Discover Glennville

The Glennville Sweet Onion Festival, local history, and recreational opportunities offer different ways to shape a stay in Glennville. Agricultural destinations and nature in Tattnall County add to the experience.

Glennville and the Sweet Onion Festival

The Glennville Sweet Onion Festival takes place on the second Saturday in May at the State Farmers Market in Glennville. It begins with a run and walk celebrating the sweet onion, followed by a parade through downtown. The program includes arts and crafts, entertainment, rides and games for children, and foods such as fried sweet onion rings and blooming onions. The date gives your planning a firm anchor. Check the current schedule for your chosen year, as individual offerings may vary.

Local History and Remembrance

Glennville’s early community was known as Philadelphia Cross Roads and developed around a church, a school, and a Masonic lodge. The Glennville-Tattnall Museum opened in 1994, initially in one room of a historic, two-story brick schoolhouse dating to around 1911; it was later expanded to three rooms.

The Glennwanis Hotel is significant as an intact small-town hotel intended to accommodate tourists and local residents; its history touches on architecture, commerce, social history, and transportation history. The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery covers 43 acres and is surrounded by shade-giving pecan trees.

Recreation and Landscape

The Glennville Recreation Department includes the 62-acre Glennville Recreation Park, with a 10-acre pond. The pond is stocked with fish, and there is also a walking trail for all ages. The historic Wiregrass Trail runs along Georgia Highway 57 through Glennville.

A larger natural area in Tattnall County, the Big Hammock Natural Area and Wildlife Management Area lies on the northeastern bank of the Altamaha River. The area covers 6,177 acres, mostly bottomland forests, as well as numerous oxbow lakes and swamp sloughs. Big Hammock is a National Natural Landmark; its notable features include rare plants and animals, including a large colony of the Georgia plume plant. Three boat ramps provide access to the Altamaha River and the Ohoopee River.

Winery, Farms, and Tours

Watermelon Creek Vineyard was established in 2012 as a destination and fully equipped Georgia winery with a farm. It offers Georgia Grown muscadine wines and foods made from them.

Tours at Woodpecker Trail Olive Farm visit the olive grove with 7,000 trees and a longleaf pine plantation. The farm has produced its own certified EVOO since 2019; the tour ends with a guided tasting of olive oils and balsamic reductions. Reservations are required for this tour; confirm the arrangement before your visit.

Armstrong Cricket Farm offers tours by advance reservation only, where visitors can see how crickets are raised. Armstrong Crickets became the first commercial cricket grower in the United States in 1947.

DC Durrence Farms is a fourth-generation family farm. Visitors can pick their own fruit and vegetables or buy them there. If you plan to pick your own, check the dates in advance. Bland Farms is home to a farm shop.

For the broader travel overview: Tattnall County.