Twilight Tailgate with the Trees: End of Summer Celebration

Only one Tailgate at the farm this year! 

Let’s celebrate the start of the school year with a shin-dig at the Savanna Institute Demonstration Farm! ***

Come hang out at the largest agroforestry demonstration farm in the state–only 10 miles from the University of Illinois campus. Savanna Institute staff will give tours of the site, which features . . .

• a 20-acre windbreak featuring 11 designs and 28 species
• a 15-acre hazelnut variety trial featuring 5 new hazelnut cultivars
• a 15-acre elderberry, black currant, and heartnut alley cropping system
• a 70-acre grain and timber alley cropping experiment featuring 6 species

BYOB encouraged, friends welcome.

Schedule

6 pm - 7 pm: Socialize

Have a drink, snack, and connect with Savanna Institute

7 pm - 7:45 pm: Tour

Go on a walking tour of the farm, led by staff.

The Savanna Institute Illinois Demonstration Farms grow on the unceded lands of the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, Miami, Mascoutin, Odawa, Sauk, Meskwaki, Kickapoo, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, and Chickasaw peoples. The soil we work with and the nourishment it provides are rich only because of generations of knowledge, wisdom, and care. This land continues to carry stories, fight for survival and identity, and celebrations of resilience and joy. It is our obligation as agroforesters not only to acknowledge this past, but actively support, listen to, and amplify the rights and demands of Indigenous communities, now and into the future.

Info: Have a drink, snack, and connect with Savanna Institute

Info: Go on a walking tour of the farm, led by Savanna Institute staff.