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Fishers AgriPark features ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 6

CIF COM 0818 agripark ribbon cutting

From left, Agriculture Coordinator Jackie Leeuw, Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston, Hudson Fadness, Mayor Scott Fadness, AgriPark Operations Manager Trevor Wildey, Parks Director Sarah Sandquist, city council members John Weingardt, David George, Pete Peterson, Jocelyn Vare and Sam DeLong and Fishers Parks Assistant Director Marissa Deckert. (Submitted photo)

On Aug. 6, City of Fishers staff conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new AgriPark, 11171 Florida Rd.

The event kicks off a series of open houses for a rolling grand opening throughout August. Guests can register for an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday.

The park includes produce gardens with a 3,000-square-foot-high tunnel and 3 acres of outdoor gardens; animal encounters with two cross-bred beef steer named Mudsock and Calf-a-Chino, a horse named Spirit and three sheep named Darla, Marla and Carla; a nature play space including a mud kitchen, tire and sand play structure and a wood and natural materials building area; a nature trail with kindness rocks; a 2-acre pumpkin patch with gourds; wildflower and sunflower fields; a 5-acre tree nursery featuring more than 200 trees; and a 10-acre corn field for a small corn maze in the fall.

Masks are required to visit the park. For more or to register for an open house, visit playfishers.com/agripark.

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