Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Right in the District's backyard is our country's only privately run national park. The mission of Turkey Run is to recreate the life of 1771 tenant farmers. The vast majority of Virginians in 1771 were tenant farmers, who lived by growing tobacco to pay their rent, and growing food to eat. The Claude Moore Colonial Farm property is approximately twelve acres planted with corn, tobacco, wheat, flax, rye, barley, a kitchen garden and an orchard. The fields are tilled, planted and cultivated by hand, applying basic principles of hoe agriculture. Staff and volunteers dressed in reproduction period clothes, work the farm, and answer your questions about the farm, livestock, and family, as if you were actually an 18th century visitor.
Directions : Go North on George Washington Memorial Parkway. Take exit 123 toward Chain Bridge / Mclean (you will see Claude Moore Farm direction sign). Go south on Georgetown Pike and make a right after the CIA entrance on Colonial Farm Road. The farm will be on the left hand side.
Tel: 703-442-7557
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Preparing the kitchen table
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Hanging the kitchen cloths to dry near the hearth fire.
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These baskets hold herbs and vegetables. During colonial times food baskets were hung to keep the mice and bugs away.
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Cooking and food storage. Peg driven shelves. The interior is white washed to keep bugs and reflects the light. Made from lime, water, molasses and salt.
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flax, hams, and clothing are hung on the farm house ceiling beams.
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Walking up into the Claude Moore apple orchard.
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Cow pasture where the animals graze. Claude Moore Colonial Farm
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Entrance to the kitchen garden.
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House view of the farm. A giant sycamore tree
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farm house and kitchen garden.
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from the path looking toward the tobacco barn.
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