July 11th Week 1: Corn an A-maizing Plant!

Tour the corn plot and take home different varieties of corn seeds. Students will get to make packing peanuts from corn!

July 18th Week 2: Living Dirt – The Microbiome of Soil

What is composting, and exactly how does it work? Learn how to create and maintain a healthy compost pile indoors or out, and also take home your own red wiggler composting worm kit!

August 1st Week 3: Feathered Friends

We will learn about egg development and all about chickens and turkeys. Students will have the opportunity to candle eggs at different stages of development, and interact with all the new baby chicks!

August 8th Week 4: Pigs

Oink oink! What do pigs eat? How many breeds of pigs are there? Where do they come from? Students will play with our friendly piglets at the end of the class.

August 15th Week 5: Bees and Pollinators

Students will learn all about pollinators with some fun hands-on classroom activities and then we will go on a pollinator search in the learning garden! Learn about “meadowscaping” and why it helps pollinators! Everyone can take home their own bouquet of picked flowers and wildflower seed packet.

August 22nd Week 6: Horses

Neigh horses eat hay! Learn all about horses and their care. Students will have the opportunity to pet and groom our horse Trixie and our pony at the end of the class.

August 29th Week 7: Popsicle and Ice Cream party and pony rides

Celebration party!