The Twistful Meadow Fantasy Nature Park

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The Twistful Meadow went into hibernation for a while. Now it is rubbing its eyes and awakening to find itself a bit of ...
04/21/2025

The Twistful Meadow went into hibernation for a while. Now it is rubbing its eyes and awakening to find itself a bit of a mess. Trees destroyed in The Great Munching are sprouting from their mangled bases; they need pruning so the strongest root sprouts can grow to be a big trees again, nourished by surviving mature roots. The thistle are surprisingly low in population, considering they left unsupervised for over a year. But they may be lurking below, mustering their forces, plotting. We must be ready to stomp them without mercy.
I am seeking permission to resume working the field into the Twistful Meadow.
The medium-term plan may be this: To nurture and grow actors at TekVenture's new location, while the meadow is re-growing its tree line, wildflowers and ground cover for about three years. By that time, the tree line may be restored and thistle conquered. During that time, the Humantz will polish their theater skills so they can interact with the Habitinx of the Meadow. During the overlap year before opening, the Humantz will sew costumes, make giant puppets and other creations at the New Tek location, while creating paths, bridges, game spaces and leprechaun, ogre, fairy and troll villages at the Meadow.
Do NOT visit the Twistful Meadow without Jeannette accompanying you or you will be trespassing, and the security humans there are more grumpy and stupid than a worm-infested troll. You are welcome to visit TekVenture Makerspace's new location at 1830 Wayne Trace, Door 8, Fort Wayne, Indiana, to join in theatrical activities, including performances and day camps, that will include building the cool stuff for the Meadow.
Contact Jeannette Jaquish [email protected] or 260 750-9013 to join the fun.
Check out Tek's new location events at www.tekventure.org.
Keep up with the Twistful Meadow's rebirth right here.

Practice for the Apocalypse on Father's Day!  “DAD DAY” at TekVenture and the Twistful Meadow includes hands-on projects...
05/26/2023

Practice for the Apocalypse on Father's Day!
“DAD DAY” at TekVenture and the Twistful Meadow includes hands-on projects in wood, electronics and metal, operating 1/10 scale RC 4x4 Rock Climbers on the River City Challenge Track, and sq**rt gun Zombie battles.
Sunday, June 18, 1-5pm,
1550 Griffin St., 260 750-9013,
www.tekventure.org,
$5 per person or $20 per family.

Use our RC 4x4 Rock Climbers or bring your own. Waiver signing is required. Zombies may attack. Wear sensible shoes.

Questions?
Jeannette Jaquish
TekVenture Treasurer
260 484-5946 home
260 750-9013 cell, text and I will call you back
www.tekventure.org
www.facebook.com/twistfulmeadow

"Earth Day Plant and Play" includes planting seeds, community gardens, looking at bugs and flowers under a magnifying gl...
04/14/2023

"Earth Day Plant and Play" includes planting seeds, community gardens, looking at bugs and flowers under a magnifying glass, making scarecrows, and sharing a potluck picnic, at the
Twistful Meadow at TekVenture
1550 Griffin St., Fort Wayne, 46803
Saturday, April 22, 10am to 1pm
If rained out, Sunday instead!
FREE!
The plans for Earth Day at The Twistful Meadow include:

- Adopting a little garden that you will plant, tend and harvest whatever (legal) crops you like. These are part of the leprechaun / ogre / hobbit scenarios of the Twistful Meadow. On Earth Day you can sign up for this. Free, but you must commit to care for the garden.

- Planting - We will have potting soil, pots, seeds and plants for participants to plant and water. Write your name on a Popsicle stick and stick it next to your plant.

- Creativity - Make a scarecrow or bird feeder.

- Potluck Picnic - We will provide sodas and juice and a campfire and hot dogs, paper plates, forks, cups and a napkins. Feel free to bring food to share such as potato salad, sliced fruit and veggies or cookies.
For Details: www.tekventure.org
For Updates and comments: www.fb.com/twistfulmeadow
Questions: Jeannette Jaquish 260 750-9013, text and I will call back.

We are preparing for our 2023 Season.  Trying to get stuff done while the meadow folk are still hibernating.  Planning f...
02/08/2023

We are preparing for our 2023 Season. Trying to get stuff done while the meadow folk are still hibernating.
Planning for an Easter weekend opening. Adventures with leprechauns and pookas, trolls and fairies. Irish folktales, plays and games.
We always need volunteers to make things, garden, and act. Please text Jeannette at 260 750-9013.

ACTORS NEEDED SOON for HalloWeirdity at the Twistful Meadow.  Quirky, funny, spooky, stay-in-character, ad libbing actor...
08/12/2022

ACTORS NEEDED SOON for HalloWeirdity at the Twistful Meadow. Quirky, funny, spooky, stay-in-character, ad libbing actor roles, for ages 6 to 96, or even younger when paired with a parent.

MULTIPLE ROLES for Halloweirdity's Trick or Treat on Creepy Street, "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, puppeteers for full size plastic skeletons dancing to Danse Macabre, a shadow story on a backlit sheet, and a spooky story teller at the campfire.

WORKSHOPS WEEKS EARLIER need Volunteers to help visitors make or rehearse for the Scarecrow Making Contest and Halloween Dance Off.

AUDITIONS and WORKSHOPS will be middle September. More details at our Twistful Meadow Designs page.

HALLOWEIRDITY EVENT - Fridays and Saturdays, Oct 22, 23, 29 and 30, 6 to 9pm. Schedule may change to fit actors' schedules.

HELPERS NEEDED NOW to build woodland house fronts, arches, gates, signs, giant puppets and scarecrows. Text Jeannette Jaquish at 260 750-9013 for info or to volunteer.

ADDRESS - 1551 Griffin St., Fort Wayne, IN 46803
https://goo.gl/maps/hgfWdiC6VgpHN9BQA

“An Eggsistential Eggsperience in the Twistful Meadow” - Easter Egg Hunt, kite flying and games played with costumed cha...
04/05/2022

“An Eggsistential Eggsperience in the Twistful Meadow” - Easter Egg Hunt, kite flying and games played with costumed characters, plus tours of TekVenture Maker Space, is April 16 & 17, 3 to 5pm, in the Twistful Meadow outside TekVenture, 1550 Griffin St., Fort Wayne. Dress for the weather. $3 per participant. www.ecstatic-theatrics.com 260 750-9013.
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UPDATE - The Easter Bunny HID TOO MANY EGGS! Come look for Easter Eggs (containing chocolate candies) still hidden in the playground and maze that were not found during "An Eggsistential Eggsperience", April 16 & 17 in the Twistful Meadow at TekVenture, 1550 Griffin St. The Twistful Meadow is on private property with security protection, so text me, Jeannette Jaquish, at 260 750-9013 so I can "let" you in .

The Twistful Meadow's trolls, leprechauns and fairies are unsure about Humantz invading their habitat for our March 17 &...
02/14/2022

The Twistful Meadow's trolls, leprechauns and fairies are unsure about Humantz invading their habitat for our March 17 & 19, 2022, St. Patrick's Day and Saturday event. They have some rather negative expectations about us non-magical people. We are working on it.
In the meantime, actor types of all ages are invited to AUDITION for our harmless little performances, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26 and 27, 1 to 3pm, in The Zone at TekVenture, 1550 Griffin St., Fort Wayne, IN. See www.ecstatic-theatrics.com.
If you get confused driving there or finding the door, keep trying, it is just the wee folk obscuring your mental faculties with their fweepy confusiation rays. Call Jeannette at 260 750-9013 if you get dizzy or have thoughts of giving up.

Creating an outdoor fantasy theme park and attracting customers  takes smart, enthusiastic players. Here is the cast fro...
12/29/2021

Creating an outdoor fantasy theme park and attracting customers takes smart, enthusiastic players. Here is the cast from The Spoiled Baloney Man who performed at our 4th of July event. The meadow needs a lot of labor: building playground structures, signs, scarecrows, arches, winding pathways, picket fences, benches, planting tall sunflowers over here and viney things over there, and then actors to learn the character roles and the stories. Winter is a good time to plan and build and sew in The Zone at TekVenture to be ready for a St. Patrick's Day Opening. To volunteer, call Jeannette at 260 750-9013.

Lots of fun creating and doing HalloWeirdity Oct. 30. Planning more constructions for the Meadow and interactive adventu...
11/04/2021

Lots of fun creating and doing HalloWeirdity Oct. 30. Planning more constructions for the Meadow and interactive adventures and mysteries for visitors to deal with, planning to open again for St. Patrick's Day 2022. Until then, volunteer to help or to act and check out ideas and brainstorm methods and story predicaments at www.FB.com/twistfulmeadowdesigns

www.JournalGazette.net gave the Twistful Meadow at TekVenture's HalloWeirdity event a Metro section front page article a...
10/31/2021

www.JournalGazette.net gave the Twistful Meadow at TekVenture's HalloWeirdity event a Metro section front page article and three photos of the Beddy-Bye Bog game. The Sandman (giant puppet) wants to make people happy. His Snaggers tag people with their poles and sleepwalk them into the Dream Crib where they will sleep and dream forever, or until their friends ring the bell and honk the horn and yell "Wake Up" to free them. This was one of 4 game activities - Monkey Ball, Twisted Forest Trail and the Fairy Nursery - at the HalloWeirdity event Oct. 30, as well as going inside TekVenture for tours and working with tools or clay. The puppet and a giant spider and giant tree man were made with meadow and TekVenture materials and TekVenture tools by Nigel Roper, Michael Mendenhall, Jeannette Jaquish, John Kelly and Bob Voors. My costumed actors are Oliver Welch, Abby and Liz Valdez, Michelle and Eleanor Shiveley, Taylor Royse, Nigel Roper, Michael Mendenhall, and me, Jeannette Jaquish. Michelle Davies was the JG photographer, and Jamie Duffy was the reporter. Article is at https://journalgazette.net/news/local/20211031/characters-venture-out-embrace-halloweirdity

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1550 Griffin Street , Across The Parking Lot From TekVenture Maker Space
Fort Wayne, IN
46803

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