Growing A Healthier Future
The Farmington Community Center sponsored an after-school program for a few years (2013 - 2015) that allowed 3-5 graders to use the nature park to learn about local plants and wildlife and learn about growing produce in the youth garden located on the property.
Archeology Day - Saturday, April 20th 2013
Wake Forest University's Professor Eric Jones and archeology students excavated segments of the Farmington Nature Park and presented their findings during an Archeology Day the class prepared for the community. They displayed old bottles, cans, and pieces of china they found in an old trash pile found on the property.
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Professor Jones taught the students how to mark of small areas at a time and carefully dig out items buried in the dirt. Even the smallest items gave clues to how old the trash pile was and what type of lifestyle the people lived who through there trash there.
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Quote from Professor Jones after a dig in October, 2018:
"We had a good afternoon. There are several wrought iron nails in the frame. Those types of nails were used from 1800-1890, so the original part of that structure likely dates to the 1800s. We measured and mapped the structure. It was likely 20x20 feet. The brick appears to have been part of a chimney, given that one side of many of the bricks has soot on them. We dug one test pit and found bottle glass and redware pottery. I need to examine the redware to see how old it might be."
"We had a good afternoon. There are several wrought iron nails in the frame. Those types of nails were used from 1800-1890, so the original part of that structure likely dates to the 1800s. We measured and mapped the structure. It was likely 20x20 feet. The brick appears to have been part of a chimney, given that one side of many of the bricks has soot on them. We dug one test pit and found bottle glass and redware pottery. I need to examine the redware to see how old it might be."
