Tours & Field Trips   

• Fellowfield Discovery Park Tour 

• OFFSITE TOUR: 6480 S. State Road, Salline

  Enrollment: This tour is limited to 30 attendees. A waitlist will be available.

  Please let the Elderwise office know if, after registering, you are unable to attend this class. This gives students on the waitlist an opportunity to join. It also helps the onsite class assistant have an accurate roster.

  Accessibility: PLEASE NOTE that the Park is not yet fully accessible.

  Join us for an outdoor tour of Fellowfield Discovery Park, a 10-acre ecojustice park dedicated to restoring relationships between people, place, and planet. The program begins with a welcome and introduction to the park’s purpose and philosophy, followed by hands-on activities at the Park’s discovery stations. Together, we will reflect on how past decisions have shaped the land, and how healing and stewardship are taking root. Participants will also have time to explore the trails and gardens at their own pace, including an exclusive preview of future exhibits still in development. Please note that although this development continues, the park is not yet fully accessible. Katy Adams is Fellowfield’s founder, an experienced non-profit leader, educator, and ecologist with deep family roots in the area. She is passionate about creating thoughtful spaces where people can explore and imagine, safely question the systems that shape our lives, and practice the skills needed to thrive in diverse and interdependent communities. Additional important information will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.

  

  

   

   

  
   

   

• Fee: $20.00

• Instructor(s): Katy Adams

• Dates: 6/12/2026 - 6/12/2026

  Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

• Sessions: 1

  Days: F

• Building: Offsite

  Room: Fellowfield Discovery Park, Saline

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• Sutherland-Wilson Farmstead Tour
  Dates: 6/5/2026 - 6/5/2026

• ONLINE registration for this class is now closed.
    If the start date of the first session has not happened yet,
    please call or email the Elderwise office to get registered.
    Thank you!
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• OFFSITE TOUR: 797 W. Textile Road, Ann Arbor

  This class has an enrollment limit of 20. A waitlist will be available.
  
  Please let the Elderwise office know if, after registering, you are unable to attend this class. This gives students on the waitlist an opportunity to join. It also helps the onsite class assistant have an accurate roster.

  The Past IS Worth Preserving. Join us for a story of the Sutherlands and Wilsons. This tour of the Sutherland-Wilson farm includes a presentation on the history of Pittsfield Township, as well as the six generations who lived in this home. We will explore the house, barn, and outbuildings, and learn how they have been renovated over the years by the Pittsfield Township Historical Society. If you enjoy local history, you will enjoy this tour. Carol Pollack-Rundle, a retired ophthalmic technologist at Michigan Medicine, has been interested in history for years. She is a charter member of the Pittsfield Township Historical Society and has served as its treasurer for four years. She is also a house docent and owes her knowledge of the house to other members of the historical society, especially Ed and Mary Ellen Wall, the authors of many books on Pittsfield Township history. Additional important information will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.

  

  

   

   

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• Bus Trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
  Dates: 6/11/2026 - 6/11/2026

• ONLINE registration for this class is now closed.
    If the start date of the first session has not happened yet,
    please call or email the Elderwise office to get registered.
    Thank you!
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• OFFSITE TOUR: Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit

  Time: 8:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

  Enrollment: This tour is limited to 15 attendees. A waitlist will be available.

  Please let the Elderwise office know if, after registering, you are unable to attend this tour. This gives students on the waitlist an opportunity to join. It also helps the onsite class assistant have an accurate roster.

  Fee: Member $10   Nonmember $20, plus an extra $26 fee to cover the round-trip bus fare, DIA entrance fee, and the DIA docent tour fee. This will be added at checkout. 

  Please note there will be a fair amount of walking on this trip, and the cost of lunch is not included

  Join us for a docent led tour of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). We will take the D2A2 bus from Blake Transit Center across from the Ann Arbor downtown public library, to Grand Circus Park in Detroit, then hop on the QLINE to the DIA near Wayne State University. After the tour we will have some time to roam on our own or shop in the gift store. We will meet in the DIA restaurant for a group lunch and then, depending on time available, we will head to either Campus Martius or the riverfront for a bit of sightseeing. The bus back to Ann Arbor leaves at 2:45 for an arrival back in Ann Arbor at 3:45 p.m. Joan Bulmer has been involved with Elderwise for 15 years, and is always looking for new adventures. In addition to her duties as Treasurer, she is on the Curriculum Program Team lining up speakers, and on the Tech Team assisting in the classroom. Joan teaches sewing classes, and now is leading her third Elderwise trip to Detroit. She is happy to report that no one has ever been left behind and all have had a good time! Please note there will be a fair amount of walking on this trip, and the cost of lunch is not included. Additional important information will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.

  

  

  

   

   

   

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