7th Annual Dessert Gala

Saturday April 17, 2010
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
$25 per couple, or $15 per person

Why? To raise funds for the Park and the Front Gate to advertise upcoming events!

To purchase tickets, please call 352-472-2004 or 386-462-1760
Download event poster

ONGOING

Domestic Skills & Crafts Workshop>>
Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Docent Programs>>
Training for Tour Guides & Visitor Center Hosts
Third Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Farm Products for Sale
Wed. & Sat. from 9am-12pm in the Commissary

Original Log Homestead Guided Walk
Leisurely stroll to the location of the earliest settlement on Dudley Farm
2nd Saturday of each month, 9am from January to June

Pause and Ponder Trail
Take a quiet, meditative walk through the diverse habitat of the Dudley farm woodlands on the .3 mile loop trail near the Visitors Center Picnic Area.

Volunteer Educational Programs
Diverse topics such as Cracker Florida, Genealogy, Florida Landscape Plants, Florida Pioneer Days, and Growing Vegetables. Programs are also open to the public.
Visitor Center, 3rd Wed. January to November, 9am-11am (except Aug. & Sept.)

TOURS

Pick up a brochure and enjoy a self-guided walking tour of the authentic working farm. The homestead consists of 18 buildings, including the family farmhouse with original furnishings, a 1880's kitchen outbuilding, a general store, post office, and a functional cane syrup complex. See costumed interpreters working the farm in the lifestyle of the 1880's to 1940's as they perform daily chores, work the crops, and tend to livestock.

Guided-tours: School groups and organizations must make reservations for tours one month in advance. Groups are limited to 40 people. Please call the park office at 352-472-1142 for group tour guidelines and information.

SEASONAL

September - October

Corn harvest, sweet potato harvest

October - November

Quilt Show, October 3, 2009

A walk through time quilt exhibit from 9-3, plus music and learning about this traditional American craft. $5/vehicle

Corn shucking, shelling, winnowing & grinding
Pecan harvesting
Heirloom Livestock Auction, turkeys and chickens when available

November - December

Annual Cane Grinding Event>>
Making Syrup from Sugar Cane, 1st Saturday of December, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

January - March

Annual Plow Day Event>>
Antique Tractor Plow Day, Februay 27, 2010
Plowing the fields in preparation for spring planting. $5/vehicle
Camellias in bloom
Cracker cows calving

February

Black History Month

March - April

Planting field crops and garden planting days
Front yard in bloom: Roses Amaryllis, Larkspur, Coreopsis
April 17,2010 5:30 PM $15 Individual / $25 Couple

April - May

Evening at Dudley - Music and dessert
Date to be announced
"Dudley Farm: A Show Place"
Front yard in bloom: Heirloom roses, Lilies, and flowers

June - August

Fruit trees - Harvesting peaches, pears, and figs