Pay for feed and veterinary bills for cracker cattle and horses
Purchase farm equipment
Purchase seed for garden
In Past Years
Paid for part-time Farm Specialist
Added new docents and volunteers
Paid to move the Marchant Commissary to the park
Instrumental in constructing a Collections building and staffing with volunteers
Opened and staffed Commissary Gift Store
Purchased CPU for volunteer use
Purchased folding tables and canopy tents for park and CSO
Replaced the ramp going into the tram to make it more handicapped accessible
New repair area (remodeled 50s kitchen)
Built the new Cane Syrup Complex at the Visitor Center.
Purchased computers, printers, software and associated supplies for Collections Building and CSO needs.
Installed irrigation system for the Dudley Heritage Roses at the Visitor Center.
Developed / Constructed and maintains the Dudley Heritage Plant Nursery
Revenue:
Friend's Commissary gift shop
Annual special events
Fall Farm & Cane Festival
Twilight Walk to the Past
Donations
Membership Dues
Grants
Goals:
Projects:
Pavilion in Visitors Center Area (In process)
Replace Kitchen Floor - Completed!
Special activities for "Friends" members
Recruit new members
Priorities:
Our top priority is to complete the building and equipping the pavilion at the north end of the parking lot. This facility will provide a location to hold educational programs and demonstrations for children and the public.
We want to enlist more interested people into our troupe of re-actors. These reenactments really bring the 1800's into life.
Special Events
A New Year at the Park
Earth Day & Heritage Nursery Plant Sale
Ice cream social and volunteer awards
Fall Farm & Cane Festival
Plowing Up the Past
Twilight Walk to the Past
Partake of the Past
Friends of Dudley farm
18730 W. Newberry Road, Gainesville, FL 32669 (352) 472-1142
