Five Local Outdoor Activities You Can Do With the Family this Saturday

Breakfast on the Farm at Gale Woods

8:30 AM-Noon
Start your day at Gale Woods with a farm-fresh breakfast made from locally grown foods. Enjoy music and stroll the farm to meet the farm animals. Reservations required by Wednesday, August 14. 7210 County Road 110, Minnetrista. More information here.

Bike and Breakfast
Bike to Gale Woods for Breakfast on the Farm or bring your bike along and take a spin after breakfast. The Dakota Rail Regional Trail runs from downtown Wayzata along Lake Minnetonka with its beautiful views, through Mound, past Gale Woods and on to St. Bonifacius and Mayer to the west, 25.5 miles total. More information here.  

Bird Banding at Lowry Nature Center
Carver Park Reserve
9 AM-Noon 
Close encounters with wild birds! See wild songbirds being safely trapped, studied and tagged with numbered rings. Learn how to identify birds in the hand. 7025 Victoria Drive, Victoria. More Information here.

Grimm Farm Open House
Carver Park Reserve
1-4 PM
Step back in time and explore Wendelin Grimm's farm. See the restored 1870s house and fields where Grimm, a German immigrant, experimented with his alfalfa that transformed the Upper Midwest into America's dairy belt. Experience the hands-on work and play of a late 1800s Minnesota farm. Grimm Farm is on Grimm Rd. More information here.

Blue Jean Rug at Lowry Nature Center
Carver Park Reserve
1:30-4:30 PM
Recycle your old blue jeans into a woven fabric strip rug. Bring your own worn-out jeans and get started on your rug.  Reservations required.  7025 Victoria Drive, Victoria. More information here.

Detour Note: 
State Highway 7 is closed at County Road 11/Kings Point Road.  To travel from Gale Woods Farm to Carver Park Reserve, travel east on County Road 110, south on County Road 44, east on State Highway 7, south on Rolling Acres Road, west on State Highway 5, and north on County Road 11 to the park.  More information here.