Friends of Phillips Farm

Welcome to Friends of Phillips Farm

For over a decade, volunteers have helped build and maintain many parts of Virgil Phillips Farm County Park. Longtime friends of the farm have created a nonprofit to better organize these efforts and related fund-raising. This website showcases current and past activities and volunteer projects, coming events, and what's on the horizon for "friends" to do at Phillips Farm. Join us!

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Alternative Giving Market of the Palouse

We welcome your donations at the Alternative Giving Market of the Palouse to support the work of Friends of Phillips Farm. Online giving opens November 29, or come celebrate local non-profit giving at the 1912 Center on December 11, from 5pm - 8 pm.

Christmas Tree Cutting in the Park: December 1, 11 am - 2 pm

Students from the Moscow High School Environmental Club and Friends of Phillips Farm will lead you to areas where wild Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine trees need thinning as part of long-term vegetation management at the park. Cut your own tree or get help from a student.
We will have saws on hand for people who don't bring their own, plus hot drinks, snacks, and a warming fire.
Be prepared to hike! Join us between 11 and 2 on December 1st. Tree cutting is by donation to support activities of the Moscow High School Environmental Club and Friends of Phillips Farm at Phillips Farm Park.

Fall Festival: October 12, from 11am - 2pm

Our annual fall celebration included cider pressing, wagon rides, live music by Al Chidester and Beargrass, apple tasting, live raptors, and much more. Details here.

With thanks to our sponsor, Avista Foundation.

Trail Use: All Open for Hiking, with One Multi-use Trail for Mountain Bikes

All park trails are open for hiking, with one trail also open for beginner mountain biking.

Signage by MAMBA indicates the beginner mountain bike trail, which starts near the gazebo closest to the highway. Other trails are not open to bikes.
Enjoy snowshoeing or sledding, weather permitting!
New kiosks provide a park map, with more information to come.

Park Vegetation Management Plan

One mission of Friends of Phillips Farm is "to restore and enhance habitat that is characteristic of the Palouse Bioregion." Our vegetation management plan describes vegetation management challenges facing the park, states overarching and unit-specific objectives for management, and proposes treatments to achieve goals. Read more about our project here and access our vegetation management plan here.