Hutchinson Homestead Ranch
You are invited
Hutchinson Homestead Ranch
and Learning Center
Open House
Saturday, June 5th, 1 to 4 pm
8913 West Highway 50
(on the north side of the highway between Poncha Springs and Salida)
Please join us as we celebrate
The rehabilitation of the 10 out buildings
The conservation easement being placed on the Hutchinson Ranch
Receiving the Save America’s Treasures Grant
Farmhands Children’s Education Program
The 2 acre Educational Garden
Come enjoy
Tours of the out buildings
Traditional fiddle music under the cottonwoods
Children’s activities
Lemonade
Parking will be to the rear of the Homestead
For more information: Colleen 719 539 6177 or colleenjoyp@hotmail.com
Historic Hutchinson Homestead Ranch Tours
June 12
June 26
July 10
July 24
August 14
August 28
Guided tours of the Historic Hutchinson Homestead Ranch, located between Salida and Poncha Springs, 8913 West Highway 50, in Chaffee County, will be offered from 1 to 3 pm on the second and fourth Saturdays of June, July and August. Admission is free, and donations to the ongoing preservation project are gratefully accepted. Docents will be at the Homestead to take visitors through the main house and newly restored log out buildings of the historic ranch.
Farmhands Programs, Summer 2010
Join Farmhands Education staff for one or many of these fun, hands-on learning opportunities. Designed for children ages 5-11, all programs are interactive, educational, and exciting opportunities to experience a working ranch, meet the resident animals, assist with projects and explore the surrounding natural habitat.
Pre-registration is required for all programs. Please contact Farmhands Director Andrea Earley Coen at (970)309-3175 or email FarmhandsED@gmail.com to register or for more information.
Hutchinson Homestead Ranch, Salida
Ranch Camp
Ages: 5 and up
Dates: June 22-24, July 13-15, Aug. 3-5
Times: 9am-3pm each day
Cost: $120 per camp/ 10% discount if you register for all three
Spend three fun-filled days on a historic ranch! Each day will begin with ranch chores, and participants will get to assist in a variety of ranch projects, learn some animal husbandry skills, explore the pastures and creek, learn about the Hutchinson’s family and general ranching history and practice several traditional art skills, like spinning, candle making, butter making or making jam. There may even be a hint of magic that arises from the past…. The camp will conclude with a ranch-inspired feast and a square dance for campers and their families.
Traditional Arts Series
Dates: Mondays TBA June 7, 14, 21, 28 & July 12, 19, 26
Times: 10am-2pm
$25/day or $150 for all 7
Traditional arts are skills that were once a necessary part of daily life and a meaningful way to connect to place and home. In this Series, children will get a chance to learn and have fun practicing these skills in a setting that evokes the spirit of these traditions. All projects will be able to be taken home. The series will include spinning, butter making, candle making, soap making, food preservation, woodworking and blacksmithing. Sign up for one or all 7!
Annabel’s Garden
Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-5:30, ongoing from the end of May through October
$5/child/week
Gardens were an important part of any homestead, and this weekly series will celebrate the efforts and role of gardening on a ranch. Initially offered as an after-school program, this group of students will meet weekly from early May through the summer to develop, maintain and harvest a children’s garden. Topics will include garden design, seed choice, planting, transplanting, weeding, harvesting, seed saving and food preservation. Many vegetables will be historically and geographically accurate to a high altitude garden of the late 1800-early 1900’s. Edible flowers, herbs, sunflowers and fun, kid-friendly planting designs will be incorporated into the garden as well.