Faith Communities Go Green’s Education/Lifestyles Working Group, as an initiative during Climate Week, is inviting people from the community to join us for an in-person guided tour of the Gorman Heritage Farm on Sunday, 14 th June, 2026, 3 – 6 PM. We’ll end the tour with an hour of fellowship over a potluck picnic.
The Education/Lifestyles Working Group educates and inspires members of the various faith and civic communities to change their lifestyles, whether by taking small steps or big, to reduce our individual and collective carbon footprint and collectively help our planet to become healthier and more sustainable.
The mission of Gorman Heritage Farm aligns with our values and the work we do. This farm is a non-profit working and educational farm with the mission to cultivate a healthy community through farm-based education and experiences about food, sustainable agriculture, and the natural world.
On our guided tour of the Farm, a paved loop of half a mile, our group will be led by a trained GHF Educator in activities such as planting a seed, tasting fresh vegetables from the garden, and meeting and petting farm animals. This tour is designed to give an overview of what happens at Gorman Heritage Farm while keeping our group moving and interacting with animals, gardens, history, and stories. Attending this event helps to support the farm to continue its mission and helps us all get a deeper appreciation of nature and the crucial role it plays in our daily lives.
Please click here to reserve your place in this guided tour: REGISTER
We will only be able to accommodate 50 people, so register soon. This event is especially kid-friendly. The paved path is wheelchair friendly, but the Farm does not have any wheelchair, so if you need one, please bring your own.
The Gorman Heritage Farm, founded in 1835, was once a family-owned farm, passed down through many generations of the Brown-Gorman Family. In 1996, the last remaining members of the immediate Gorman Family, Jim and Dorothy, passed the farm onto the community to remain an educational farm, leaving a legacy of teaching community members of all ages about where their food comes from. The farm has 122 acres filled with picturesque gardens, historic buildings, crop fields, and forested hiking trails.
GHF hosts annual events such as May Farm Fest in the spring, and the Sunflower Festival in the farm. They serve many schools with both Field Trips to the farm as well as Farm to Community programs bringing the farm directly to students in their classrooms. Families visiting the farm can explore on their own, or attend special programs about gardens, farm animals, and more. As a working farm, GHF grows almost 12,000 pounds of produce in the Market Garden annually, most of which goes to the CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture – a produce subscription that is purchased by community members in shares. Fresh and dried flower bouquets and farm-fresh eggs, meat, and honey can be purchased inside the Farm Shop as well.