Farm & Forage Series: Spring Salads with Ramps!
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Farm and Forage Series: Spring Salad with Ramps (Thursday, April 24 @5pm)
Join us for the first program of the year in our Farm & Forage Series where we forage for food in our woods and share a picnic meal outside the garden! ☺️
Join Farmer Emy for a rugged, off-trail hike through the woods to collect ramps and edible plants and flowers, then return to the farm to wash and assemble your salad and share an outdoor picnic lunch!
What will we be eating?
In the Spring Salad event you will learn to identify edible and non-edible spring ephemerals including ramps, trout lilies, false mermaid, springbeauty, Mayapples, violets, and more! We will forage some of the edible plants for our salads as well as classic forage greens including dandelion, clover, and chickweed. We will add our foraged feast to a base of salad greens, lettuces and tomatoes, and there is the option for guests to add farm gathered freshly cooked hard-boiled eggs.
Who is this event for?
This event is entirely outdoors and requires the ability to hike up and down steep ravines, cross a shallow creek on stepping stones, and navigate rugged and muddy off-trail terrain. This program is not suitable for small children unless they can be in a hiking carrier for the foraging portion.
Participants should wear hiking boots and bring a basket for foraging, your favorite salad dressing, and a water bottle. Bug spray to prevent ticks is recommended.
$30/person, advance registration required
Join us for
Spring Festival
May 16, 2026
12pm - 6pm
Our annual Spring Festival is an opportunity to visit the farm and enjoy special spring activities for all ages.
Come join the Maypole dance, check out milking, cheese-making, and soap-making demos, get creative with spring crafts including flower crowns, nature crafts, and painting, snuggle some baby goats, hold a baby chick and feed the hens from your hand, plant seeds in our new garden beds, participate in a community art project, tie-dye a souvenir t-shirt, play farm-themed yard games, join a guided hike on our rugged trails, and more!
Presale tickets are $11 for adults and $5 for kids ages 3 - 18 (2 and under are welcome and free!)
Prices at the gate are $14 for adults and $7 for kids ages 3 - 18 (2 and under are welcome and free!)
Spring Festival
May 16, 2026
12pm - 6pm
Our annual Spring Festival is an opportunity to visit the farm and enjoy special spring activities for all ages.
Come join the Maypole dance, check out milking, cheese-making, and soap-making demos, get creative with spring crafts including flower crowns, nature crafts, and painting, snuggle some baby goats, hold a baby chick and feed the hens from your hand, plant seeds in our new garden beds, participate in a community art project, tie-dye a souvenir t-shirt, play farm-themed yard games, join a guided hike on our rugged trails, and more!
Presale tickets are $11 for adults and $5 for kids ages 3 - 18 (2 and under are welcome and free!)
Prices at the gate are $14 for adults and $7 for kids ages 3 - 18 (2 and under are welcome and free!)
Spring Festival - May 16, 2026 (Presale, non-refundable)
Spring Festival will be held at Purple Goat Gardens from 12pm - 6pm on Saturday, May 16, 2026
Presale tickets are transferable but NON-REFUNDABLE (except in the case of event cancellation).
All Day Activities
- Baby Goat cuddles and photos
- Baby Chick cuddles and photos
- Food Trucks: Dough Jo Pizza, Taco Spot, Mamba Drinks
- Vendors
- Tie Dye Station
- Wooden egg painting craft
- Flower crown creation station
- Toddler play area
- Face painting
- Community Art Project
Scheduled Events:
- 12:15 - Farm Tour
- 1:15 - Milking and Cheese-making Demonstration
- 2:00 - Soap-making demonstration
- 3:00 - Maypole Dance
- 3:30 - Farm Tour
- 4:15 - Milking and Cheese-making Demonstration
- 5:00 - Goat hike
Address: 3447 Lampson Rd, Austinburg, Ohio 44010
Presale Price: $11/adult, $5/child
Price at the gate: $14/adult, $7/child
Note: You do not need to print tickets to the event, simply provide your name and email when you arrive and we will check you in.
