Twilight Tailgate with the Trees: End of Summer Celebration
Only one Tailgate at the farm this year! Let’s celebrate the start of the school year with a shin-dig at the Savanna Institute Demo Farm!
Let’s celebrate the start of the school year with a shin-dig at the farm!
Join us for an evening of good ol' Midwestern fun, including:
- Mocktails made with farm-sourced black currants and elderflower
- Agroforestry-inspired snacks
- Nature-games for kids (and kids-at-heart)
- Farm-wide Scavenger Hunt
- U-Pick Elderberry and Aronia berries
- Live Music featuring Matt Turino, local farmer & flippin' good fiddler
Schedule
6 pm - 8 pm: Socialize and enjoy games, refreshments, and the scenery
7 pm - 7:30 pm: Agroforestry Farm Tour
The Savanna Institute Agroforestry Demonstration Farm features:
- a 20-acre windbreak featuring 11 designs and 28 species
- a 15-acre hazelnut variety trial featuring 5 new hazelnut cultivars
- a 15-acre elderberry, black currant, and heartnut alley cropping system
- a 70-acre grain and timber alley cropping experiment featuring 6 species
Pack a chair or picnic blanket for lounging, as well as additional beverages you may want.
Bring along your family, friends, and kids, but please leave your furry friends at home.
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Need a bike to ride in Champaign-Urbana? Check out: Where to Get a Bicycle
Please wear a helmet and have bike lights if traveling by bicycle to the farm.
The route from the University of Illinois Main Quad to Savanna Institute Hudson Agroforestry Demonstration Farm is 9.3 mi. (See: Quad to Farm)
Take the Kickapoo Rail Trail from the Urbana entrance to Mayview (3.1 mi), then turn right off of the trail onto 1900E (2.5 mi) to the farm. (See: Rail Trail to Farm).
There is not a bike rack at the farm at this time (Summer 2025), but bikes can be secured to permanent signage.
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The Savanna Institute Illinois Demonstration Farms grow on the unceded lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Meskwaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw peoples. The soil we work with and the nourishment it provides are rich only because of generations of knowledge, wisdom, and care. This land continues to carry stories, fight for survival and identity, and celebrations of resilience and joy. It is our obligation as agroforesters not only to acknowledge this past, but actively support, listen to, and amplify the rights and demands of Indigenous communities, now and into the future.
Only one Tailgate at the farm this year! Let’s celebrate the start of the school year with a shin-dig at the Savanna Institute Demo Farm!
Let’s celebrate the start of the school year with a shin-dig at the farm!
Join us for an evening of good ol' Midwestern fun, including:
- Mocktails made with farm-sourced black currants and elderflower
- Agroforestry-inspired snacks
- Nature-games for kids (and kids-at-heart)
- Farm-wide Scavenger Hunt
- U-Pick Elderberry and Aronia berries
- Live Music featuring Matt Turino, local farmer & flippin' good fiddler
Schedule
6 pm - 8 pm: Socialize and enjoy games, refreshments, and the scenery
7 pm - 7:30 pm: Agroforestry Farm Tour
The Savanna Institute Agroforestry Demonstration Farm features:
- a 20-acre windbreak featuring 11 designs and 28 species
- a 15-acre hazelnut variety trial featuring 5 new hazelnut cultivars
- a 15-acre elderberry, black currant, and heartnut alley cropping system
- a 70-acre grain and timber alley cropping experiment featuring 6 species
Pack a chair or picnic blanket for lounging, as well as additional beverages you may want.
Bring along your family, friends, and kids, but please leave your furry friends at home.
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Need a bike to ride in Champaign-Urbana? Check out: Where to Get a Bicycle
Please wear a helmet and have bike lights if traveling by bicycle to the farm.
The route from the University of Illinois Main Quad to Savanna Institute Hudson Agroforestry Demonstration Farm is 9.3 mi. (See: Quad to Farm)
Take the Kickapoo Rail Trail from the Urbana entrance to Mayview (3.1 mi), then turn right off of the trail onto 1900E (2.5 mi) to the farm. (See: Rail Trail to Farm).
There is not a bike rack at the farm at this time (Summer 2025), but bikes can be secured to permanent signage.
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The Savanna Institute Illinois Demonstration Farms grow on the unceded lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Meskwaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw peoples. The soil we work with and the nourishment it provides are rich only because of generations of knowledge, wisdom, and care. This land continues to carry stories, fight for survival and identity, and celebrations of resilience and joy. It is our obligation as agroforesters not only to acknowledge this past, but actively support, listen to, and amplify the rights and demands of Indigenous communities, now and into the future.