Summer Fun

Summer is a wonderful time for young people to enjoy the natural wonders of the Accokeek Foundation at Piscataway Park and the National Colonial Farm. Through our colonial living history museum, organic farm, heritage breed animals, and gardens, we provide a wealth of opportunities for a unique outdoor experience.

If you would like to book one of the following tours for your group, please contact:
MaryAlice Bonomo
phone: 301.283.2113 ext. 28
email: education@accokeek.org.

Suggested $3.50 per person donation.

BARNYARD BONANZA
Meet our heritage breed animals: Red Devon cows, Hog Island sheep, Dominique chickens, Black Spanish turkeys, and Ossabaw hogs. See a team of oxen and greet our horse and miniature donkey. Learn how domesticated animals have lived here with humans and have contributed to shaping this land as we see it today.

COLONIAL FARMHAND
Step back in time to 1775 and experience what life was like for the family of a middling tobacco planter. Learn about the importance of tobacco in colonial Maryland. See the family home and meet Mrs. Bolton (a costumed interpreter). Help with the daily chores, from pounding corn to carding wool to helping in the fields, during this "hands-on" experience.

WILDERNESS EXPLORER
What was here when the colonists arrived and what was brought here from other places? Children will learn that not only people immigrated to the New World, but plants and animals as well. In the Museum Garden, children will learn how plants from the continents of Europe, Africa, and the Americas came to the Tidewater Potomac. Walking through the forest, children will learn about native and non-native plants and predict how natural resources could be used. In the barnyard, children will meet cows, sheep, hogs, chickens, turkeys, and oxen and learn how they came to Maryland, how they were used by colonists, and their importance today.

COMBINATION TOUR
We can craft a special tour for your group that includes pieces from some or all of the above tours. Tour length can be tailored to the needs of your group. The Accokeek Foundation offers special tours for adult groups, scouts and other youth organizations, and active seniors. Through its colonial living history museum, organic farm, heritage breed animals, and gardens, the Accokeek Foundation provides a wealth of opportunities for a unique outdoor experience.

If you would like to book one of the following tours for your group, please contact:
MaryAlice Bonomo
phone: 301.283.2113 ext. 28
email: education@accokeek.org.

Suggested $3.50 per person donation.