Up Coming Events at Landmark Park

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Sep 03 2012 2:33 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER 6, NOVEMBER 3 • WIREGRASS WOODTURNERS CLUB MEETING

 

 

9:30 a.m. Open to the public, no experience

necessary. Free with paid gate admission. Alabama Agricultural Museum. Held first Saturday of each month.

OCTOBER 6, NOVEMBER 3 • LANDMARK DULCIMER CLUB JAM SESSION

 

 

1 p.m. Must have a mountain dulcimer, no experience

necessary. Free with paid gate admission. Held first Saturday of each month.

SEPTEMBER 9, OCTOBER 14, NOVEMBER 11 • REPTILE FEEDING

 

 

4 p.m. Interpretive Center Classroom. Watch park staff feed the

snakes and learn why these animals are important to the environment. Free with paid gate admission. Held second Sunday of each month.

SEPTEMBER 20 • LOW COUNTRY BOIL

 

 

Annual fundraiser featuring food, music by Rolling in the Hay, silent auction and wagon rides.

Advance tickets required. Held in the Stokes Activity Barn at Landmark Park. Deadline to order tickets is Sept. 13.

SEPTEMBER 25 • THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE HONEYBEE

 

 

Through three different learning stations students will explore honeybee

communication and life cycle, honey production and harvesting, pollination and the hive environment. This program will provide the

opportunity to watch a beekeeper work a real hive of bees and taste the freshly gathered honey. Cost: $6 per student; teachers/aides FREE;

one chaperone per 10 students FREE. Extra chaperones pay student fee. Homeschools must register through the group coordinator. Program

Length: 3 hours (9 a.m.-noon) Suggested Grade Level: 2nd-12th. Preregistered school groups only.

september 29 • Basic photography Workshop

 

 

9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Registration required. $15 for members and $20 for

nonmembers. Limited to participants ages 12 and older, with a maximum of 20 participants. Bring camera, extra batteries, the camera

manual, a clean media card and a sacked lunch and drink. Call 334-794-3452 to register. Learn how to properly use the camera manual,

identify 3 elements of an acceptable photograph, identify the settings of the Camera’s mode or menus and elements of basic composition.

OCTOBER 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 • HARVEST HEY DAYS

 

 

Visit the pumpkin patch and enjoy many other fall-related activities such

as corn pulling and cotton picking. New this year is our Kernels of Fun area. $7 per student; teachers/aides FREE; one chaperone per 10

students FREE. Extra chaperones pay student fee. Homeschools must register through the group coordinator. Program Length: 4 hours (9

a.m.-1 p.m.) Suggested Grade Level: 3P-8th. Preregistered school groups only.

OCTOBER 6 • WIREGRASS ANTIQUE AND COLLECTOR CAR SHOW

 

 

10 a.m.-4 p.m.

One of the largest car shows in the Wiregrass.

Approximately 200 cars on display ranging from “T” Models to custom classics. Presented by Wiregrass Antique and Collector Car Club. Adults, $5; kids,

$3; Park Members, free.

OCTOBER 26-28 • LANDMARK PARK QUILT SHOW

 

 

Held in conjunction with Wiregrass Heritage Festival. Stokes Activity Barn. View over

100 antique and contemporary quilts. Exhibits, juried show, guest speakers and more. Free with paid gate admission. Special display of 1930s era quilts.

Deadline to enter a quilt in the show is Sept. 22

 

 

. Visit www.landmarkpark.com for entry forms.

OCTOBER 26 • CANE GRINDING DAY

 

 

Experience farm life in the early 1900s with quilting, blacksmithing, butter churning and other

traditional skills. $7 per student; teachers/aides FREE; one chaperone per 10 students FREE. Extra chaperones pay student fee. Homeschools

must register through the group coordinator. Program Length: 4 hours (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Suggested Grade Level: 3P-8th. Preregistered school

groups only.

OCTOBER 27 • WIREGRASS HERITAGE FESTIVAL

 

 

10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Learn how peanuts were harvested in the Wiregrass a half-century ago.

Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of cane grinding, syrup making, butter churning, basket weaving, soap making and other traditional farm activities.

Plus, food, music and antique tractors and farm equipment. Adults, $8; Seniors and Active Military, $6; Kids, $4; Park Members, free.

NOVEMBER 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 • LIVING HISTORY

 

 

Experience living and working on a Wiregrass Farmstead in the early 1900s withd

hearth cooking, gardening and sewing, to wood splitting, fire building and animal care. Costumed in period dress, students will be divided

into small groups in order to participate in the different workstations. This half-day program will conclude with lunch in the Waddell house

prepared by the students. Limited to a maximum of 30 students and a minimum of 20. The fee is $12 per student. Teachers are free. No

chaperones required. Homeschools must register through the group coordinator. Program Length: 4 hours (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Suggested Grade

Level: 3rd-8th. Preregistered school groups only.

THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER • RETIRED MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH

 

 

Retired military who join landmark park during the

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