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Trillium Woods Farm, on the Olympic Peninsula, is the perfect event space for weddings, parties, workshops and retreats-Come visit and get inspired!
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27/12/2023

It's the Garage Sale of all Garage Sales—please pass the news along!

04/05/2023

The 2023 season of Concerts in the Barn is now on our website (www.ConcertsInTheBarn.org) and the artists and repertoire are spectacular! Remember, all concerts are FREE to the public, but you need to reserve your seats—so take a look now and save your spot, either on the lawn or in the Barn.

04/05/2023

CITB Summer 2023 Program, Artists, & Reservations are now available on our website. All concerts are FREE! We hope you'll join us. 🎶 https://www.concertsinthebarn.org/

29/03/2023

The first of our trillium are popping up on the farm, heralding the advent of spring. In a few weeks, we'll see their showy white flowers cascading all along Tarboo Creek. More photos to come!

29/08/2022

A lovely wedding took place last weekend at the farm!

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The History of Trillium Woods Farm

HISTORY OF THE FARM (1976 - PRESENT)

On a cold, wet November day in 1976, Alan Iglitzin, violist and founding member of the Philadelphia String Quartet, took a ferry from his Seattle home to view what a real estate agent on the Olympic Peninsula described as “a broken-down farm near Center.”

Then artists-in-residence at the University of Washington, the Quartet had often performed at Centrum Foundation during the summer months, and during this time, had fallen in love with the Olympic Peninsula. Now, the four string players were thinking of finding a summer home for themselves, where they could rehearse and perhaps give a few informal concerts. Alan was tasked with finding (and funding) the location.

“It was pouring down rain, of course,” Alan remembers. “Blackberries had inundated the farm, and the milking shed was leaning over. The farmhouse had bats’ nests, birds’ nests and rats’ nests all over the place. The only heating system was a trash burner. It was a mess.”

Then Alan looked at the barn, filled with manure, broken concrete and old machinery. It clearly would be a project to fix it up—but the natural acoustics were wonderful. And that was key for Alan. It took years to renovate the farm sufficiently to accommodate concerts and visitors, but for Alan, the task was worth every step.

In 1985, chamber music first flowed out of the barn, as it has nearly each summer since, to the delight of thousands of visitors, both local and from far away. The Philadelphia String Quartet has long since retired, but the high caliber of musicianship has never wavered. We are proud to have hosted hundreds of musicians from all over the world to perform in the barn over the years.

Today, the concert series Alan started is known simply as “Concerts in the Barn.” Performances take place every summer and are open to the public without charge. Ask any local where “Concerts in the Barn” is, and you’ll be pointed straight down Center Road. In the past 40 years, “the Barn” has become part of the local lexicon and assumed iconic proportions.

In 2018, Alan and his wife, Leigh, entered into an agreement with the Jefferson Land Trust to preserve the conservation values of the 55-acre property. The agreement comes with the assurance that the farm’s forests, streams, and farmlands will be preserved in perpetuity—so that chamber music and other art forms may continue to flourish on the farm, in perpetuity.

That same year, Alan decided to hand over the management of his farm to his wife, Leigh, a long-time private investigator and more recent writer of mysteries. Under Leigh’s direction, the farm has become Trillium Woods Farm, and expanded its activities to include weddings, private events, writer’s workshops, and retreats.

We hope you enjoy strolling through the gardens, orchards, and trails on the farm. You’re welcome to pluck from our berry bushes, which produce strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and thornless blackberries from late spring to early fall. And if you happen to visit in early spring, be sure to look for the trillium flowers that bloom in clusters throughout the grounds. They were lovingly planted by Alan throughout his 40-year stewardship of his beloved farm.

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The History of Trillium Woods Farm

HISTORY OF THE FARM (1976 - PRESENT)