Address
Directions
2.5 miles southeast of Elk River on Hwy. 10
Phone
Website
Run by
The Minnesota Historical Society
Date Established
Date Established
1850’s
Cost
Admission fee charged
Peak Season
Fall
Summer
Peak season (notes)
Late summer to fall for garden and harvesting activities
Region
Central
Garden Type
Historic Garden
Extras
- Free parking on site
- Restrooms
- Hiking – 2.5 miles of groomed nature trails through woodlands along the banks of the Mississippi or through nearby restored prairie
Comments
This is the mid-19th century farm and home of Oliver H. Kelly, who, in 1867, helped establish the National Grange Organization to help his fellow farmers. The gardens on the site include fields, orchards, vegetable plots and extensive kitchen gardens all planted with heirloom varieties dating from 1850 to 1876. Gardens and fields are planted using tools and machines of the period. Visitors at summer’s end can help harvest crops and costumed interpreters demonstrate food preservation techniques.