Farm School Fridays
This 7-week micro-school series will cover a range of fun and interesting agricultural topics and animal husbandry. The recommended age range is 6 years and up! The whole family is welcome to join! The cost is $200 for the entire series. Max capacity is 12 students. We will have fun activities and interactive lessons with take home keepsakes and activities to do at home from their day. Week 7 will be a celebration of a great summer spent learning together with ice cream and treats and pony rides, so don’t miss it!
The dates are July 11th - August 29th from 10 am - 1:30 pm. (Week of July 25th we will skip. We will have no class that week.)
This 7-week micro-school series will cover a range of fun and interesting agricultural topics and animal husbandry. The recommended age range is 6 years and up! The whole family is welcome to join! The cost is $200 for the entire series. Max capacity is 12 students. We will have fun activities and interactive lessons with take home keepsakes and activities to do at home from their day. Week 7 will be a celebration of a great summer spent learning together with ice cream and treats and pony rides, so don’t miss it!
The dates are July 11th - August 29th from 10 am - 1:30 pm. (Week of July 25th we will skip. We will have no class that week.)
This 7-week micro-school series will cover a range of fun and interesting agricultural topics and animal husbandry. The recommended age range is 6 years and up! The whole family is welcome to join! The cost is $200 for the entire series. Max capacity is 12 students. We will have fun activities and interactive lessons with take home keepsakes and activities to do at home from their day. Week 7 will be a celebration of a great summer spent learning together with ice cream and treats and pony rides, so don’t miss it!
The dates are July 11th - August 29th from 10 am - 1:30 pm. (Week of July 25th we will skip. We will have no class that week.)
This 7-week micro-school series will cover a range of fun and interesting agricultural topics and animal husbandry. The recommended age range is 6 years and up! The whole family is welcome to join! The cost is $200 for the entire series.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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.
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 at the end of the class.
Week 7: Popsicle and Ice Cream party and pony rides and celebration party!