Little Creek Farm Fall Festival This Saturday!
Decatur Metro | October 18, 2011
Jane writes in…
I’m hoping you will post about an upcoming event at a nearby Dekalb County park – Little Creek Horse Farm. We are having our yearly Fall Festival on October 22nd. This is our big fund raising event, and we’d like to get the word out to the community.
The event involves pony rides, a silent auction, horse and rider demonstrations, a live bluegrass band, food, and games for the kids. Little Creek Farm Conservancy, sponsor of the event, works in concert with the County to provide for the upkeep of the barn and premises. In addition, monies raised also go to support our community outreach programs: Stride Ahead Therapeutic Riding, for developmentally and physically disabled children and adults, individually and through the Shepherd Spinal Center; Horses for Homeless Heroes, working with homeless veterans; Hands on Horses barn tours for both the community at large, a well as with various facilities such as Wesley Woods, C.H.O.I.C.E, and other adult residential living situations.
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Little Creek used to use one of the best slogans ever: Putting the Neigh in Neighborhood.
Glad you like it – we still use it. Come buy a tee shirt and you can wear it around town!
Wow, this is really great! I wish we could go but already have other plans. I hope a lot of people support it.
Thanks for posting this. I didn’t know Little Creek was a county park. All these years I’ve thought it was a private concern.
I think it used to be family-owned and then was sold to county with some kind of agreement to continue the farm.
I didn’t realize it was a county park either!
The family who owned the property sold it to the County a few years ago. Recently, the barn/stable was renovated, and the Conservancy (which you all should join!) is now raising money to improve the indoor and outdoor riding arenas. All the horses are privately owned, but riding lessons are available. We also support outreach programs at the barn for developmentally delayed youth and adults, homeless veterans, spinal cord injury patients (through the Shepherd Center,) at-risk youth, and the elderly. There’s a lot going on around the barn!
I am really glad the County stepped up to protect this land for future generations!
Are you doing out- reach to in-town schools (like Decatur and especially Atlanta)? What a great opportunity this is for these kids who may otherwise never get to experience horses, nature etc.
It’s a great festival and a real neighborhood asset. Q: will there be a manure sale this year? My garden has benefited greatly in the past!