Features of Tallgrass Farm Foundation

  • 1000 acres of farm and woodland
  • Oldest (circa 1802) bank barn in Kentucky made of native limestone and timber beams
  • First large conservation easement in the state
  • Restored dry stack stone walls
  • Stone solstice sanctuary
  • Stone root cellar
  • Native forest of Shagbark Hickory, Sycamore, Oak and Osage
  • Indian Creek and Peters Creek transverse the farm
  • Large vegetable and herb gardens
  • Blackberry patches
  • Seven ponds, three of which are spring fed
  • Tobacco barns reminiscent of a past industry. One can still smell the burley.
  • Grass fed cattle rotation
  • Prize winning goats and sheep
  • Fifty acres of warm native season grasses: Big Blue Stem, Indian Grass and Echinacea
  • Forty miles of mowed trails
  • Cemetery
  • Stone and cast iron sculptures
  • Greenhouse and potting shed
  • Compost Sheds
  • Cold frames