The Good Life at Serosun Farms

Photos: Special Guests Enjoy a Gorgeous Serosun Farm Dinner

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At Serosun, we love to periodically host Farm Dinners at our Swainson model for special guests. The dinners are meant to highlight the best of Serosun—a quiet evening in a luxury setting, featuring food that is prepared in a gourmet kitchen that highlights ingredients that we grow on the farm.

We recently hosted a dinner for several guests that included a farm tour, cocktails and appetizers on the porch, and a dinner cooked by a chef. We featured garlic, strawberries, spring greens, carrots, mushrooms, broccoli, filet, and more.

Enjoy a few photos:

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Get Outside and Play! Serosun Celebrates Leave No Child Inside

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We had a blast last weekend celebrating “Leave No Child Inside” with a group of girl scouts and their parents. We enjoyed a walk on the farm where we hiked through fields, woods, gardens, and near ponds and wetlands. The girl scouts learned about why wetlands are important, how we help restore woodlands, and how gardens make food. They also had fun catching bugs and a toad, picking strawberries, and meeting all the animals at Serosun—horses, chicks, turkeys, and more.

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“Leave No Child Inside” is a Chicago Wilderness initiative that promotes a culture where children enjoy being outside in nature, giving them a sense of connection to their place, a chance to be healthier, and making them stewards of local nature. The programs inspire curiosity, growth, and creativity.

We were happy to be a part of this initiative, since it aligns with everything life at Serosun stands for! Serosun is a sustainable community that offers peaceful, pastoral living. Beautiful homes are built where residents can enjoy hundreds of acres of open space with restored prairie and woodlands, centered around a working farm. Make an appointment to visit Serosun today!

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Photos: Beautiful Celebration of Lilac Festival at Serosun Farms!

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In May, we were pleased to host our 8th Annual Lilac Festival! The day was incredibly beautiful, and the afternoon was full of delicious food, hay rides, golf cart tours, nature walks, games, wine and more. For the featured event, we enjoyed a folk concert by Brother Sun, hosted by WFMT’s Rich Warren. We love this opportunity to invite everyone to experience life at Serosun Farms.

Check out some photos from this event below:

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Are you interested in living in a luxury home within a sustainable community where the green grass grows? Contact us and make an appointment to visit Serosun Farms to learn more about our incredible builders and community today!

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10 Pictures to Make You Fall in Love with Summer at Serosun Farms

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We love summer at Serosun Farms. It’s a time for green everywhere, the brilliant colors of flowers and fruits, and nonstop activity and fun outside. Check out a few photos we especially love that capture the beauty of summer life at Serosun Farms.

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Would you like to live in this idyllic setting—an agrihood where you can live where the green grass grows? Make an appointment to visit Serosun Farms today to find out more about building a home in this incredible, unique community. Contact us below and we will set up a tour!

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Virtual Tour: Check out the Swainson House at Serosun

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We are proud of our beautiful model home, the Swainson House. This updated American Foursquare model home includes 3,800 square feet of living space, with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, and a 3 car garage. The home includes everything Serosun Farms stands for—sustainable design with innovative green technologies combined with luxurious amenities.

Check out an Interactive Floorplan tour below.


At Serosun Farms, all of our homes are built on one-acre lots with over 300 acres of shared space. Homes are built by featured builders, who have been hand-selected to provide luxurious homes that are sustainable, offering a place to live, work, play, learn, and grow.

Stop by to visit the Swainson House to get a feel for life in a sustainable community today! Contact us now to set up an appointment.

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Join Us This Saturday, May 21, at Lilac Festival!

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We can’t wait for this weekend—it’s time for our 8th Annual Lilac Festival! From 12-5, come and enjoy lunch, hay rides, golf cart tours, nature walks, games, wine, and more! From 3-5, you’ll love the incredible sounds of the Brother Sun Folk Concert hosted by Rich Warren from WFMT. What a great way to spend a May Saturday afternoon!

(We don’t want to jinx it, but we’ll just say we checked the X Forecast, and there so far is no sign of drizzly X—not even fluffy Xes—only a full X. And it says more than 60s and less than 80s—it should be an Xcellent day!)

Enjoy a few photos from past events, and come be a part of it this year!

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What: Serosun Farms 8th Annual Lilac Festival
When: Saturday, May 21, 2015, 12-5 PM. Brother Sun Folk Concert hosted by Rich Warren from 3-5PM.
Where: Serosun Farms, 45W489 Berner Rd., Hampshire, IL 60140
What will we do? Enjoy food and drinks, hay rides, a golf cart tour, nature walk, games, a wine tasting, and excellent music!
RSVP: Complete the form below to let us know you’ll be there!

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Professional Builder Article: “A Traditional Idea Made New: Agrihoods”

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Reprinted from Professional Builder, May 4, 2016

In Kane County, Ill., a developer courting one of three neighboring family farms to sell land told one farmstead’s owner, “The next time you go by this place, you won’t even recognize it.” The developer thought he was impressing the farmer with his vision to transform fields into a thriving suburban community. But to the farmer, whose family had tilled these acres since the early 1900s, the developer was inferring that he was going to wipe out the farmer’s heritage. Jane Strickland had better luck.

The Fort Wayne, Ind., resident had been searching for a location to start a horse stables business and had bought one of those family farms in 2001. She soon saw that suburban sprawl from Huntley, Elgin, and other suburban Chicago enclaves was pushing westward. Almost always when residential development creeps next to farmland, the two coexist for a time but eventually the farm is annexed and disappears. Strickland and her brother, John DeWald, a San Diego developer as well as a trained biologist and chemist, sought a way to preserve the county’s farmland. They proposed an idea that became Serosun Farms and won over the neighboring Allens and Grollemonds who saw the development as one that would preserve the legacies of their farming families. Even some of the roads and a pond are named after the families and their children.

There are now at least a dozen agrihoods—planned communities with housing built around working farms—such as Serenbe near Atlanta, Agritopia in Phoenix, and South Village in Burlington, Vt. Homeowners tired of the city’s hustle and bustle are drawn to pastoral country living and being near organic farms that supply locally grown food for farm-to-table markets and farm-to-fork restaurants. Much like the golf course, pool, or tennis courts were unifying amenities in master planned communities, food is emerging as a community-building tool.

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Join Us for the 8th Annual Lilac Festival on Saturday, May 21!

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We look forward to the Lilac Festival every May, and we’re sure you will too! Join us on Saturday, May 21 for this entertaining annual event. Attendees enjoy a complimentary cookout, hay rides, golf cart tours, nature walks, games, a wine tasting, and more. WFMT’s Rich Warren will host a folk concert by Brother Sun. It’s always an incredible way to spend a May afternoon.

What: Serosun Farms 8th Annual Lilac Festival
When: Saturday, May 21, 2015, 12-5 PM. Brother Sun Folk Concert hosted by Rich Warren from 3-5PM.
Where: Serosun Farms, 45W489 Berner Rd., Hampshire, IL 60140
What will we do? Enjoy food and drinks, hay rides, a golf cart tour, nature walk, games, a wine tasting, and excellent music!
RSVP: Complete the form below to let us know you’ll be there!

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Brother Sun is made up of the incredible trio: Joe Jencks, Pat Wictor, and Greg Greenway. They celebrate the amazing power of three-part male harmonies, singing contemporary folk with touches of gospel, blues, jazz, and pop. (Later that evening, they will be heard on WFMT Radio Chicago!) Rich Warren is the host of WFMT’s The Midnight Special, and he’s recorded and produced hundreds of folk music concerts through WFMT.

We can’t wait to see you there! RSVP below!

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Help Plant an Orchard and Learn from Experts! Join Us April 30.

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On Earth Day, about a week before our event, a lot of people will be planting a tree. At our plant an orchard event, we plan to plant 150-200! Serosun Farms invites you to a rare opportunity on Saturday, April 30 from 11am-2pm to join us as we plant 150-200 bare root apple, pear, cherry, and plum trees. During the event, you will learn about the history of apple orchards in the US and about cider, hard cider, perry, and more. You’ll get to enjoy refreshments—including some local cider, hard cider and perry for tasting!

  • What: Plant an Orchard with Serosun Farms
  • When: Saturday, April 30, 11am-2pm
  • Where: Serosun Farms, 45W489 Berner Rd., Hampshire, IL 60140
  • What will we do? Plant an initial orchard of bare root apple, pear, cherry, and plum trees, learn about the history of apple orchards and about cider, hard cider, perry and more. Enjoy refreshments including tastings of local cider, hard cider, and perry.
  • Wear and bring: Wear close-toed shoes and outdoor work/gardening clothes. We will supply the gear necessary for planting.
  • Who: Everyone is invited; however, only those 14 years and up will be allowed to help us plant. Younger children with parental supervision can watch, learn, sip cider and have fun. Grab a partner, your family, or a group of friends and come. Whether you are able-bodied and looking to take a part in satisfying volunteer work where the green grass grows or you are fascinated with history and how things work, please join us!
  • RSVP: Fill out the form below to let us know you will be joining us.

This unique event is taking place at a unique place. Serosun Farms is a sustainable community that blends peaceful, pastoral living with modern convenience. The community gracefully combines agricultural preservation and high-performance homes with every modern amenity. The custom homes offer one acre lots with breathtaking views of the working farm on which they are situated. Learn more about living at Serosun Farms.

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