Let’s Go to the Park!
“Let’s go to the park!” That’s what we hear children say that visit Parky’s Farm: “Can we go to the park?” Silly kids; our time will be spent looking at more educational aspects of this park.… Let’s Go to the Park!
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
One of the things that makes Great Parks such an amazing organization to work for is the dedication to its mission statement: To preserve and protect natural resources and to provide outdoor reaction and education… Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Healing Waters
It’s a treasure, indeed, to find a facility that accommodates the needs of the guests, and that’s just what Parky’s Farm offers to the veterans and wounded warriors of Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing-Cincinnati.… Healing Waters
Lift Up Your Voice & Sing!
Some of my favorite memories of outdoor adventures are remembered through songs learned at different events. Every time I think of “Tough as a pine knot, tall as a Hemlock, we’re the gang from… Miami!”… Lift Up Your Voice & Sing!
The Benefits of a Barn Cat
When you think of a farm, you probably imagine scenes involving rolling pastures of green grass, cows mooing, chickens clucking and a happy farmer tending to his crops. What you probably didn’t notice when you… The Benefits of a Barn Cat
Dabbling Ducks
Last year, Parky’s Farm acquired two Welsh Harlequin ducks: a drake (male) and a hen (female). The Welsh Harlequin is a domestic breed that was developed in Wales in 1949 and is different from the… Dabbling Ducks
Through Rose Colored Glasses
In December 1938, there was a murder in a New Jersey penitentiary yard… not of humans, but of prison chickens that were killing other prison chickens (which I’m sure made the chicken farmers very nervous).… Through Rose Colored Glasses