Emma Prusch Farm Park

The once working 87 acre Prusch Farm in San Jose, California was bestowed to the city in 1962. Today, the farm is made into a public park so everyone can use it for recreation and learn about farming.
This Big Red Barn as it is called was built in 1983 and is used to raise animals later to be judged and auctioned at local county fairs.

This is how it looks like inside. It was very empty except for some chickens and few very large pigs like the one below.

It was very hot outside, but this one was too busy napping to care.

At the edge of the park is this public art structure called "Monument to the Last Barn" created by Gloria Bornstein.
The structure is designed to hold meetings, weddings, and or just a shelter from the weather.

The park has a small animal farm where you can feed and pet the animals.

A garden where people from the community can come volunteer to plant fruits & vegetables and learn about eating healthy.

From the distance, one would have thought this was a barn, but in reality, it is a Multicultural Arts Center where the public can rent to hold events.

The chickens roam free in the park and they are everywhere.

The turkeys are not so lucky and are locked up in a cage, but somehow this one escaped and ended up on the roof.
- Karen