Contact:
Bill & Jeni Flathers, (540) 937-7368
7392 Endless View Lane, Rixeyville, VA 22737
Email: meadowdean@msn.com
Saturday & Sunday
For years the Flathers family dreamed of experiencing rural life,
with fresh air, open spaces, and plenty of animals. Their vision was
to learn practical homesteading, dairying, and livestock management
skills while teaching their children character and responsibility
through daily farm life. That dream came true in 1997, when the
family bought Meadowdean. The 200-year-old farm on the Hazel
River was as rich with history as the land was beautiful.
A
small herd of registered Nubian and Alpine dairy goats provides
the family with milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream and soap, as well as
hours of sheer delight. The family’s horses also provide a way to
gain new skills and enjoy the beauty of the farm from a higher
vantage point! And finally, two donkeys, a few chickens, rabbits,
dogs and cats round out the assortment of animals on this family
farm.
Directions
from Culpeper - Take 229N to Rixeyville. Turn left
on Rt. 640 (Monumental Mills Rd.) Go ~ 2 ½ miles. Turn right
on Butler Store Rd. Go ~ ¾ to driveway on right (Endless View
Lane) Follow driveway to the farm at the end (~1 mile).
Directions
from Warrenton – Take 211W to 229S. Travel ~
6 miles. Turn right on Waterford Rd. (Rt. 611) Go ~ 1 ½ and
turn left onto Butler Store Rd.(Rt. 628) Go ~ ½ mile to the
driveway on left (Endless View Lane) Follow driveway to the
farm at the end (~1 mile).
Site
Activity - Hand-milking demonstrations of dairy goats,
hayrides through the property and along the river. Farm
fresh goat cheese and bake sale treats will be available with
proceeds going to the 4-H Club. There will be a tiny tot
hay maze and a petting zoo area for the children.
Cowboy Church in arena at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
