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Vehe Farm Barn


The Foundation was created in 2000 by the Village of Deer Park to provide volunteer stewardship services to Vehe Farm and to support the Village's vision for Vehe Farm, which is:

To provide the public with a visual and interactive experience featuring the essence of the original prairie, history of local farming, community recreation, and a restored centennial barn and outbuildings serving as a community and cultural center.


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Recent News
Foundation Update to the Village of Deer Park - The Vehe Farm Foundation provides monthly updates at each village board meeting. Read the January Update.

Blackhawk Area Council Troop 927 Provides Community Service at Vehe Farm - On a beautiful late November Saturday morning, participants from Barrington's Troop 927 of the Blackhawk Area Council Danny Guarnieri, Joey Moote, Arun Jayaraman, Brian Guarnieri and Girl Scout Grace Moote with adult leadership support from Dan & Anne Guarnieri, Scott Moote, and Bob and Sue Lehde spent the morning at Vehe Farm performing a community service project. Read the entire Chicago Tribune article.

Foundation Update to the Village of Deer Park - The Vehe Farm Foundation provides monthly updates at each village board meeting. Read the December 2009 Update.

Second graders spend time outside studying insects at Vehe Farm - Thanks to a generous two-year grant from the District 220 Educational Foundation to the Barrington elementary school science program, all second grade classes, over 600 students, took part in Leave No Child Inside field trips. Read the entire Chicago Tribune article.

Getting Kids Outside a Success - On October 20, partnering with the Lake Zurich YMCA, the LNCI Consortium, and the Vehe Farm Foundation, over thirty children were able to take part in prairie seed collecting at Vehe Farm as part of the Ela Township Youth Coalition's goal to provide opportunities for children to become involved in various after school activities. Read the entire Chicago Tribune article.

Huron Nation-Indian Princess Community Service event at Vehe Farm - TOn Sunday, November 8, a beautiful fall afternoon, Huron Nation Indian Princesses and their fathers took part in a community service project at Vehe Farm. The girls learned about why prairies are important, who makes prairies their home, and how to help nature at their own home. Read the entire Chicago Tribune article.

Animal Footprint Stands and Bluebird Houses are Eagle Scout Project at Vehe Farm - Volunteers and fellow Scouts from Boy Scout Troop 964 helped Greg Frech come closer to achieveing his Eagle Award by making and installing educational animal footprint stands, the dispensers for the educational animal brochures, and bluebird houses for historic Vehe Farm. Read the entire Chicago Tribune article.

Foundation Update to the Village of Deer Park - The Vehe Farm Foundation provides monthly updates at each village board meeting. Read the November Update.

1920's Bobsled Restored at Vehe Farm in Deer Park - Recently a group of volunteers from Deer Park and Barrington helped Jonathan Coath, a member of Boy Scout Troop 927, as he completed the final steps of his Eagle Scout project--the restoration of a 1920's bobsled donated to Deer Park by the Willoway Farm. Read the entire Chicago Tribune article