Church groups & retreats
Share your retreat schedule, group size, lodging preferences, and gathering-space needs. Leave breathing room for conversation and an optional farm experience.
Peoria · Bloomington–Normal · Quad Cities · Rockford
Bring the group.
Stay close. Go deeper.
Make time together the reason to get away. Plan church retreats, college and school overnights, corporate parties and retreats, or wedding guest stays around Princeton and Tiskilwa. Choose one property or combine local lodging for different budgets.
Plan your group stay
Start with where your group is coming from.
Use your actual meeting point and departure time for a current drive estimate. For larger groups, confirm transport and arrival arrangements with your organizer.
A stay that fits your people.
College, high school & junior high
Plan student overnight stays with your organizer. Include the age range, adult chaperone count, room assignments, and any proposed learning activities in your group inquiry.
Corporate parties & retreats
Bring your team’s dates and plans. Ask about the spaces, connectivity, meals, and lodging arrangements your gathering requires.
Wedding parties & guests
Especially for weddings at The Barn at Hornbaker Gardens, ask about accommodation combinations for the wedding party and other guests.
Explore wedding weekendsOne overnight. Time to reconnect.
Before arrival
Plan the essentials
Check dates, select your preferred lodging, and include your gathering-space needs in your inquiry. Arrange meals, transport, and activities in advance.
Day one
Settle in together
Arrive at the agreed time, get settled, and follow your group’s afternoon and evening plans.
Day two
Leave room to explore
Build in your own group time or a separately arranged farm experience before checkout. Add a second night for a fuller retreat.
Your last stop: pizza. Order ahead from my friends at Sticks and Bricks Wood-fired Pizza in Tiskilwa, just two miles from the farm. Swing by for pickup along your route and arrive with dinner ready. Check their current hours and ordering details first.
Big group stays.
More than one way to stay.
Combine yurt-glamping tents, affordable on-farm apartments, rooms, and the cabin. The listed sleeping arrangements accommodate 68 people across the farm; the larger maximum of 114 includes children and extra camping, subject to agreement and availability.
Compare group lodging combinations. Available spaces and services will be confirmed for your dates.
Check dates & request a stayBringing more people?
One gathering.
Different ways to stay.
There are great lodging and attraction options for all kinds of big groups: extended families, church retreats, college and school groups, corporate getaways, and wedding parties. Stay together or spread out across places that fit each person’s budget and style, then meet up for shared adventures.
For a wedding at The Barn, the bride might choose a cabin at The Wildflower, while the groom or other guests choose affordable on-farm apartments at Hungry World Farm. Others might prefer Tiskilwa Inn or camping at Condit’s Ranch. Your group can share the celebration without all booking the same kind of stay.
Build in a garden visit, a meal in town, a canal walk, or a prearranged farm experience. Book lodging and group activities separately, and plan how everyone will travel between them.
Route maps use Hungry World Farm as an example destination. Staying elsewhere? Set your chosen lodging as the destination before you travel. Compare all four recommended stays.