THE FARM 1780

Announcing the Chef for our Harvest dinner on Friday September 27th.

🥁 … Chef Dante Serra - Executive Chef at The Hollow Restaurant in Columbia SC.

The Hollow is a forest-to-table restaurant that specializes in the traditions of rustic American cooking. And, this makes them the perfect collaboration for our authentic farm to table dinner! Most everything on your plate is raised or grown on The FARM.

When you arrive, you’ll enjoy a welcome cocktail & a tour of The FARM where you’ll see firsthand the fields where your food was grown & hear directly from the farmer. The dinner is a multi-course family style meal with wines served table side.

Grab your tickets before the dinner sells out. Once all seats are filled, we don’t add more.

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Announcing the Chef for our Harvest dinner on Friday September 27th.

🥁 … Chef Dante Serra - Executive Chef at The Hollow Restaurant in Columbia SC.

The Hollow is a forest-to-table restaurant that specializes in the traditions of rustic American cooking. And, this makes them the perfect collaboration for our authentic farm to table dinner! Most everything on your plate is raised or grown on The FARM.

When you arrive, you’ll enjoy a welcome cocktail & a tour of The FARM where you’ll see firsthand the fields where your food was grown & hear directly from the farmer. The dinner is a multi-course family style meal with wines served table side.

Grab your tickets before the dinner sells out. Once all seats are filled, we don’t add more.

https://thefarm1780.com/event/farm-to-table-dinner-2/ -tickets__tickets-form

Kindergarten Farm Days - Day 2!

We got to see some of our friends unexpectedly due to school cancelations. And while we were sad they didn’t get to experience Kindergarten today, we were thrilled to have them on The FARM!

We had to spend the day inside and under cover but we learned all about where rain comes from, lots of information about different kinds of seeds, TONS of crafts, LOTS of games, and dancing and sing-a-longs AND we learned that PUMPKINS 🎃are fruit! 🤯

Speaking of pumpkins….did you hear about our Pumpkin Camp on October 11th? Registration is now open & we can’t wait to check in with many of our campers to see how their years are going.

Sign up link: https://thefarm1780.com/event/pumpkin-camp-at-the-farm-1780/

And tomorrow is our last K Farm Day! Can’t wait!!

🤩 We had so much fun today with our Kindergarteners at Kindergarten Farm Day!

🌀 Hurricane Debby didn’t stop us from learning all about seeds, corn, worms, soil, chickens & more! We also practiced our listening skills, walking quietly in lines, and ways our teachers at school will help us grow & learn so much this year!

We look forward to seeing some of our friends tomorrow and Friday! We do have a few remaining spaces & if you would like to add your Kindergartener please call us at 803-356-4978 by 5:00 pm the day before to register.

Farm Days will take place rain ☔️ or ☀️… we move inside of the farmhouse as needed.

Most of you likely have Back to School on the mind. Just like a new school year, August is the beginning of a fresh start on The FARM. We’re transitioning between summer and fall crops and the fruit of the south is ripening up - Muscadine season is here! 🍇

We will open for u-pick Friday August 30th and Saturday August 31st - mark your calendars!

Never heard of muscadines? Don’t worry- McKenzie hadn’t either before she moved to the south. But she agrees with NPR, “muscadines may be the best grapes you’ve never tasted”.

The FARM 1780 grows multiple kinds of grapes - some good for winemaking others meant for jelly’s, jams and preserving.

Our personal favorite is the southeast’s #1 best selling variety for FRESH EATING- Supreme - it is the highest quality muscadine available and everyone who tries it loves it. It will become a staple in your kiddo’s lunch boxes this year.

So, now you know - muscadines aren’t just about sweet tasting wine! 🍷

We will also have u-pick zinnias & eucalyptus and tomatoes. As the fall season progresses we’ll have more flower u-pick availability including the return of Sunflowers! 🌻 And then, of course pumpkins 🎃 at Lexington County’s only locally grown pumpkin patch!

There are no parking fees on 8/30 and 8/31. The FARMstand play area & bar will also be open.

All the details including pricing, hours & FAQS can be found on our website: https://thefarm1780.com/events

Who’s ready for it? We’d love it if you’d tag a friend or share with some folls you want to bring out to this fall! 🍁

Hey Moms (and dads!)…I SEE you this week! How is it already time for Back to School? As you’re preparing for a return to normalcy (whatever that means these days!), The FARM is offering ways to help lighten your load and entertain your kiddos.

All the details 👇

📚Kindergarten Farm Days are offered Wednesday 8/7 - Friday 8/9 for rising 4K and 5K students (join us for all or just one!). With Lexington One Schools starting on a staggered start for Kindergarteners, this will allow parents and children the ability to maintain their routines. Kindergarten Farm Days are a bridge between Summer Camp and School with “mini camp days” on The FARM where kids will be entertained & learn. Kids will enjoy all sorts of farm activities including livestock care & maintenance, planting, harvesting, homesteading activities & more! Limited spaces remain - sign up: https://thefarm1780.com/event/kindergarten-farm-days/ -tickets__tickets-form

☕️ Mom’s Morning on The FARM starts this Friday 8/2. There are 3️⃣ spaces left for this week & 8️⃣ spaces left for Friday 8/9. Learn more here: http://thefarm1780.com/moms/

🙋‍♀️What is Mom’s Morning? It’s a morning on the farm for pre-schoolers. It offers moms a chance to prioritize time for themselves while their children are entertained with farm fun! (Pssttt...this week we’re offering a hike for moms + the regular coffee/snack bar, reading rooms, etc…). You really should come hang with me!

🍷🐥Once school is in full swing, you’re going to need a night out! Grab your best chicks and enjoy Fall on The FARM during September’s Hen’s Night Out on Thursday September 21st.
https://thefarm1780.com/event/september-hens-night-out/ -tickets__tickets-form��Wondering what else is coming up? Be sure you have joined our email list - it’s the best way to stay up to date with all the happenings.

We’ve got this! Cheers friends - McKenzie

U-Pick Update for Saturday 7/13:
NO U-PICK THIS WEEKEND

We are closed this Saturday due to field trips & private events at The FARM. But we hope to see you next weekend 7/20 if the weather cooperates and our campers don’t wipe us out this week! Stay tuned for an update mid-week.

In the meantime, we thought it was time to update you on a few other ways to connect on the FARM:

👩 Mom’s Morning on The FARM starts August 2nd

🗓️ July 31st: ONE group tour slot of the summer is available

🧑‍🎓Kindergarten Farm Days available August 7th - 9th

🐄 checkout our all-inclusive Barnyard Birthday Parties that are available for the month of August!

⬆️ All of these & more are available at the link in our bio!

Have a great Friday, friends!

U-Pick Blackberries, Flowers & Tomatoes
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Looking for some farm fresh fun this holiday weekend? Join us Saturday 7/6 8am - Noon

☀️ Get here early. When we sell out, we sell out. Things change quickly with weather and availability, so always please check social media for updates before heading our way

🧺 Blackberry U-Pick Saturday 7/6. We offer 1qt and 2qt picking baskets for blackberries.

🌼 U-Pick Flowers- fill a souvenir cup & make your own bouquet with farm grown zinnias, allyssum, marigolds, eucalyptus and other summer blooms! 🌻 Subflowers are available to cut by the stem!

🍅 U-Pick Cherry Tomatoes - Make Your Own Tomato Trio & fill a pint, 1QT or 2QT basket with vine ripened red, sungold & cherokee purple tomatoes.

The FARMstand bar will be open offering blueberry mimosas, Hazelwood Beer & other refreshments.

Other Vendors On-Site:

Abby Lorraine Soaps

Pour Up Candle Co.

Green Mission Possible

To sign-up to be a vendor complete the form on our website.

U-Pick Update for Saturday 6/29:

Open 9am until sell out (or weather conditions). So COME EARLY if you have your heart set on picking today. ALWAYS CHECK SOCIAL before heading our way. We will post updates as quickly as possible. No parking fee this weekend. FARMstand play area sponsored by WP Law is open. And we have a few vendors braving the heat with us!

☀️Blackberries: limited 1qt and 2qt baskets available. 1qt: $11 | 2qt: $15

🌸 Flowers: fill a u-pick souvenir cup for $20 (the zinnias love the heat!) Sunflowers are $1 per bloom.

No blueberries today.

☀️ We completed our 2nd week of FARMcamp yesterday ☀️We have one more session this summer 🌻

FARMcamp is about so much more than farming.

It’s about friendships.
It’s about appreciation.
It’s about new experiences.
It’s about encouragement.
It’s about seeing life through a child’s eyes.

And most importantly, it’s about the future.

We created FARMcamp to help teach the youngest generation the value of local food, unique land, and show them the importance of sustainable farming and conservation.

We’ve had campers come back session after session & for a 2nd year. And I think we’ve accomplished our goal. But these kids have taught us a lot too! They’ve helped us slow down a bit and enjoy what we sometimes find ourselves taking for granted. They filled our cups just as much as we hope we filled theirs.

Happy Summer! 🌞🕶️

We look forward to welcoming our 6s & 7s in a few weeks!

It’s time for a shout out to It’s an incredibly busy time on the farm and this guy hasn’t had a day off in months. Y’all it takes SO much work to grow food for the community. Being a farmer is not for the faint of heart. I am continually amazed at how hard he works but more so at how much he cares. Most of you see (and taste) the finished products. But I have the distinct honor of seeing behind the scenes. There is so much planning, research (and sometimes agonizing) that goes into growing tasty, healthy food in a sustainable and ethical manner. So as we kickoff this Monday (and another round of summer camp ☀️), I wanted to pause and brag for a minute. Please join me in a round if applause 👏 for the farmer.

And if you haven’t checked out ways to connect or recently be sure to check out what’s happening & come enjoy this amazing food!

https://thefarm1780.com/events/



Have an awesome week! - McKenzie

U-Pick UPDATE: for Saturday, June 22nd. We open at 9am and will be open until volume (meaning when we are picked over, we will close). ALWAYS CHECK SOCIAL before heading our way. We will post updates throughout the day. No Parking Fee this weekend. FARMStand play area sponsored by W. P. Law, Inc is open.

🫐 Blueberries - VERY LIMITED 1QT baskets available for u-pick. Come EARLY if you want blueberry u-pick. First come, first served. U-pick 1qt baskets $9 | We Picked Pints $7

☀️ Blackberries - U-Pick 1qt basket $11 | 2qt basket: $19. We encourage you to come early. While we do have an a good amount of berries, they are popular and it is first come, first served. No we-picked as we have a private event Saturday evening they were reserved for.

🌸 Flowers - Fill our U-Pick Souvenir Cup: $20, Sunflowers: $1 per stem

There are no outside vendors this week.

We currently have thornless blackberries, rabbiteye blueberries, and our flowers include zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds, eucalyptus (and a variety of edible flowers).

🐓 TONIGHT 🐓 Hen’s Night Out!

Join us from 5:30-7:30 for Refreshing Summer Cocktails and a Grazing Board.

4️⃣ Tickets Left, so grab your best chicks & come celebrate summer on The FARM.

This is the last Hen’s Night Out until September.

Tickets Here —-> https://thefarm1780.com/event/hens-night-out-cocktails/ -tickets__tickets-form

🥂 Cheers Friends!

Call me crazy but there’s nothing better than summer , live music, storytelling and BBQ. A whole pig goes on the smoker Thursday night by

Join us for ONE NIGHT ONLY this Saturday 6/15. Limited General Admission tickets available so grab yours now at the link in the bio.





Massive thanks to all the sponsors making this event possible

You don’t want to miss this one.

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🌸SPRING FESTIVAL TOMORROW 🌸

10am - 5pm

The 50th car gets in FREE and you get a free pint of our exclusive pink lemonade blueberries.

🅿️ fee gains you access to all activities. Additional fees for food, produce, flowers, beer, wine and other vendor items.

Spring Festival Activities:

- Flower crown & bouquet making stations (flower purchases required, but supplies included in your parking fee). Staff will be available to assist with this at 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- U-Pick Flowers (and pre-picked)
- Children’s Play Area (complete with our new slide system made possible by W.P. Law). Learn all about how large irrigation pipes move water through the farm to grow local food while having a blast on the slide!
- Barnyard Bounce House
- New Chicken Yard & Chicken Interaction Opportunities (time slots available at 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00)
- Odom’s Mobile Petting Zoo (10:00 - 1:00)
- Face-painting by

Live Music with Mark Handy from 12pm - 3pm

Spring Festival Food & Drink:

- Farm Fresh lunch (kid-friendly and adult options) available at The FARMstand starting at 11:00 until sellout
- Fresh produce available for purchase at The FARMstand including we-picked berries COME EARLY
- The FARMstand bar will have beer, wine, and other drinks including edible flower cocktails

Other Vendors On-Site:
See website for list of vendors

Advanced Tickets start at $25 per vehicle. Day of Tickets start at $30 per vehicle. We highly encourage advanced ticket purchases because The FARM is a small, family farm with limited parking. We cannot guarantee admission without an advanced ticket. More details will be announced soon. For commercial vehicle & bus entry, please contact us at [email protected] for pricing & availability.

No outside food or drink is permitted. For the safety of all guests and The FARM 1780 livestock, no pets are permitted on-site.

Who’s ready?!?!

Since we couldn’t kick the growing season off at our own farm today, we decided to head over to & support some other local farms & vendors.

We were racing to fit it in before nap time so didn’t get to stop & visit with everyone. But we enjoyed meeting new friends & seeing some of our favorites.

The market is open every Saturday (except for 4th of July weekend) - so go and then come see us after!

We’ll be open next Saturday 5/25!!

Happy weekend 🥙

In case you missed Wednesday's announcement - our Spring Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday June 1st!

Same fun - different day!

The good news? Our u-pick should be in full swing by this date so you may even be able to pick blackberries, blueberries & flowers.

You can still purchase advanced parking tickets here: https://thefarm1780.com/event/2023-spring-festival/ -tickets__tickets-form

On Saturday, 5/25 we will be open with NO ADMISSION charge. We expect to have u-pick and we-picked berries and flowers along with select produce for purchase - stay tuned for more information.

Stay dry this weekend, friends!
- Brett & McKenzie

A well-deserved honor for Brandon with American Forest Management, Inc.! Brandon has been a part of The FARM since day one. In 2018, we received a grant to put together a plan for the property we had inherited on Corley Mill Rd in Lexington. Records showed us that the property had been a working farm since the 1860s & we had a vision for the business but we weren’t exactly sure how to put all of the pieces together. And that’s when we met Brandon. Brandon worked tirelessly to develop a 10-year plan for our 36-acres. He embraced our vision for the business and worked with us to build something unique for the Lexington community.

When we hit road bumps with county and state officials, Brandon went to bat for us. He helped us push through and took on a lot of the red tape. The fact that this farm property exists and wasn’t sold to a developer is in large part due to Brandon’s belief in us personally and professionally.

When you visit The FARM today most of the spaces that you see - u-pick berry fields, muscadines, figs, seasonal fields, The FARMstand location, the native longleaf pine project…all of that is the product of Brandon’s vision for the land.

Please join us in passing along a big round of applause for his hard work & achievement! 🥇

We are so excited to announce that Brandon DuRant, Farmland Services Manager in Sumter, SC, has been awarded the Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers® (ASFMRA®)! DuRant earned the AFM designation by meeting stringent experience and education requirements, passing a rigorous written examination, and abiding by the American Society's Code of Ethics. He joins a select 43% of the ASFMRA membership who have received the Accredited status and currently maintain it through the ASFMRA continuing education program. Congratulations, Brandon! We are so proud of you!

Click the link below to read the rest of the press release.
https://bit.ly/4bDn3Jm

🌺🌷Opening Day is Next Saturday 🌺🌷

Spring Festival is next Saturday 5/18 from 10 - 5pm. Check out the awesome lineup:

🌸 Flower crown & bouquet making stations (flower purchases required)
🛝Children’s Play Area (complete with our new slide system made possible by W. P. Law, Inc.
🤠Barnyard Bounce House
🐓New Chicken Yard & Chicken Interaction Opportunities
🤳🏻 Spring Selfie Station
🐐Odom’s Mobile Petting Zoo (2:30 – 5)
🎶 Live Music 12-3 Mark Handy
🛍️ Shop local vendors

^^^^^all of that is included in your parking fee^^^^^

🅿️ $25 per vehicle in advance | $30 at the gate

🥪 We’ll also have Farm Fresh lunch (kid-friendly and adult options) + Farm Cheese Boards available at The FARMstand starting at 11:00 until sellout

Fresh produce, eggs, farm grown flowers & starts available for purchase

The FARMstand bar will have beer, wine, and other drinks including edible flower cocktails. 🍹
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Hey 👋 fellow moms & dads. We’re racing into summer & we all love our kids BUT if you’re anything like us…trying to figure out how to entertain them during the summer months is a wee bit stressful.

Don’t worry - we’ve got you covered at The FARM!

🚜 SUMMER ON THE FARM (for kids) 🚜

By popular demand, we have opened up the age range for our first summer camp session June 3rd - June 6th. This is now available for ages 8 and up. Activities are different than other weeks so if you are looking for multiple weeks of summer camp, your child will have different experiences between session 1 and session 2.

Session 2 is still for ages 8 & 9. But, as we tell all parents, you know your kids better than us. So if they are a little older or a little younger & you feel they would do well with this group, you are welcome to sign them up.

The last session for Ages 6 & 7 is FULL. You can join the waitlist or consider a different session.

Tap “Summer Camps 2024” at link in bio.

Looking ahead to August:

👩 Mom’s Morning on The FARM - offered every Friday in August. Offered for ages 2 through Rising Kindergartners. Drop-in rates available. See stories or link in bio.

📚Kindergarteners in Lexington School District One will start on a staggered start. We are offering Kindergarten farm days on August 7th, 8th and 9th. See stories or link in bio.

🫐We are offering group trip days in June & July. Only a few dates remain. If you are a preschool, camp, homeschool group, or simply want to get a group of friends together - check out those details at the field trip link in our bio. Also check the stories.

Alright friends…happy Friday! Stay cool out there 😎

-McKenzie