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Kennedy-Wade's Mill Loop - Raphine, VA 24472 - (540) 348-1083 -
buffaloherbs@cfw.com |
IMPORTANT
MESSAGE
TO OUR CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS
- HERB FARM CLOSED
For everything there is a season, a time to plant, a time to
harvest, a time to open and a time to close. A number of recent events have
given cause for much consideration to our future and we came to the conclusion
that it is time to close the herb farm. It has been a wonderful journey and we
would like to thank each and everyone for making the past 16 years a success in
so many ways.
Buffalo Springs Herb Farm is permanently closed (this
includes the barn shop, plant house, gardens and nature trail). If you have a current gift certificate please mail it to us for a refund along
with your address by May 1, 2008.
We are all in good health and looking
forward to a new adventure.
Peace and blessings to all.
About Buffalo Springs
Our farm was named in sympathy for the buffalo that roamed this valley and drank from
the many natural springs that flow from the rock ledges. About 1790 Andrew Kennedy, son of
Joseph a Scot-Irish immigrant, built the stone and brick house on a knoll adjacent to his
father's mill. Andrew's daughter, Rachael, married into the McFadden family and added a
large brick addition on the north side in 1841.
From about 1940 to 1989, the property changed hands several times and the farm and
buildings fell into neglect.
In 1989, Don Haynie and Tom Hamlin purchased the 220-acre farm and began an intensive
restoration. Their business, Buffalo Springs Herb Farm, was opened to the public
August 1991 to December 2007.
Restoration included the original stone and brick dwelling, stone springhouse, 1890
valley bank barn, tool shed, and a unique corncrib. Additions added since include a plant house, 1830
Rockbridge homesteader's log cabin, a Museum of Garden History, and theme herb gardens.
You are visitor number 
since 5/6/99.
