Working Farms

Take a tour through the gardens associated with many of Greenfield Village's most beloved houses. Learn what we grow at each and why.

If it's spring, it's time to plant corn at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village. Learn how we prepare the fields and plant seed, the same way the Firestone family would have done.

We've just digitized the early 20th century Tudor Rose china used by the "Vagabonds"—friends Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs—on their wilderness camping trips.

Discover how we still dye wool in Greenfield Village the same way the residents of Daggett Farmhouse would have in 1760.

Find out how we care for our Greenfield Village horses, sheep, and other animals through the winter and into the spring.

Volunteer gardeners have shared their green thumbs with The Henry Ford for decades. It began when Mary Thompson Gerathy, a teacher, herbalist, and traveler, asked if she could use a garden plot in Greenfield Village to grow plants for the herb classes she taught. It developed into the Village Herb Associates, an organization that illustrates how passionate gardeners laid the foundation for a mutually beneficial community-museum partnership.

We are continuing on our summer project with intern Molly Malcolm to digitize photographs and other materials related to the structures in Greenfield Village

Watch our video to see how we make and can chili sauce at Firestone Farm in Greenfield Village.

We've just digitized artifacts that some might consider trash, including a collection of animal bones and teeth and fragments found at Henry Ford's birthplace.

Discover what we can learn from Firestone Barn, part of the Firestone Farm living history complex in Greenfield Village.