We are having our annual Earth Day and Heritage Nursery plant sale at Dudley Farm Historic State Park.  We will be having tables on various topics such as:  Pollinators, why we need them, Invasive Exotic Plants, Building a Bee House, Zero Waste Gainesville, Love Our Springs, Growing a longleaf pine. Also GRU will have information on electric cars and Sweetwater Wetlands Park and more.

Our annual Heritage Nursery plans sale features heritage plants which have been grown for decades in the Dudley flower gardens, and many species of native plants.

We have 250 longleaf pine seedlings to give away (one per family) til they are gone. Please be ready to plant your seedling..

Discover an authentic working farm owned by the Dudleys from post Civil War to mid-1940s.  Follow a park staff or docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of eighteen restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history.

Plant seeds and rain lilies to take home. Make a flower fan or a tissue flower. Join us at the farm on the second Saturday of the month.  Children and adults alike, ages 5 and up can join in the fun! There are hands on demonstrations, crafts, old fashioned games and even some education.  Learn about history, and a farming way of life. 

Come for a morning of Junior Ranger activities and fun! Participants will have the opportunity to:

- Complete 3 different "passport" activities
- Get sworn in as a Florida State Parks Junior Ranger
- Talk with staff, volunteers and rangers from several Florida State Parks
- Face painting available

Join us and discover an authentic working farm owned by the Dudleys from post Civil War to mid-1940s.  Follow a park staff or docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of eighteen restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history.

Make and taste fresh butter. Join us for some summer fun.

Make a long cord with yarn by using your bare hand. Join us for some summer fun.

Learn how to make a cute doll from bandana fabric and some stuffing.

Dudley Farm Historic State Park will host a volunteer day on September 28, 2019. National Public Lands Day is the nations largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve America’s public lands.  Join us as we pull invasive plants and work in our historic gardens area.  Groups, families and individuals are welcome.  Please meet at the Visitors Center; bring clippers, bug spray, work gloves and water.  Dress appropriately and wear closed toe shoes.

Quilt Day. Quilt Day - Scrappy Quilts. 10 - 10:30 a speaker will talk about "Scraps - Love 'em & USE 'em. At 11 - 11:30 a speaker will talk about "Frugal Quilting, Use Every Scrap". By Quilters of Alachua County Day Guild. Many varieties of quilts will be exhibited. Also there will be various demonstrators and vendors including the Levy Co Quilt Museum.

Heritage Nursery Plant Sale - We will have heritage plants from the original Dudley gardens including varieties of gingers, and also many species of Florida native plants.

Did you ever hear the hoot of an owl late at night?  What an interesting animal that many do not get to see!  Why do owls have binocular vision? Learn about the super owls of Dudley Farm! 

Join us at the farm on the second Saturday of the month.  Children and adults alike, ages 5 and up can join in the fun! There are hands on demonstrations, crafts, old fashioned games and even some education.  Learn about history, and a farming way of life. 

Discover an authentic working farm owned by the Dudleys from post Civil War to mid-1940s.  Follow a park staff or docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of eighteen restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history.

It is a good day for sweet and sticky cane syrup on a some hot cornbread.  Learn all about corn, and make a corn husk doll.  Where does cane syrup come from?  Find out at Dudley Farm Historic State Park - where the cane grows!

Join us at the farm on the second Saturday of the month.  Children and adults alike, ages 5 and up can join in the fun! There are hands on demonstrations, crafts, old fashioned games and even some education.  Learn about history, and a farming way of life. 

Discover an authentic working farm owned by the Dudleys from post Civil War to mid-1940s.  Follow a park staff or docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of eighteen restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history.

Enjoy watching the traditional method of making cane syrup, including our cane mill and syrup complex.  Other acitivities include traditional craft demonstrations, blacksmithing, wood working, cross cut saw demonstrations, children's games, a quilt drawing, old-time music and much more!

The all important, majestic pine tree; important not only for the forest animals but for humans as well.  What can a pine tree provide for animals and humans?  Smell some pine scents.

Join us at the farm on the second Saturday of the month for our Dudley Kids Day. Children and adults alike, ages 5 to 65, can join in the fun! There are hands on demonstrations, crafts, old fashioned games and even some education. Learn about history, and a farming way of life.

Discover an authentic working farm owned by the Dudleys from post Civil War to mid-1940s.  Follow a park staff or docent in period clothing as they talk about the homestead consisting of eighteen restored buildings, farm animals, gardens and local history.