Have you heard? Our annual Spring Picnic and Garden Gallop 5K is just around the corner. This is one of our most favorite farm events, and if you come join us next Saturday, 3/31 from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, you’ll see why! Adult tickets are only $5. As always, kids under 12 get in free. This event will take place at our Garfield, Texas farm nestled on the banks of the Colorado River at 4008 River Road, 78612.

Winners of a Garden Gallop past. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Our 5K Garden Gallop and 1-mile Kids Fun Run is perfect for runners and walkers alike and is truly the best way to see our working organic farm. Is there anything like this event anywhere else? We’re not so sure, but it sure is a unique and wonderful community event. Skip past our compost pile, jog through towers of tomatoes, and celebrate the season with your friends and family. Worried about the length of the 3.1-mile route? Take a shortcut! No one judges out at the farm. Have a baby to haul along? Bring your off-road stroller! It’s called a Garden Gallop, but we absolutely welcome the avid walker with open arms, as we have a quite a few amblin' aficionados on staff here at JBG. It usually takes about 45 minutes to an hour to complete the route while moseying along, obviously varying depending on your personal pace.

Gettin' ready to run. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

We can't wait to share our lush fields of carrots and rows of budding Spring crops. It’s a great way to sneak a peek of what veggies are headed to market in the coming weeks. Steve and his crew at Rogue Running will be there metamorphosing our bustling farm into a dynamic race course complete with aid stations and cheerleaders at several junctures along the way. We will be starting the 5K at 11 am sharp, so arrive at least at 10:30 in order to gather your bib and stretch before we officially start the race! The first place male and female will both be awarded CSA subscriptions. So get your running shoes on and get to trainin’, there are veggies to win!

Ready to run! Photo by Scott David Gordon.

On the course. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

OR, skip the Gallop all together and bust out your best picnic blanket. There will be live music by Johnny Nicholas & Scrappy Jud Newcomb as well as Oscar Ornelas who will be performing blues on our butterfly stage. A huge thanks to The ABGB for providing free beer for the musicians. We don’t know how we’d quench ours or the musicians’ thirst without you, time and time again. For the kiddos, we'll have an "egg" hunt and loads of arts and crafts activities. Speaking of, we headed to the Austin Materials Marketplace last week to rescue some of the leftover SXSW materials that were headed to a landfill from the expo center. We are repurposing the found materials so that kiddos can paint and express their inner Picasso. Pretty cool, eh!? On top of that, our ever-popular sand pile is ready to be conquered. A huge thanks to Marcelo’s Sand and Loam for donating a load of sand to spruce up our dwindling sand supply. Do you or your kiddo want to know more about tractors and/or what it feels like to be at the helm of one? We will have all of our tractors lined up on display with information on what each one of them specializes in day-to-day. You and your kids will be able to climb up into the driver’s seat and experience farmer-vision behind the wheel.

Arts and crafts. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Tractor vision. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Sand pile good times. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

The Ginger Armadillo food trailer will be on site serving their delicious "elevated Texas cuisine". Think: BBQ Pork Tacos, Crispy Harvest Cakes, Black Bean Frito Pies, BBQ Beet Fries, Brussels Slaw, Kale Caesar Salad, and Rainbow Slaw! They are slinging only the most delicious fares and featuring our organic veggies as much as possible. Chameleon Cold Brew will be there making sure everyone is caffeinated with free coffee and samples of their notorious cold-brew. They will also be lugging out their giant Jenga tower and cornhole. Yeehaw! This event is BYOB, BYO-picnic blanket, BYO-dancin' shoes, BYO-good vibes. Please DON'T BYO-DOG though! We love your pups, but our farmers prefer you keep them at home. Grappling with heading to market to swoop your weekly veggie haul or to make it out to the event in Garfield? We will have a market stand set up at the event! CSA members, rather pick up your CSA at the Spring Picnic? Shoot us an email at farm@jbgorganic.com or call us at 512-386-5273 and we will get it scheduled. See you at the farm!

Ginger Armadillo food truck! Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Gettin' down! Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Picnic-in' Photo by Scott David Gordon.

Market stand. Photo by Scott David Gordon.

• Purchase tickets here!
• Check out the Facebook event here.
• And for fun, you can take a look at the race course here.