Farm hosts a festival on Saturday. Experience authentic country activities including sorghum making, cow milking, horse-drawn wagon rides, plowing with old-time equipment or horse-drawn plows.
Country Corner Antiques & Florist in Potosi will offer free entertainment and activities for all ages, including a bounce house for kids as well as horseshoe pitching for adults. Country Corner has antiques, collectables and other seasonal items for purchase. Weather permitting, Country Corner will offer a parking lot sale and their special home-grown mums will be in season.
Washington County Farmers Market provides the area with locally grown fruits, vegetables and plants throughout the summer. Regular hours are 7:00 to noon. Information for the Farm Tour will be available throughout the day.
Potosi’s Long Banta house will offer tours from noon to 3 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $4 per person. This historical home and residence of one of the most prominent politician from Washington County has the original furnishings and is reported to be haunted.
Mary Wilson, Master Gardener, will guide you through her spectacular and well-planned garden, showing her companion planting techniques and organic practices. Included is a tour of Mary’s Summer Kitchen where she preserves her harvest all season long. 10am - 4pm, Last Tour at 3pm
Caledonia’s Farmhouse 1807 (as featured in Country Living) will have both an artisans’ and local farmers’ markets. Specialty items available include alpacas, Dexter cow, Heirloom chickens, and sheep to view. Available for purchase will be sheep cheese, veggies, seasonal produce, jellies, antiques, home spun yarn, and knitted products.
While in Caledonia, visit the Old Village Mercantile. They will be open and offering old-fashioned candies, coffees, cold drinks, antiques, vintage fabrics, toys, kitchen goods, and gifts.
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, the first Presbyterian congregation west of the Mississippi River, will offer tours from 9 am to noon on Saturday.
South of Caleonia on Hwy 21 is the Smith Farm where Marilyn Smith makes her famous Granny’s Nanny’s soaps and cheese. Watch a cheese making demonstration, see the goats, or purchase mums and fresh farm eggs.
SpringBrook Farm has home-grown mums and other perennials, vegetables, fruits, pumpkins, hay stalks and other seasonal plants and ornamentals for sale. John Held is one of the area’s leading growers and a mainstay at the Washington County Farmers Market.
The Juliette Farm will offer tours through their fabulous log cabin built in 1979 and filled with beautiful antiques. View their Boer goats and visit the working barbershop with its exhibit of black powder guns, supplies and 1792 –1840 primitive attire.CANCELED
The Mousers invite you to their pygmy goat farm. There are petting pens for visitors to get up close with donkeys, goats, and sheep. Their resale shop will be open and Levi Lemons will be barbequing!
Washington State Park welcomes you with their cabins, Big River access, petro glyphs, swimming pool and beautiful Ozark trails that offer breathtaking views and an escape from the urban bustle.
Hayrides cart you around the Bates Creek Farm where Dr. Larry and Jenny Allen have some of the finest registered Quarter Horses in the Midwest. Their registered Horned Herefords and meat producing Angus exhibit the good breeding, pasture management and feeding programs that you would anticipate from years of hard work, long time experience and degree in veterinary medicine.
Their momma Clydesdale will show off her baby colt, Hank, and delight audiences of all ages.
On Sunday, October 3rd the Fete De L’Automne is the definitive old-time French settlement celebration featuring crafts, skills, foods, costumes, weaving, caning, music, cakewalks, apple-butter making and rope making. It will be a joyous day that sets off this memorable weekend in an extremely unique way!
Home Grown is an exhilarating weekend tour where agriculture, history and the pristine Ozark Mountains intertwine. This Autumn’s most unique Missouri cultural experiences features some of Missouri’s best farms and ranches, as well as local farmers markets, a live French settler celebration and local wines.
Home Grown brochures can be picked up at all participating homes, farms and businesses. For more information about Home Grown, please contact Krista Snyder, Assistant Director of the Washington County Industrial Development Authority
at 573-438-6196 or Connie Sayers at 573-438-4449.
