Join us at McDonald Farm for a delightful day at our annual Fall Market & Music Fest, where we are blending two of our community’s favorite events — Music on the Farm and Green Earth Fall Community Market! Discover all the wonderful things happening on the farm, including a local-farms-only mini-farmer’s market featuring Green Earth Harvest’s certified organic veggies plus an array of other local goods from our farm family partners, including fruit, organic sourdough bread creations, local eggs, organic flour, grains and beans, specialty flowers, and more!

Drop in for a bit or spend the afternoon enjoying live music, children’s activities, farm tours, and plenty of delicious, local food. We can’t wait to see you on the farm!

Mini-Farmer’s Market:

Music on the Lawn

Food Trucks

Children’s Activities

Visit & Learn

The Buzz About Bees
Visit Beekeeper, Pete Soltesz of Illinois Bee Rescue, to explore the fascinating world of bees, from the social structure of colonies — with female workers running the hive — to the role of nutrition and pollination in honey production and the larger human food system.
Location: Meet Pete at his bee booth around the circle drive

Conservation@Home: Easy Ways to Help Nature Thrive
Stop by our Conservation@Home booth to chat with our experienced staff about some top tips to support pollinators and quick wins for conservation, right in your own yard.

Location: The Conservation Foundation booth around the circle drive

Ask an Organic Farmer
Chat with your local farmer to learn about growing here on the farm.
Location:  Green Earth Harvest vegetable farm stand

Farm Tours

Explore the Edible Forest Garden Guided Tour
1:00 – 1:45pm

Join Connie Kollmeyer in McDonald Farm’s Edible Forest Garden for a guided tour of all that’s growing in this nature-inspired, low-maintenance, and high-biodiversity space which benefits both people and pollinators. Sign up here

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Local, Organic Farming
2:00 — 2:45pm.

Tour McDonald Farm with farm manager Russ Cerocke to learn the ins and outs and the ups and downs of how we sustainably and organically grow 40+ crops to feed our community clean, delicious produce. Sign up here

Conservation@Home Tour of McDonald Farm and Gardens
3:00 — 3:45pm
Join our Conservation@Home staff to explore McDonald Farm’s rich history, prairie and wetlands restoration, multiple gardens, sustainability projects, and more! Sign up here

Learn more about Fall Market & Music Fest here