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Wed, Oct 14, 2009
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James Farm Ecological Preserve
fundraiser set Oct. 17
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The staff of the Center for the Inland Bays invites everyone out for a fall day at the Farm at the 8th Annual Barbecue to Benefit the James Farm Ecological Preserve on Saturday, Oct. 17 from noon until 4 p.m. at James Farm on Cedar Neck Road in Ocean View, Delaware.
Catered by Bethany Blues, the barbecue will include all-you-can-eat pork and chicken and includes beverages and desserts. Oyster lovers will want to be there for the 2nd annual Oyster Tasting of Eastern Oysters in celebration of the Center for the Inland Bays Oyster Gardening Program.
This year, the event will be held under the pavilion just down the path from the parking area on Cedar Neck Road.
The barbecue is a James Farm tradition, bringing together friends of the bays, staff, volunteers and neighbors for a day of hayrides, bluegrass music, good food and fun. A pumpkin painting table will be set up for children.
Proceeds from the event go to support education and restoration projects at James Farm. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance on the CIB website at inlandbays.org, or at the door. Children 10 and under are free with a paying adult.
The James Farm is a 150-acre preserve with two miles of hiking trails, three observation decks, an amphitheater, a boardwalk dune crossing, open meadows, a mature upland forest and a sandy beach on the shores of Indian River Bay.
The James Farm Ecological Preserve was given to Sussex County in the 1990s by Mary Lighthipe, who stipulated that it be used for environmental and educational purposes. It is managed by the Center for the Inland Bays.
About 1,000 7th- and 8th-grade students from the Indian River School District come to the farm each year for a day of outdoor learning.
Visitors are welcome to visit the farm every day, from sunup to sundown.
The Center for the Inland Bays is a nonprofit organization working in four areas of mission; science and research, habitat protection and restoration, public policy, and education and outreach to protect and restore the Delaware Inland Bays and its watershed. |
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