Wagner Farm
| Address: | 1510 Wagner Road Glenview, IL 60026 |
Office Hours: | Mon.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm Sun.: 9 am-3 pm |
| Phone: | (847) 657-1506 |
Find out What’s New at the Farm -
Visit Our Blog
Keep up with what’s new at the Glenview’s Park District’s Wagner Farm by visiting the farm’s blog, Wagner Feed, winner of the Illinois Association of Park Districts and Illinois Park and Recreation Association Agency Showcase Award for Outstanding Electronic Communications in 2010 and 2011. Here you can view and comment on photos and stories about the workings of a genuine American farm and get the latest information on upcoming events at the farm. Come back often!
Where History Meets Education
Step back in time to farm life from decades past.
- Milk a cow
- Feed a chicken
- Attend a barn dance
- Tour 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 has been featured on WGN-TV’s “Morning Show.” See it on YouTube.
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.
Celebrate Glenview’s Farming Heritage with Drop-In Activities All Summer Long -
Daily, June 4-Aug. 17
There’s something exciting happening every day this summer at Historic Wagner Farm.
Dollar Drop-in Days – Monday-Friday, 10-11 am
Participate in fun crafts, demonstrations and farm-related activities. Activities change daily. Meet at the Heritage Center front desk. $1 per day per participant (both adults and children must pay)
Monday-Saturday, 4:30 pm
Public Milking Demonstrations in the Heritage Center’s milking parlor. Free.
Monday-Sunday, 10 am-3 pm
Meet costumed interpreters as they go about daily life on a working 1920′s farm. Free.
Tuesdays & Thursday, 4 pm
Storytelling with Miss Mary Beth. Free.
All programs are subject to change. No programs held Wed., July 4.
Check out the Wagner Farm blog at www.wagnerfeed.blogspot.com to see each day’s activities.
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 (224) 521-2187 |
 Jeff Wienski Farm Manager (224) 521-2191 |
 Sarah Hagye Program Manager (224) 521-2189 |