Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, 347 Quiet Valley Road, Stroudsburg, will open for its 55th summer tour season June 16, starting with the annual summer garden party.

Visitors to the farm for will experience guides portraying family members going about a typical day on a homestead in the 1800s.

In addition to the tour, guests will have a chance to involve themselves in a variety of garden-related activities.

Tour a typical Pennsylvania German kitchen garden, get help with garden basics, sample yummy things made with fresh herbs and vegetables and take home some recipes.

At the outdoor brick oven herb breads will be baked and samples shared.

This year’s feature area, Art in the Garden, will have examples of various ways to enhance the look of your outdoor areas using inspirations from the farm, thanks to the Pennsylvania German culture and Victorian era.

The party includes a return of the Fun Foods for Picky Eaters and new for 2018 Berry Best Friends — Herb & Berry Desserts. Older youth and adults will make flowered paper boxes and birds using wire and paper. Children will make bee sculptures and pressed flower pictures.

This event is sponsored in part by a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Project Stream grant.

All activities on June 16 are rain or shine and are subject to change. General admission includes the farm tour and garden party.

After June 16, the farm is open for summer tours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Allow 2½ to 3½ hours for the complete farm tour.

Visit www.quietvalley.org for more information or call 570-992-6161.

Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm is a nonprofit, educational corporation dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Pennsylvania’s agricultural heritage.

Period dressed “family” members re-enact the life of the original Pennsylvania German family who lived on the farm from the late 1760s to 1913. The farm museum is open to the general public the third Saturday of June through Labor Day Monday and for school and group tours the rest of the year.

Quiet Valley hosts a number of special events throughout the year. For more information call 570-992-6161 or visit us online at www.quietvalley.org.