Seeking farming implements of yesteryear -
Community Help Needed and Prizes for Best of Show -
For this year’s HEARTS Harvest: Down on the Farm, we are seeking community help. If you own or have access to local historic farm structures, farm equipment, or tools, please share photos with us to help document this history. We are happy to come visit you and take photos on your behalf. In addition, if you have historic tools to display on-site for the tool exhibition, please also let us know. We’ll be holding a contest at this year’s event for the most unusual tool, the oldest tool, and the most beautiful tool. The owners of the award-winning tools will receive a special HEARTS Harvest artisan gift.
What We Are Seeking
Antique Tools: Early hand tools, plows, harrows, and other manual farming implements.
Photographs of Barns and Farm Structures (silos, sheds, coops, etc.)
Agricultural Memorabilia: Items such as farm-related advertisements, photographs, and documents.
How to Contribute
If you have any of the above to share, please call (704) 920-9931 or email Lauren@heartscircle.org by October 24, 2024. Small historic tools may be brought to share on the event day, but please call or email in advance.
Save the Date
We hope you can join us as we delve into the history of farming in our region and advancements through the generations. Discover insights from local farmers about the equipment they use today and those their ancestors relied on in the past. This multifaceted event including farmers, historians, live music, local art, and more, will explore the progression of farming practices as technology has developed and the environment has changed. Mark your calendars for November 9, 2024, from 2:00 - 5:00 PM, at historic Cedar Grove, 8229 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC, and visit next door at the Hugh Torance House and Store. Click here for tickets or visit www.hught.org.
Designed to inspire and enhance our community’s shared sense of place, HEARTS grass-roots events are known for juxtaposing regional history and ecology with curated local music, visual art, and dance in multi-faceted, place-based programs. The Hugh Torance House and Store (HTHS), is a private 501c3 nonprofit historic site. Group tours and volunteer opportunities for stewardship, preservation, and conservation are available. Open to the public each Sunday from 1:00-4:00 and during HEARTS events, and is located at 8231 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC 28078. Cedar Grove is a private residence open in partnership for select HEARTS Happenings.
For more information, visit www.hught.org, email info@hughtorancehouseandstore.org, or call (704) 920-9931.
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