Volunteers spruce up farm at Peaks of Otter

A team of volunteers, including descendents of the Johnson and Bryant families who previously owned the land, scraped old paint from the fence at the Johnson Farm at Peaks of Otter in Bedford County on Saturday.

Fernando Gracia, who works with Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway and helped organize the effort, said the repairs have been on the organization's to-do list for quite some time but only recently were they given the necessary approval to work on the historic site.

Gracia also said that it is likely there will be more opportunities for volunteers to help at the farm in the future.

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