The Gettle family holding a giant sunflower head, a gourd and a bouquet of flowers

Baker Creek • Mansfield, Missouri

Heirloom Expo

The World’s Pure Food Fair!

September 26–27, 2027

Sunday & Monday

Calling all gardeners, seed savers, homesteaders, and flower children! After 15 years, this grand gathering has come home to Baker Creek’s Missouri farm. Join thousands from across the country and around the world for two days of pure food and harvest joy.

$10 for both days

Kids get in free.

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  • 1,000+varieties on display
  • 20+expert speakers
  • Nearly 200vendors & exhibitors
Two visitors admiring sunflowers, marigolds and celosia on the exhibit-tent display tables

Good roots. Great abundance.

Dig the harvest

Feast your eyes on over 1,000 varieties of rare flowers, vegetables, fruits, and herbs. Wander the gardens, taste what’s fresh, and bring your own harvest to display and share.

Visitors photographing rows of peppers and vegetables on the exhibit tables

The great seed swap

Bring your rare seeds and trade with kindred spirits from every corner of the map. Swap a handful of seeds, a little garden wisdom, and a story or two.

Treasures for the simple life

Browse nearly 200 vendors and exhibitors for seeds, plants, tools, books, and handmade Ozark goods. Good local food will keep you happily fueled for the day.

Old roots. Fresh ideas.

Grow a little wisdom

Meet over 20 leading voices in seed saving, heirloom gardening, and plant breeding. Dig into hands-on demos, book signings, and the seed stories that connect us.

Bevin Cohen holding up a crookneck gourd in front of a weathered white wall

Bevin Cohen

Seed saving & preservation

Makeda Cheatom in a straw hat holding a pale green gourd in the exhibit hall

Makeda Cheatom

Growing food, culture & community

John Kohler in a sun hat with a polaroid-style inset of Dr. Jeffrey Pierce

Dr. Jeffrey Pierce & John Kohler

Food as Medicine

Plus Enoch Graham of Let’s Get Growing, and more!

Potter Susan Minyard holding two of her glazed bowls at her festival booth

Two days to come together

Bring the whole caravan

Soak up autumn on our Ozark river valley farm. Take a tour, explore the Pioneer Village, and meet heritage birds and friendly farm animals.

Camp beneath the stars

Festival camping is free. Pitch a tent and swap stories with fellow back-to-the-landers. Restrooms and showers are available; camping rules apply.

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Bring your wares

Vendor fees are small; exhibitors are free. Reserve your space early—spots fill up fast.

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September 26–27, 2027

Mansfield, Missouri • Baker Creek Seed Farm
$10 covers both days • Kids free

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