{"id":9,"date":"2011-03-08T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T18:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:24:21","slug":"directions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/directions\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us and Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-15dp-811d2bf481dbbf05450d956a86dfa704'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>About Us and Directions<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><br \/>\nTo provide cultural heritage experiences and educational opportunities for school children and<br \/>\nthe community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision Statement<\/strong><br \/>\nPreserving the Past to Enrich the Future<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goals<\/strong><br \/>\nTo preserve the Farm as an example of a late nineteenth century and early twentieth<br \/>\ncentury farm and tourist retreat.<br \/>\nTo provide school children with a hands-on-learning site for local heritage and North<br \/>\nCarolina history.<br \/>\nTo serve as a community museum and heritage center.<br \/>\nTo provide experiences that conveys the importance of preserving local heritage.<br \/>\nTo encourage opportunities for the property to be used as a teaching tool for<br \/>\nenrichment in the arts, literature, math, science, and historic preservation.<br \/>\nTo support environmental and agricultural conservation of endangered plant life on the<br \/>\nFarm.<br \/>\nTo provide a site for teacher renewal and curriculum development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Board of Directors 2024-2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair, Don Schwartz; Vice-Chair, Tippy Guffey; Secretary, HCPS Liaison; Treasurer, Kathie Doole<\/p>\n<p>Nan Croft, Robin Ertzberger, Robert Grayson, Dave Hart, Lisa Lee, Michelle Joines, Mary Vernon, Blaine Lowery, Rita O&#8217;Hara, Rachel Tomlinson, Becky Varnadore, Martha Walker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive Director: Mandy Gibson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Historic Johnson Farm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">3346 Haywood Road<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hendersonville, NC 28791<\/p>\n<p>If you are putting the farm in your GPS or phone, make sure you type in the physical address or HISTORIC Johnson Farm. If you just put Johnson Farm, you will end up elsewhere!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 828-891-6585<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hcpsnc.org\/mail.php?account=jfarm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email the\u00a0Director<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-953h-c9866317f6f8e7786d7cf604443c1206\">\n.flex_column.av-953h-c9866317f6f8e7786d7cf604443c1206{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-953h-c9866317f6f8e7786d7cf604443c1206 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><div  class='av_gmaps_sc_main_wrap av_gmaps_main_wrap '><div id='av_gmap_0' class='avia-google-map-container avia-google-map-sc av_gmaps_show_unconditionally av-no-fallback-img ' data-mapid='av_gmap_0'  style='height: 400px;'><a class=\"av_gmaps_browser_disabled av_text_confirm_link av_text_confirm_link_visible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/search\/?api=1&#038;query=3346%20Haywood%20Road%20%20Hendersonville%20%20USA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maps were disabled by the visitor on this site. Click to open the map in a new window.<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-3odt-2f26f20f50015ed7f16ceea3e9c3defe'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=3346+Haywood+Road,+Hendersonville,+North+Carolina+28792&amp;sll=37.857507,-95.712891&amp;sspn=28.056726,53.964844&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=3346+Haywood+Rd,+Hendersonville,+North+Carolina+28791&amp;z=14&amp;ll=35.358282,-82.510406\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>From Asheville<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I-26 West (toward Hendersonville), take Airport Exit and turn right toward airport. Follow this road (Hwy 280) about 6 miles to Hwy 191South Turn Left onto 191 South (Haywood Road) &#8211; There is a Texaco and a Citgo station at this intersection. Follow Haywood Road 3.5 miles. Johnson Farm will be on your left just after Rugby Middle School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Greenville\/Spartanburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I-26 East, take Airport Exit and turn left toward airport. Follow this road (Hwy 280) about 6 miles to Hwy 191South Turn Left onto 191 South (Haywood Road) &#8211; There is a Texaco and a Citgo station at this intersection. Follow Haywood Road 3.5 miles. Johnson Farm will be on your left just after Rugby Middle School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Hendersonville<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From US 25 North of town, turn onto Haywood Road (Hwy 191 North). There is an Eckerd&#8217;s at this intersection. Follow Haywood Road 3.5 miles and Johnson Farm is on your right.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org\/johnson-farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}