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Greenbank Farm was founded in 1904 by Calvin Philips and his family as a model dairy farm with to goal of bringing commerce to Whidbey Island. The now iconic barn was built the same year. [ 1 ] In 1906, 125 acres of land was cleared along what is currently Highway 20 to make room for the expanding cattle herd.
The Whidbey Island Marathon and Half Marathon, in April since 2002. [43] Whidbey Island Race Week: a week-long sailing regatta every summer based out of Oak Harbor with daily racing in Penn Cove and/or Saratoga Passage (depending on wind conditions). Usually held third week of July, varies slightly due to tidal conditions.
Rachel was designed by local artist Georgia Gerber and modeled after a pig (also named Rachel) that lived on Whidbey Island and was the 1977 Island County prize-winner. Rachel receives roughly US$6,000–$9,000 annually in just about every type of world currency, which is collected by the Market Foundation to fund the Market's social services.
The Andrews family first planted wine grapes in 1980, nearly 40 years after it began farming in the Horse Heaven Hills around Prosser. Today, it grows 27 varietals on 2,400 acres and sells grapes ...
Coupeville is located near the center of Whidbey Island, which lies in Puget Sound between the mainland and the Olympic Peninsula.On the north side of downtown is Penn Cove, an inlet of the Saratoga Passage. [10]
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The Garden is located on Whidbey Island in Washington State in the United States. The Gardens were originally built by Ann and Max Meerkerk in the early 1960s. The Meerkerk's legacy of 53 acres includes over 10 acre of display gardens that include hundreds of rhododendrons and an additional 43 acres of woodlands with over 2 miles of hiking trails.
Langley (Lushootseed: sc̓q̓abac) [4] [5] [6] is a city in Island County, Washington, United States. It sits at the south end of Whidbey Island, overlooking the Saratoga Passage. The city's population was 1,035 at the 2010 census, while the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for Langley's post office had a population of 4,878. [7]