Aullwood Audubon Farm — Attraction in Englewood

I’ve brought my kids here a few times and it is not to be missed if you live within an hour or two! The Trolls Exhibit is something to behold!

We always park at the farm, and then do the Troll closest to the farm, see the animals, visit the gardens, check out the old spring house. Then from there you can walk to the other two Trolls and the nest and also stop in at the Nature Center. It is quite the hike…if you plan to do all of the Trolls I’d say it’s easily a 1.5-2.5 mile walk to see all of it, which is important if you are elderly or have super young children (like me!). The trail is not especially easy with a stroller or wagon. We used our veer and made it fine but it wasn’t easy per se. I have young children (3 under 4) and even though we took little bikes, by the end they were too tired to walk or ride.

We usually stop to have a picnic at different spots and always wind up having an incredible time.

They also have the coolest little farm classes for young children!

Definitely a must-do in...

We went to view the troll exhibits and fairy houses. The property has the farm at one end and the education center at the other, with many walking paths in between. The cost was $12 for adults, $8 for kids 4-12, and under 4 free. Military families are free through September.

The fairy house path is accessible, and 3 of the 4 trolls have paths that are bumpy with a stroller, but possible.

We chose to visit the education center to see the baby troll (with wings) and the troll nest. These paths were not well marked, but there were enough other visitors to point us along the way. One can walk the entire troll path, but it's about 3 miles total. So we had a picnic on the education center porch and then drove to the farm to visit the mother and father trolls. These two were much easier to find, though the father trollis a hike, and not one that is stroller-friendly.

Afterward, we enjoyed ice cream on the porch and the kids explored the farm....

The troll art installation was one of the planned highlights of the roadtrip. I was a little concerned that there weren't better directions but figured once we found the Aullwood facilities we could get directions to the trolls. But no where was there mention of the road construction that was everywhere in the park. No where were any signs or information on how to find the actual trolls. We finally got help from a park maintenance guy who steered us around the road closures to the farm. And the sound person there gave us a map with specific guidance to the nearest (1 mile) troll. But even she didn't mention the small signs on posts along the path. We eventually found a troll. And the installation was amazing. But was the juice worth the...