Each weekend the farm hosts a demonstration or event celebrating the life styles of a century ago. The Willows Mansion is the site for re-creations of the indoor duties of raising a family, or take part in the outdoor chores of Caroline Foster's 19th century farm afternoons. Interpreters in period dress lead tours of Cooper Mill and hold weekend demonstrations of the technology of the time. Admission is by donation and tours on request. Preregistration is usually required.
Topics range from a child's first introduction to nature to seminars for expert fly fishers.
The center is located off Route 46 West at 605 Pequest Rd. near Oxford. Fees generally include rustic lodging, meals, great hiking on the A.T., and fishing and canoeing on Catfish Pond. 50 Camp Rd. This exhibition at the Lord Stirling Environmental Education Center depicts the geologic, natural and cultural forces that both influenced the development of the Great Swamp and those factors that potentially will impact its future. The Great Swamp's evolution as a cultural resource is shown through the lives of the earliest Indian settlers and the economic value witnessed during the 18th and 19th centuries.