page_title: Clark's Elioak Farm
section_title: Pine tree maze
hierarchical_section_title: Clark's Elioak Farm / Not an ordinary family farm / Pine tree maze
caption_attribution_description: English: Enchanted Forest gingerbread house in the pine tree maze at Clark's Elioak Farm.
context_page_description: Clark's Elioak Farm, located along Maryland Route 108 in Howard County, Maryland, is a historic farm covering 540 acres. All of the acreage is part of county or state farmland protection programs, barring use of the property for non-farm development. The Clarks, a family with a tradition of farming in Maryland spanning seven generations, have owned the Elioak farm since 1927.
  The name, Elioak, refers to a type of silty clay loam common to the slopes and summits of hills in the northern portion of the Piedmont Plateau. Elioak soil is deep, well-drained, and moderately permeable, making it suitable for apple orchards. Elioak was also listed as a former turn of the century Howard County postal village.
  In recent years, the Elioak Farm has become a petting zoo and the venue for restoration of the former Enchanted Forest.
context_section_description: Several of the more recently restored Enchanted Forest figures were placed in a series of 14 exhibit stations along a serpentine path through a 1-1/4 acre pine tree forest. The Enchanted Forest Pine Tree Maze, a new concept originating with Martha Clark, was not a feature of the original park. This part of the farm, completed in 2009, was intended to be a cut-your-own Christmas tree operation. Many of the trees are now too large for Christmas trees, but grow closely enough together to form maze-like walls along the path.
  The Enchanted Forest Maze, a children's activity book published by the Clarks, contains questions that can be answered while exploring the maze.
caption: Gingerbread house in the pine tree maze
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