Here is a list of some of the living historical farm museums and public gardens in the U.S. with displays of heirloom vegetables and explanations of their history plus related programs. |
Accokeek
Foundation, National Colonial Farm
3400 Bryan Point Rd., Accokeek, MD 30607 301-283-2113, FAX 301-283-2049 www.gmu.edu/bios/potomac/af/ |
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Buckley
Homestead County Park
3606 Belshaw Rd., Lowell, IN 46356 219-696-0769 |
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Cornell
Plantations, Pounder Heritage Gardens
One Plantations Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850-2799 |
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Genesee
Country Village & Museum
P.O. Box 310, Mumford, NY 14511-0310 716-538-6822, FAX 716-538-2887 |
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Hancock
Shaker Village
P.O. Box 927, Pittsfield, MA 01202 800-817-1137 or 413-447-9357 www.hancockshakervillage.org/ |
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Hans
Herr House
849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow St., PA 17584 717-464-4438 |
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Jourdan
Bachman Pioneer Farm
11418 Sprinkle Cut-off Rd., Austin, TX 78754 512-837-1215, FAX 512-837-4503 |
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Landis
Valley Museum, Heirloom Seed
Project/Historic Gardens Project 2451 Kissel Hill Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601 717-569-0401, FAX 717-560-2147 |
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Living
History Farms
2600 NW 111th St., Urbandale, IA 50322 515-278-5286 (office), 515-278-2400 (events line recording), FAX 515-278-9808 www.ioweb.com/lhf/about.html |
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Monticello,
Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic
Plants P.O. Box 316, Charlottesville, VA 22902 804-984-9816 or 804-984-9819 (garden center), FAX 800-977-6140 www.monticello.org/cgi-local/shop.pl/page=CHP.html |
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Museum
of the Fur Trade, Bordeaux Trading Post
6321 Highway 20, Chadron, NE 69337 308-432-3843 |
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Old
Bethpage Village Restoration
Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage, NY 11804 516-572-8400 |
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Old
Sturbridge Village
1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd., Sturbridge, MA 01566-0200 508-347-3362, FAX 508-347-5375 |
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Oliver
H. Kelley Farm
15788 Kelley Farm Rd., Elk River, MN 55330 612-441-6896 www.mnhs.org/places/sites/ohkf/index.html |
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Schifferstadt
Architectural Museum
1110 Rosemont Ave., Frederick, MD 20701 301-663-3885 |
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Schumacher
Farm County Park
5682 Highway 19, Waunakee, WI 53597 608-849-4559 |
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Worcestor
County Horticultural Society, S. Lothrop
Davenport Preservation Orchard Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., P.O. Box 598, Boylston, MA 01505-0598 508-869-6111, FAX 508-869-0314 |
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Wylie
House
307 E. Second St., Bloomington, IN 47405 812-855-6224 www.indiana.edu/~libwylie/ |
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