The Annual Old Fashioned Prairie Fest

Saturday, September 12, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Free event @ the Historic Prairie House, 11225 Constitution Drive, Westchester

Save the Prairie Society’s invites you to a free community event: The Annual Old Fashioned Prairie Fest at the parkway of the Prairie House! Rain date September 19.

FREE Event! Something for everyone:

• Vendors will offer Arts and Crafts
• Prairie Society experts will offer Prairie Walking Tours and talk about how Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve was established and how it is maintained
• STPS local historian will give tours of the 1870s farmhouse and the historic 1853 Schoolhouse Museum within and show immigrants’ trunks
• Ledo’s Pizza will offer Food and Beverages
• Our Information Booths will have more details on Prairie Events, Restoration Efforts and other prairie and sustainability volunteer opportunities
• Big Run Wolf Ranch will introduce you to a variety of interesting mammals from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, tentatively including a Lynx, an Opossum, a Porcupine and an Armadillo
• Historical reenactors will be available to talk about the time periods they interpret and demonstrate some common daily activities