Enjoy a free, self-guided driving tour down country roads to participating farms and wineries during the Loudoun County Spring Farm Tour, Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Spring Farm Tour weekend serves as an introduction to Loudoun's growing season. Buy spring seedlings and plants for your home, say hello to farm animals and greet spring babies, tour a winery, pick your own fresh-as-it-gets strawberries, and much more. Bring the whole family for a day or two of fun, education, and agritainment!
In addition to the 25 participating farms, 14 wineries and 3 country stores, Grandale Farm Restaurant, Stoneybrook Farm Market, the Leesburg Animal Park, and the Heritage Farm Museum will provide special events during farm tour weekend. New farms participating this spring include the American Academy of Equestrian Sciences in Leesburg, where visitors can get a tour of the facility by world class dressage competitor, Marina Genn.
Visitors can take a hayride at Ballentine Farm and see the lifestyle of a working farm while enjoying some hand-churned ice cream. See a working distillery in production at the first family-owned microdistillery in Loudoun at Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. The kids will enjoy a pony ride and stable tour at Chase Run Stable and the parents can enjoy live music and a glass of wine at neighboring Hunter’s Run Wine Barn. WeatherLea Farm will be offering tours of the vineyard and cottage, and the Loudoun Valley Sheep Producers will be selling their famous lamb sausage sandwiches. In the evening the barn will rock with a barn dance to benefit Loudoun’s 4-H Program.
Complete information for the Loudoun Spring Farm Tour, including a map and directions to all participating farms, can be downloaded from http://www.loudounfarms.org/ and will be available at Loudoun County libraries, the Heritage Farm Museum, and the Visitor Center in Leesburg. Watch your mail for the Buy Fresh Buy Local guide which includes all the farm tour information. To have information mailed to you, submit your request by email (info@LoudounFarms.org) or call the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development at 703-777-0426 or the Loudoun Visitors Center at 703-771-2170.
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Contact: Ann Higgins, Department of Economic Development, 703-777-0426
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