Upcoming Events
This will be an open-air market with local farmers, growers, and entrepreneurs in a festival atmosphere on a 200 year-old working farm. The April event will have demonstrations on planting cotton and pumpkins using mules to till the ground. There will be seminars on home steading practices in May. Visitors will be able to purchase fresh produce, jams, jellies, salsa, relish, granola, biscuits, muffins, honey, bbq sandwiches, bbq sauce, homespun items, soaps, lotions, and wood turned items. Tour historic buildings & watch grits & cornmeal being ground. Blacksmiths creating iron work, handmade split oak baskets being made, & quilting in the Teacher's house. Enjoy all this while listening to local musicians.
Free to the public!
Event sponsor Jackson County Farm Bureau.
For information or to become a vendor please contact:
Denise Temple 706-367-8877, dftemple@gfb.org or www.shieldsethridgefarminc.com.
Date and Time
Saturday May 16, 2015
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Start Date: 4/18/ 2015
End Date: 10/17/2015
Every 3rd Saturday from April until October
Location
Shields Ethridge Heritage Farm - 2355 Ethridge Road, Jefferson, GA 30549
FROM ATLANTA Take I-85 N, Exit at Jefferson Exit 137. Travel 129 bypass for 5 miles. Turn Right on Ethridge Road (SR 319). Travel 2 miles; the Farm is on the right PARKING on the left at Carruth Road. FROM ATHENS Go North out of Athens on Highway 129 (Prince Avenue) towards Jefferson. Highway 129 changes into the Damon Gause Bypass near Arcade. Look for a sign on right for Shields Ethridge Farm. Turn Left on Ethridge Road (SR 319) Travel 2 miles; the Farm is on the right PARKING on the left at Carruth Road.
