Walnut Grove Farm — Hotel in Galesburg

My daughter and I recently stayed at the Walnut Grove Farm bed and breakfast in Knoxville, Illinois while in Knox County for a genealogy weekend. My parents were both born in Abingdon and we were looking forward to spreading out from there to track down home sites and headstones. ||||Early on in our planning, my daughter found Walnut Grove Farm on Air BnB which is both my daughters’ go to accommodation website. We were thrilled to reserve the small home on the farm, so much more fun than staying in a hotel.||||Our hostess, Jan and her family were warm and welcoming and the two bedroom home was just perfect. We couldn’t have asked for a more appropriate place for a finding our roots odyssey. It was truly hard to leave!||||Jan made sure we had everything we needed with a nicely stocked kitchen and a wonderful quiche for our breakfast. It was a pleasure to return at the end of a day filled with walking and driving to the lovely little cottage.|| ||What we didn’t realize was it was also going to be the “Raise the Roof” festival on the farm as well as the Knox County Scenic Drive on the weekend we’d be there. Bonus! It was so nice to have the catbird seat in the extremely well-attended event at the farm. Walnut Grove Farm is simply beautiful, the barn and outbuildings look like a portrait and the main house is amazing. For the event, they had a petting zoo, music, farm market and artisans inside and outside the barn.|| ||My only disappointment was that we couldn’t spend more time just hanging around the farm and the little house. The setting is just lovely; it is the epitome of country living and I hope to return. I now fully understand why my parents always referred to Knox County as “down home”. It’s reassuring to know that such genuine people and places still exist and thrive in...

Kick back, relax, unwind and leave the city behind. Enjoy life down on the farm. The Guest House B&B, at Walnut Grove Farm is a darling two bedroom cottage, decorated by local artisans, with full kitchen, living room, with wifi, flat screen TV. On arrival, Jan King, the proprietor had baked a loaf of fresh bread, with farmers cheese, a basket of fresh fruit, and had the fridge stocked with fresh milk, half and half, orange juice, farm eggs and a fresh baked quiche. The Farm hosts weddings, family reunions and company events in the spring to fall seasons. Located on a scenic drive on the outskirts of Knoxville, IL, this is The Place To Stay, in between Peoria and Galesburg, and should be your destination for a relaxing weekend on a...

Walnut Grove Farm is hands down one of the best locations to have your wedding or event in Western / Central IL. If you are looking for something unique, rustic, open, beautiful, or DIY for your Wedding or Event this is the venue for you!

We were lucky to have booked or wedding and reception at Walnut Grove Farm and we could not have picked a better venue. The Ceremony location in the Walnut Grove was perfect and the barn played an important part of the backdrop of our wedding.

We also had a specific look we wanted with our flowers and Jan King and her team nailed it. Everything for our wedding was how we visioned it.

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