Preservation Parks of Delaware County

Gallant Farm Preserve

FUN FACT!

They spin, they “think,” they look like leaves

Whirligig beetles are found on top of fresh, quiet water, spinning about like bumper cars. The have eyes split for double vision; the top of their eyes can see above the water and the bottom half can see below!

Ants have the largest brain of any insect. Combined, the number of brain cells in a colony of ants is about equal to the number of brain cells in a human.

A round-headed katydid usually resembles a green leaf, but be on the lookout for this rare pink form of the late-summer songster. Every year a few of these specimens turn up within their range, which covers a large part of the eastern U.S.

Gallant Farm Preserve was purchased in 2003. Funds for the purchase and the construction of an entrance drive were obtained through a grant from the CleanOhio Fund. Located directly across Buttermilk Hill Road from Gallant Woods Preserve, this 19 acre park will be the site of a reproduction historic 1930’s-1940’s era farm. The farmstead will consist of a house in the appropriate style of the time, a variety of buildings which would have been utilized by the farmer during that time period, various gardens and orchards, as well as demonstration crop fields. Additionally, there will be a small welcome center and farm museum to give visitors an introduction to the farmstead.

Facts

19 acres of previously farmed land
Date of opening not yet determined

Future Facilities

Welcome Center/Farm Museum
Homestead and Outbuildings
Restrooms
Drinking Water
Farm Pond

Preservation Parks of Delaware County | 2656 Hogback Road | Sunbury, Ohio 43074 | 740-524-8600 | Fax: 740-524-8200