2009 Biltmore Visit Planner - (Page 9) EXPERIENCE THE JOYS OF OUR APPALACHIAN FARM River Bend Farm was once the center of working life for Biltmore farm workers and their families. Now it’s a perfect place to time travel—to see the innovative techniques Biltmore brought to horticulture, forestry, gardens, and dairy operations, and to see the role of agriculture in estate life today. At River Bend Barn, talented blacksmiths, woodworkers, and craftspeople demonstrate skills that were essential to farm life while interpreters expand on our agricultural legacy. Seasonal events take you back into simpler times with music, games, horse plowing, corn shelling, and sheep shearing. There are plenty of ways to have fun here. Cool your taste buds with an ice cream treat before heading out on a horse-drawn wagon ride. Introduce yourself to calves, lambs, and our team of draft horses at the Farmyard, and stroll the Kitchen Garden to see what delicacies are ready for harvest in our Field to Table program that supplies estate restaurants. With all River Bend Farm offers, it’s not hard to imagine the rich life that once existed here. Caring for “retired” champions Biltmore’s dairy was famous for its champion Jersey milk cows and continued treating them well in their old age. A special barn nicknamed the “old ladies home” was their retirement home, where the special attention they received bore out the importance of their bloodlines to the estate herds. 800-411-3807 • BILTMORE.COM 9 http://www.BILTMORE.COM
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