Plein Air Nashville

Friday, August 21, 2009

Saturday - August 22, 2009 - 9:00 a.m.
Hunter's Hill Farm
4049 Saundersville Road
Old Hickory, TN
(Near the Hermitage)

The Chestnut Group just announced they will be painting here tomorrow and are graciously welcoming us to join them. Please note this is 9:00 a.m. - not our normal time.

The following invitation came from Jean Guald-Jaeger - her cell is 476-2676.

We can arrive anytime after 9:00 AM. There are multiple barns, fields, vistas, lake, large turn of the century farmhouse, cows, other out buildings. Karen Guy is the owner. She said that the gate at the end of the lane may be shut, but not locked, for earlybirds. If it is shut, there is a cotterpin holding it closed. Remove the pin, open the gate, place the pin back where it was and leave the gate open for others. All other gates on the farm must be closed if you drive into a field. She says we can use the bathroom in the house. Bring water and lunch if you want to.

Directions:

These are REVISED a little from the earlier Chestnut email that went out. (If you received one from them, you will probably get these directions from the Chestnut Group a little later.)

At exit 221A the exit ramp puts you onto Old Hickory Blvd heading toward The Hermitage. In about 2.5 miles you will turn right onto Lebanon Pike. In 1.4 miles you will turn left onto Shute Lane. In 0.8 miles you will turn right onto Saundersville Rd. (not Saundersville Ferry Rd.). In 0.2 miles you will see a farm lane to the left leading into Hunter's Hill Farm. There is a small sign indicating the name of the farm but it is not easy to see. If you pass their farm lane you will come to the intersection of Saundersville Rd. and Saundersville Ferry Rd. to the left and Andrew Jackson Pkwy to the right. Turn around and go back a short distance. The farm lane is the last left turn on Saundersville Rd. before you come to the intersection.

Should be a beautiful day tomorrow. Hope to see you at the farm.

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Here are some pictures from Ellington Agricultural Center - August 8, 2009.

My (unfinished) painting of the creek.