Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms (ISU Armstrong Research Farm) along with the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development,  invite you to attend their annual Demonstration Garden Field Day. The event will be held 6:30-p.m. Thursday, July 25th. If you are a beginning gardener or an experienced gardener, there are demonstrations you will enjoy. This year gardeners will have the opportunity to learn about growing cut flowers, sweet corn and tomatoes. The presentations will cover three main themes: home grown bouquets, augmented sweet corn and a showcase of different types of tomatoes.

The garden at the ISU Research Farm has 9 different varieties of tomatoes, 6 varieties of sweet corn and 13 types of bouquet cutting flowers. The garden also includes miscellaneous vegetables for you to see and enjoy. This year there were some weather-related challenges with gardens planted this spring, but officials feel they are going to be right on track for the Field Day at the Learning Center.

The garden is located on the Armstrong Research Farm, owned by the Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development and operated by Iowa State University. ISU staff and local garden experts will be present to describe the research and demonstration plots. After your trip through the gardens, relax in air conditioned classrooms, for a tradition of ice cream and strawberries. The facilities are handicap accessible.

Iowa State requests that any visitors who have recently traveled outside the United States have had at least a five-day waiting period prior to visiting the facility, due to the livestock that is housed and feed there on a daily basis. The Armstrong Research Farm is located 12 miles southwest of Atlantic on Highway 6, half a mile south on 525th Street, and a half mile east on Hitchcock Avenue, or 13 miles east of Oakland on Highway 6, half a mile south on 525th Street, and half a mile east on Hitchcock Avenue. The field day is open to the public at no cost.