Historic Wagner Farm Gets Ready For Fall In Glenview

GLENVIEW, IL — Fall officially starts next Tuesday, but at Glenview's Historic Wagner Farm, it feels like it's already here. A number of popular seasonal attractions at 1510 Wagner Road have returned.

FALL SALES

Fall sales will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting Saturday. Dress up your home and yard with beautiful, hardy mums. Pick up the perfect pumpkin and find cornstalks, Indian corn and gift shop merchandise in the sales shed. Face coverings are required in the fall sales area. All sales benefit Historic Wagner Farm programs and operations. Parking is available in the lot off Wagner Rd., across from the farmhouse.

FALL HISTORY TOURS

The fall history tours began Sept. 12 and run every Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 31. Tour times are 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The cost is $5 per person ages 2 and above; under 2 is free. Tickets are available day of at the Heritage Center gift shop. Tour includes a tractor pulled wagon ride and a tour of the Wagner Farmhouse. NOTE: All participants ages 2 and above must wear a mask at all times (including outside on the wagon ride)

NEW FARM ADVENTURE AREA

A tractor tire sandbox, a climbable corn stalk and a kid-sized farm stand will soon transport Historic Wagner Farm’s youngest visitors into life on the farm where they can play and explore. The play equipment is farm-themed, allowing kids to interact with a rural environment. The gardens adjacent to the playscape will be for everyone with ADA-accessible, raised garden beds, checkerboard game tables and educational signs with agriculture-related facts.

• Do some digging sandbox
• Swing on a tire
• Climb into a corn crib
• Interact with a life-size dairy cow sculpture
• Pretend to run a farm stand

The new playscape will be located just west of the Heritage Center. Visitors can follow a paved walkway from the Heritage Center to a circular hub that intersects with a path to the playscape and other areas of the farm. Site preparation and initial construction is expected to begin before the first of the year with major completion in early November.

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