Grayling Visitors Bureau

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced that the Michigan Forest Visitor Center at Hartwick Pines State Park will host its annual Forest Fest on Saturday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Forest Fest will provide fun, educational activities designed to help children and families learn about this important natural resource.

Children will receive a natural resource activity booklet and can earn stamps by visiting each activity station. Events include children’s games, exhibits and displays on a variety of forest and natural resource-related topics. Guests can also learn about the health of Michigan’s forests and find out where to go for specific questions and help managing forests on their own private land. Educational handouts will be available, providing information on forest management and health as well as tips on preventing and suppressing wildfires.

Hartwick Pines State Park is located at 4216 Ranger Road in Grayling. The Forest Fest is a free event. However, all motor vehicles entering a state park or recreation area must display a 2012 Michigan Recreation Passport.

For more information about this program or other natural resource-based and historical programs offered at Hartwick Pines State Park, visit www.michigan.gov/hartwickpines and click on the link to the Michigan Forest Visitor Center, contact Craig Kasmer at kasmerc@michigan.gov or Tina McFalda at mcfaldat@michigan.gov, or call the Michigan Forest Visitor Center at 989-348-2537.

Beginning Oct. 1, 2201, the $10 Recreation Passport replaces the state park sticker for access into all state parks, recreation areas and boat launches. To get the Recreation Passport, Michigan residents can check “YES” on their license plate renewal forms. The Recreation Passport also helps preserve forest campgrounds and trails, historic and cultural sites in state parks, and local parks. Where can $10 take you? Visit www.michigan.gov/recreationpassport for more information.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to the conservation, protection, management, and accessible use and enjoyment of the state’s environment, natural resources, and related economic interests for current and future generations. Learn more at www.michigan.gov/dnre.

Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling will host its annual Wood Shaving Days Festival on July 21 & 22 at the park’s Logging Museum.  From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, visitors can enjoy the sights, sounds and scents of the historic steam-powered sawmill cutting logs into pine boards; listen to traditional music  and enjoy the art of wood carving, wood burning and other woodcrafters.  Also included at Wood Shaving Days are demonstrations by blacksmiths, weavers, and wool spinners.

Wood Shaving Days will be held on the grounds of the Logging Museum at Hartwick Pines State Park. The Logging Museum is a field site of the Michigan Historical Museum and interprets the white pine logging era of 1840-1910. Wood Shaving Days is sponsored by the Friends of Hartwick Pines and all proceeds go toward the interpretive and educational programs at Hartwick Pines State Park.

For more information about Wood Shaving Days or other programs at Hartwick Pines, please call (989) 348-2537.  There is no charge for attending Wood Shaving Days, but a Michigan Recreation Passport is required to enter the park.

For more information about this event, Hartwick Pines State Park, accessibility or park amenities, contact the park at (989) 989-348-2537 (TTY/TDD 711 Michigan Relay Center for the hearing impaired), or visit www.michigan.gov/hartwickpines.

The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural resources for current and future generations.

SPRING TULIP W/MARGIE

APRIL 7, Saturday, 10:30-4:00
$25

This class is perfect to help shake off the winter blues. You will need the Log Cabin In The Round book to learn this log cabin technique that is to easy but lookslike you are making curves. Come in and see Margie’s model.

The Icehouse Quilt Shop
509 Norway Street
Grayling, Michigan  49738
info@theicehousequiltshop.com
Phone:  (989) 348-4821
Fax:  (989) 348-7745
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm

Marianne saw this book and just had to try the technique. Two quilts later she is excited to share this easy and fast technique with you. Check out her models and you too might just get hooked on Wonky One Blocks.

March 29, Thursday 10:30-4:00
$25

The Icehouse Quilt Shop
509 Norway Street
Grayling, Michigan  49738
info@theicehousequiltshop.com
Phone:  (989) 348-4821
Fax:  (989) 348-7745
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm

Lynn has created many innovative jackets and you will have to see her model of this quilted jacket. You can pre-quilt pieces to use in this jacket or if there is a quilt that you have made but would like to give it a second life you can use it to create your own masterpiece.

February 25, 10:30-4:00   $25

http://www.theicehousequiltshop.com

Phone:  (989) 348-4821
509 Norway Street
Grayling, Michigan  49738

Take a trip back in time to Wellington Farm on Saturday and Sunday, October 20 & 21 and catapult pumpkins! Using a farm-style trebuchet, pumpkins are thrown across a field – how far can you chunk your punkin’? (Pumpkins available at Wellington)

A visit to Wellington Farm USA is a great full day outing for the entire family. The complex, located near Grayling, Michigan, is a 60-acre living history farm depicting life during the Great Depression. Gates to the farm open at 10 a.m. and tractor drawn shuttles are waiting to provide transportation from the Visitor Center to the heart of the agricultural complex where activities are happening all day long.

Wellington Farm Park is located on Military Road between North Higgins Lake State Park and the Michigan National Guard Camp. Admission to the farm is $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for students and seniors. For a map, or more information, call 989-348-5187 or visit the farm’s website at www.wellingtonfarmpark.org

Favorites from the Depression Era, such as apple pie, apple dumplings, apple grunt, cider, apple sauce, and apple butter will be highlighted in this special event at Wellington Farm, USA. In addition to all the Apple recipes being created in the kitchen, the Grist Mill will be in operation and the Sawmill will be sawing lumber, powered by one of the farm’s two steam engines. Throughout the farm, there will be demonstrations and interpreters working throughout the entire complex, explaining the lifestyle of years long past.

This event is scheduled for October 6 & 7, 2012. For more information, please call (989)348-5187 or visit www.wellingtonfarmpark.org

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer months. Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit corporation.

On Saturday September 15, Wellington Farm, USA near Grayling will play host to a Folk Arts Festival. The one day event will feature artists, musicians, authors and storytellers from across Northern Michigan. Wellington Farm’s outdoor stage is tastefully set in the heart of the beech/maple forest with wonderful acoustics.

The gates to Wellington Farm, USA open at 10:00 a.m. and guest performances will begin shortly thereafter. Be sure to bring a blanket or lawn chairs.

All of the Wellington Farm, USA historic buildings will be in operation during the one-day festival. In addition there will be artists, craftsmen, storytellers and musicians scattered about the park. A food concession will be available so families can plan on spending the entire day at the farm.

Admission charge for the Folk Arts Festival is just $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for seniors and students. Wellington Farm, USA is located at 6940 South Military Road between Higgins Lake and Camp Grayling. It is easily accessed from US-127, I-75 and M-72. The farm also has a General Store which is fully stocked with produce items, jams and jellies, gift items, tee shirts and hats. Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc. a non-profit corporation.

1-888-OLD-FARM; (989) 348-5187; www.wellingtonfarmpark.org

The last weekend of August will find all kinds of activity at Wellington Farm Park when the Wellington Antique Tractor and Engine Club present their annual Tractor and Engine Show. Tractors of all shapes and sizes will begin arriving at the 60-acre living history farm on Thursday, August 23 and will be available for viewing throughout the entire weekend.

On Friday evening there will be a Tractor Safari. The tractor group will ride to a local food establishment for dinner and then return to the farm. Those wishing to participate should contact Wellington Farm for more information. Saturday and Sunday will be the big days with many events being scheduled for both days. Highlight of the day will be a big tractor and machinery parade each afternoon.

On Saturday evening, August 25 Wellington Farm, USA will present “The Wellington Farm Country Music Show”. If you like old-fashioned country music and corny country humor, then this show is a must. Presented on one of the most picturesque outdoor stages in Northern Michigan, the Wellington show is a full evening of very enjoyable entertainment. Price of admission for the Variety show is only $12.50 and tickets are presently available at the farm’s Visitor Center or by phone. Steel guitars sing, the banjos ring and Ezra and Ethel Frogmire banter at the Wellington Barndance.

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer months. More information can be obtained by calling the farm at 989-348-5187 or visiting the website at www.wellingtonfarmpark.org. Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit corporation.

Sticky-buns Day has become a tradition at Wellington Farm, USA. It was started 13 years ago as a means of giving recognition to some of the baking skills generally practiced by the homemakers of the Great Depression.

Since that beginning, Sticky-buns Day has grown into a full blown event at the 60-acre living history farm. In addition to all the Sticky-buns being created in the kitchen, the Grist Mill will be in full operation, turning out the whole wheat flour used to create the famous culinary treats. Across the way the Sawmill will be sawing lumber, powered by one of the farm’s two steam engines. Throughout the farm, there will be music and demonstrations, and of course, interpreters will be working throughout the entire complex, explaining the lifestyle of years long past. Just the regular park entrance fee will gain you admission to all the events of Sticky-buns Day on July 21.

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer months.  www.wellingtonfarmpark.org.
Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit corporation.