Queens County Farm Museum
set to host holiday open house
BY JENNA BAGCAL
Head to the Queens County Farm
Museum in Floral Park for three days
of free holiday fun during the winter
break this month.
From Dec. 26 to Dec. 28, from 12 to
4 p.m., the museum — located at 73-50
Little Neck Pkwy. — invites families
to their holiday open house to participate
in crafts and informational tours
while noshing on seasonal treats.
“The Adriance Farmhouse began
as a family homestead when it was
built in 1772 so it’s particularly nice
to welcome our community to visit us
here during the holidays,” noted Jennifer
Walden Weprin, executive director
of the Queens County Farm Museum.
“The roaring fire in the original fireplace
really sets the mood for a cozy
day with friends and family down on
the farm.”
The three days of fun will feature
kid-friendly crafts, a walking tour of
the historic 17th-century Adriance
Farmhouse, hot cocoa, mulled cider
and snacks. Guests are also encouraged
to roam the farm grounds to meet
the steers Jethro and Dexter, as well as
alpacas Giorgio and Rocky.
In 1697, the Adriance family began
farming the land where the museum
currently stands, making it the oldest
continually farmed site in New York
State. The site features a 47-acre tract
of farmland that showcases how agriculture
has been a way of life in the
city for the past 300 years. The Adriance
Farmhouse was built in 1772
and represents the site’s evolution
from colonial homestead to a bustling
truck farm.
Currently, the farm grows more
than 80 varieties of vegetables and over
75 varieties of flowers annually. Crops
include 6,000 pounds of tomatoes, 4,000
pounds of zucchini, 2,500 pounds of
eggplant and 1,600 pounds of winter
squash. Just this past year, the Queens
Farm sold over 2,800 dozen farm eggs
and 1,000 pounds of wildflower honey
from the farm’s hives.
The Queens County Farm Museum
is a New York City Landmark, on the
National Register of Historic Places
and a member of the Historic House
Trust of New York City.
No advanced sign up is necessary to
participate in the holiday open house,
but attendees are asked to stop into the
farm’s gift shop to sign in upon arrival.
For more information, visit queensfarm.
org or call (718) 347-3276.
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