Calling All FIddlers......June 5th Fiddlers' Contest

Missouri Fiddlers' Contest to be held on June 5th at the Hofgarten in downtown Hermann.     Contest information call Joan Treis at 573-486-FARM or email
steve_hall_stl@yahoo.com    3 Divisions with $800 in cash prizes.  Missouri Traditional Old Time Rules Apply.   Decision of judges is final.   No charge for fiddlers or accompanists that perform in the contest.   Registration will be at
12 Noon on June 5th.    For more contest information visit www.mo-fiddlers.com

From Farm Stand to Table........

Regional Foods at Taste for the Arts 

Organizations linking farmers and their produce with specialty chefs are springing up across the United States. They all share a philosophy which fosters a relationship supportive of local agriculture and also create a special culinary experience for people who come to enjoy the foods.

We strive to work with farmers with all our events sponsored by Hermann Farm & Museum.
We decorated the Country Fair with corn stalks and locally grown pumpkins, and served freshly squeezed lemonade and apple cider at or fall harvest event.  We are hosting classes on how to make artisan cheese using local milk products from goats and cows,  and at our December winter events you'll find us simmering locally grown root vegetables and meat products in cast iron while making our Lewis and Clark Bison stew.    Chestnuts from a Missouri grower were roasted over an open fire at Christmas time.

This Summer we embrace this philosophy again by providing a similar venue for this culinary network to continue with the foods offered at this year's Taste For the Arts.  We'll be serving locally harvested foods from area producers and food grown within 50 miles of the event,  which exemplifies not only arts of the region, but foods of the region as well.

Menu To Be Announced

Civil War Days Coming in September 2011.....

September 24th and 25th, 2011.
 Civil War Re-enactors Wanted
Sutlers as well as historical interpreters also welcome.   The Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War will take place at Hermann Farm and all Hermann Farm venues in historic downtown Hermann.

For Information Contact Joan Treis at Hermann Farm by calling 573-486-3276

Penny Rugs, Barn Wood Framed Photographs at Taste For the Arts 2011

From Penny Rugs to Watercolors of Rural Landscapes,  2011 Taste For the Arts will showcase a fine sampler of some of the best artisans in the region.    Using the colors and sounds and scenery of the region each artist, musician as well as those preparing the foods will highlight some of what makes our wine country
heartland so special.    Kim Carr will be on hand with her portfolio of farm land photography with each image framed inside pieces of authentic Missouri barn wood frames.  

Taste For the Arts to host Missouri Fiddlers, Buckhannon Brothers and Wil Maring

Music will be the focus for the annual Taste For the Arts held in Hermann Missouri at the Hofgarten on First Street and Gutenberg in the heart of the downtown historic district.    Art, Music, and Regional foods will be featured on the weekend of June 4th and 5th from 10-5 both days.    On Saturday and Sunday selected artists will be on hand with artwork inspired by the region.   Framed photos of draft horses,  barns and silos will rub elbows with watercolors of river scenes and vineyard vistas.    Visit the Taste For the Arts web site to learn more at www.tasteforthearts.org


The old time Fiddlers' Contest will take place on Sunday at 1 pm.
Registration for the contest is at noon and is open to all fiddlers.

Taste For the Arts - Crafted To Inspire

Taste For the Arts 2011 is crafted to Inspire.   Components of the exhibit will  represent all the arts where the region becomes the muse and the Hofgarten the ultimate backdrop.   Artists were selected who create art with a rural theme.   Visitors will experience art using nature's treasures, clay, wood, fiber and glass.   Watercolors of river scenes will rub elbows with farm photography of gentile draft horses framed in old barn wood.  Music will be performed by The Buckhannon Brothers on Saturday with Wil Maring Saturday afternoon.   The St Louis Wind Ensemble will play at the amphitheater for an evening event.   The Buckhannons will return on Sunday afternoon with fiddlers and dance callers for an old fashioned barn dance in the Hofgarten courtyard along with weavers, potters, woodcarvers and regional cuisine that taps into the best of mid-west culinary arts.

Watercolor of Wine Country Vineyard

Heirloom Seeds Collected for Organic Garden Layout

Research is ongoing as we create plans for our history gardens that represent early plantings of an 1860s farm.  Future landscape designs will include a German kitchen garden, herb garden, pumpkin patch, an heirloom orchard with apples, peaches and plum trees and a wide selection of heirloom bean seeds, vegetables and selected perennial wildflowers appropriate for era cutting gardens.  
A vineyard will be planted on the farm hilltop.