Glenview Park District  •  2400 Chestnut Ave. •  Glenview, IL 60026  •  (847) 724-5670  •  glenviewparkdist.org

Wagner Farm

Address: 1510 Wagner Road
Glenview, IL 60025
(847) 657-1506
Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm
Sun.: 9 am-3 pm
Phone:  
Wagner Farm - Where History Meets Education

Where History Meets Education

Step back in time to farm life from decades past.

  • Milk a cow
  • Feed a chicken
  • Attend a barn dance
  • Take a tour of a restored farmhouse
  • Take a hayride in a horse-drawn wagon
  • Watch corn being planted
  • Learn about where the food we eat comes from

 

The Glenview Park District’s 18.6 acre Wagner Farm is one of the last working dairy farms in Cook County and is open to the public for recreation and learning. The farm provides a unique opportunity for families to learn about our farming heritage and experience first hand “the way things used to be.”

Wagner Farm - 1930’s Grocery Store

 

In addition to the cows in the pasture, Wagner Farm has chickens, draft horses, and pigs as well as a restored farmhouse and barn and the award-winning Wagner Farm Heritage Center. The Heritage Center contains interactive exhibits where you can learn about farming from the early 20th century through the present,  “shop through history” at our 1930’s Grocery Store or purchase a souvenir of your visit from our Museum Store.

If your kids think that milk comes in a carton, corn comes in a can and chicken comes in a cellophane wrapped package, it’s time for a visit to Wagner Farm.

 

 

No matter what the time of year, there’s always something happening at the farm. Click on the items below to learn more about:

  1. The history of the farmWagner Farm
  2. Recreational programs for all ages
  3. Special events throughout the year
  4. School field trip opportunities
  5. Visitation programs for scouts and other groups
  6. Renting the Wagner Farm Heritage Center for special events
  7. Birthday parties at the Farm
  8. Volunteer opportunities at Wagner Farm
  9. How to join the Friends of Wagner Farm citizen support group

 

Wagner Farm offers you and your family the chance for a truly memorable and remarkable experience. Stop by soon and see what’s waiting for you.

The Wagner Farm Team
(click on team member names to email)

Todd Price, Director Jeff Wienski, Farm Manager Sarah Hagye, Program Manager
Todd Price
Director
(224) 521-2187
  Jeff Wienski
Farm Manager
(224) 521-2191
  Sarah Hagye
Program Manager
(224) 521-2189

 

 

Last updated 07/20/2008.
 
 
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