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Fall Farm Field Tours

Pumpkin Patch

More farm fun.

Students will be able to experience a pumpkin patch with Farmer Wayne. As you are walking Farmer Wayne will talk more in depth about how pumpkins are planted, developed, cut, and more. After they learn about the process of growing a pumpkin, students will be able to pick out their very own to bring home with them.

The fall farm tour will include a corn maze where students will be able to explore and have fun while learning about the corn that surrounds them. As well as corn they will learn about other crops that grow in fields just like the one they are in. This is a great way for them to see how crops are grown up close while having fun with their friends!

Live animals will be a part of the fall farm tour that students will be able to observe and ask questions about! Students will be asked to participate in an option of games/relay races.As always the chaperones and teachers will be immersed into the farm life by learning alongside the students.

Spring Farm Field Tours

Planting seeds.

As well as educating students about the identification of fruits and vegetables, they will have the opportunity to create their own garden to take home. This garden will contain seeds like onions, squash, pumpkins, and more. After learning about the preparation of the food farmer's make available to us, they will be able to grow their own food at home.

Our spring farm tour involves mock honey bee hives that will educate children on why bees are so important. A pound of honey will also be given to each class that partakes in the farm tour to bring back to their classroom. 

Students will participate in a pot relay race where team work is incorporated. Live farm animals are also on the site of the farm tour that students will be able to interact with. Along with the students learning, the teachers and chaperones also get to learn more about the farm life with Farmer Wayne!

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If you are interested in taking your class on a farm tour this Fall of 2024 or would like more information make sure to email us! Stay tuned for our Fall tours in October of 2024!

Farm Field Tours at Bortner Valley

15810 Hanover Pike, Upperco, Maryland 21155, United States

410-977-8642

Fall Farm Tour Dates

September 30-November 1, Monday through Friday

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Donaldson Farms

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Educational Farm Tours

NOTICE: We are now booking private events and tours! Please contact us to schedule your visit to our farm!

Plan your next field trip and bring your class or group for an educational and fun day on a modern, family-owned and operated, 500+ acre working produce farm. We are conveniently located in Hackettstown, New Jersey, which is approximately a one hour drive west of New York City – nestled in beautiful Warren County. It is an easy commute for an experience that children and their families will remember forever. No visit is the same twice. We can tailor any program to your goals for your students or group, and make sure you have a fantastic time meeting those goals as well!

Educational School and Group Farm Tours

All tours include:

• Customized Tour Planning: Pre-tour planning to create a trip that meets your group’s unique needs or learning objectives
• Private Tent:  Your private tent will serve as a ‘home base’ for your group to gather
• Interactive Educational Hayride Farm Tour:   Includes stops for discussions of the different crops and current farm activity. A stop at Donaldson’s Greenhouse and Nursey to tour the greenhouse and visit the Koi pond and waterfall to feed the fish can be incorporated into your hayride tour.
• Picking or Planting Activity:  Each participant picks a pre-determined amount of the available fruit or vegetable, crop conditions permitting. If a crop is unavailable, a fun planting project will be substituted
• Educational Lesson:  A farm tour guide dedicated to your group will provide an educational lesson on the growth cycle of fruit or vegetable you are picking
• Healthy Snack: A healthy snack and drink is served to each participant
• Storytime (age appropriate – if desired)
• Add-on Activities Equine education: meet our ponies/horses and learn about them and their care, create a farm-related craft, enjoy a make-and-take planting activity, and more.
• Lunch Time! Bring a packed lunch and relax in the beautiful, safe and relaxed setting following your tour. Pizza party and catering options are also available from locally loved eateries in our area.
• Safe and Relaxed Setting: You’ll have peace and mind knowing that your group will be hosted by dedicated farm staff on the day of your visit. While we proudly provide a safe and fun environment for our guests – teachers, parents, and aides are expected to supervise their groups.
• Tour Times: The complete farm visit experience lasts approximately 90 minutes and can be extended depending on the amount of attendees and activities selected.

Depending on the season, the weather can be unpredictable on the farm! We recommend emailing your group ahead of your visit to remind them to be weather aware. Be sure to check the weather and don’t forget to bring sunscreen, jackets or sweatshirts, gloves, and comfortable, sturdy shoes!

Farm Tour Options

Enjoy, educational, exciting and affordable programs at the farm this season! Tours can be customized based on grade and age level. Each tour may include a planting project that everyone takes home, an educational lesson, an interactive tractor hayride tour of the farm, and a tasty snack! Following are just a few examples of the tours we offer…

• Pick-Your-Own Tour – Depending on the season, kids have the opportunity to pick and learn about strawberries, peaches, corn, pumpkins, or apples!
• Farm Soil Sample Tour – Detect PH and nutrients!
• Corn Pollination Tour – Learn all about corn pollination. (It’s fascinating, really!)
• Equine Education – Meet our ponies and horses! Learn about Equine health care and management.
• Custom Farm Tour options available – contact us!
• Farm Craft Experience – Educational and interactive learning through crafts

Contact us about other programs that are perfect for kids and adults – or let us work with you to develop a custom program for your group!

NJ Core Curriculum Compliant

Everyone in your group will be happily engaged in our interactive learning programs which go hand-in-hand with and exceed the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards. We provide a unique learning experience for your children! Even if your organization does not follow New Jersey’s core curriculum program – that’s okay!

We recognize and appreciate that the teachers who visit our farm always strive to give their students the best learning experience that they could have. Farm tutorials are an important part of a child’s education since they offer a well-rounded learning experience they will never forget. Donaldson Farms provides an ever-changing curriculum for you and your students. Ask us for details.

Strawberry Picking & Planting Group Tours

Weather and Crop Conditions Permitting – Available in May and June. Typically, the month of May includes a make-and-take strawberry planting activity and June includes strawberry picking! Strawberry Picking Tours include an educational lesson about strawberries, an interactive private hayride tour of the farm, a pint container to pick your own strawberries, a refreshing snack at our picnic area, and enjoying the beauty of Donaldson Farms! Many of our farm friends have never had the opportunity of tasting their first bite of a strawberry. Strawberry picking is a memorable experience for all ages! Each participant will go home with a fresh-picked pint of strawberries to share with their family – if they make it that far! Strawberry season officially begins in early June – tours booked in May will include the planting of an individual strawberry plant for each participant to take home and grow their own strawberries!

Raspberry & Blackberry Picking Group Tours

Weather and Crop Conditions Permitting – Available in early July through September . Not available on Mondays Summer Tours feature the option of picking red, black, and golden raspberries, blackberries. In addition to the crop-picking activity, you will enjoy an interactive private hayride tour of the farm, and a refreshing snack at our picnic area.

Pumpkin & Apple Picking Group Tours

Weather and Crop Conditions Permitting – Available from late September – October

Apple Picking Tours include apple picking (participants take home a specified number of apples) from our apple orchard. All participants will receive an educational and interactive hayride tour of the farm, education on our unique apple-growing method and the growth cycle of apples, and an apple and fresh apple cider drink for a snack! All participants will go home with fresh-picked apples to share with your family.

Pumpkin Picking Tours include pumpkin picking (participants take home a pumpkin) from our private pumpkin patch exclusively for tours, an educational lesson on the pumpkin fruit growth cycle, an interactive tractor hayride tour of the farm, and an apple and some fresh apple cider to enjoy for a snack! Your group will pick their pumpkins right off the vine – an exceptional learning experience for everyone!

Plan Your Visit

We are excited to have your group join us for these fun and memorable programs. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity soon – our calendar fills up fast, especially for strawberry and pumpkin season! Please contact us with any questions or for more information. A farm and school tour group guide which provides details, pricing, and add-on activity information will be provided.

Depending on the season, the weather can be unpredictable on the farm. Be sure to check the weather and don’t forget to bring sunscreen, jackets or sweatshirts, gloves, and comfortable, sturdy shoes!

Reservations / More Information

Please call (908) 852-9122  x 2 or  contact us  for more information or to reserve your desired date and time. Our farm family looks forward to hosting your group. It will be an experience they will remember for many years to come!

Farm School Tours Photo Kirt Beiling

Step back in time on the farm.

Travel to the 1880s to discover the sounds, sights and smells of farm life as costumed staff and volunteers demonstrate farm and household chores and care for animals and crops. Compare your life with that of a central Ohio farm family 120 years ago.

Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis. Dates fill quickly so have alternate dates in mind. There is no admission fee. For general information and reservations call 614-508-8111 .

Guided Visit Discovery Visit Hands On History

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Guided Visit

Recommended Age Range: Kindergarden to 12th Grade Number of Students: 15 to 100 students Length of Presentation: Two hours Times Offered: 10am to noon and 12:30 to 2:30pm*

Some 1-hour visits are available on select afternoons for smaller groups. Includes a visit to farmhouse, summer kitchen and barn. Discuss work and recreation, food production and preservation, and uses of crops and animals. Costumed guides adapt presentation to fit student age.

Guided visits are only offered during the school year.

Schedule a Guided Visit

*Due to time spent outdoors and weather conditions, kindergarten and first grade trips are not scheduled after November 10 or before April 7.

Photo: Kirt Beiling

Discovery Visit

Recommended Age Range: Preschool to 12th Grade Number of Students: 15 to 125 students Length of Visit: One hour

Group chaperones lead students at their own pace on a self-guided tour. Costumed staff are available to answer questions and demonstrate aspects of farm life. Map and question sheets provide chaperones with information to discover how farm families lived.

Discovery visits can be scheduled April through December.

Schedule a Discovery Visit

Hands on History

For fourth grade.

Recommended Age Range: 4th Grade Number of Students: 12 to 60 students Length of Presentation: Two hours Times Offered: 10am to noon and 12:30 to 2:30pm

Participate in hands-on activities that may include baking on wood burning cook stove, learning about draft horses, playing parlor games and using 19th-century toys, and discovering the uses of farm equipment.

Hands on History trips are only offered during the school year.

Schedule Hands on History

Custom Programs & Additonal Information

For specific information, or to arrange special topics emphasizing history, agriculture, technology or science, please call the Farm at 614-833-1880 . Picnic facilities, playgrounds and nature trails are at nearby Slate Run Metro Park.

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Educational School Tours

For over thirty years, we've had the privilege of hosting hundreds of thousands of school children. Agricultural education is the focus of our farm and every child that visits has an authentic, instructive and exciting opportunity. Offered in both spring (April/May) and fall (Sept/Oct), education is always in season.

Pick a pumpkin, have some fun, there's something here for everyone!

Nature is the ultimate classroom here at Red Barn Farm . Children have a unique and up-close opportunity to learn about the animals that live on the farm. Tour activities vary by season and can be customized to include a hayride, a visit to the pumpkin patch and more. ‍

SPRING 2024 - EDUCATIONAL BARNYARD TOURS

Spring group educational tours are the perfect way for children to get up close and personal with all of our barnyard friends. Your group will be taken on a private, informative and exciting tour with one of our farmers. ‍

• All spring tours include a barnyard tour and hayride. $7.50 per person
• Visit the Garden Station and learn about the importance of a garden. Plant a seed to take home and watch grow. $1.50 per person
• Learn about the apple orchard and the pollinators. Visit the orchard & observation bee hive. Take home a honey stick. $2.25 per person
• BUNDLE ALL THREE FOR $10.50 per person.

FALL 2024 - EDUCATIONAL BARNYARD TOURS

Group educational tours are the perfect way for children to get up close and personal with all of our barnyard friends. Your group will be taken on a private, informative and exciting tour with one of our farmers. ‍

• All fall tours include a barnyard tour. $6.75 per person
• Climb aboard the hay wagons for a trip to the pumpkin patch. Learn how pumpkins grow and take home a field trip size pumpkin. ( Hayride included) $3.75 per person
• Learn about the apple orchard and the pollinators. Visit the orchard & observation bee hive. Take home apples and a honey stick. $2.75 per person
• BUNDLE ALL THREE FOR $12.75 per person.

Interested?

Spring/Summer Hours Memorial Day weekend we are open! Tues-Sun, 10-4 Fall Farm Hours – Mon-Sun, 9-5 Nov. Farm Hours – Tues-Sun, 10-4 Winters Hours (Dec-Apr) Call for Appointment

Spring School Tours

Spring tour details.

Springtime is a great time to bring your class to the Red Barn Farm for an educational tour. The barnyard is full of baby animals for your class to meet. Take a hayride through the orchard to see the apple trees in bloom. Visit the garden station to have your tour guide help your class plant seeds to take back to the classroom to grow. You can also add a trip to the observation bee hive to learn about how bees make honey, see the bees in the hive and receive a honey stick for all your students to enjoy. (Observation bee hive available for an additional fee of $1 per person. Please allow an additional 15 minutes for this activity.) Tours may be scheduled to begin between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Please be sure to allow for travel time. Spring tours take approximately 90 minutes.Our basic fee is $6.00 per person, with a minimum of 20 paying guests (teachers and school employees are free). All parents and siblings over age two will be asked to pay admission. (Add $1 per person for the bee hive observation.) School tours are available Monday through Friday only. Tours are charged applicable sales tax unless we receive a copy of your tax exempt certificate.Groups are welcome to use our picnic area. We have many picnic tables, and will lay out tarps if all the tables are taken. Please let us know if your group intends to stay for lunch. ‍ Call today to discuss your spring tour times and details: (816) 386-5437 or Click Here to Submit Your Reservation Request Online Note regarding Admission Fee during School Tours: Monday through Friday before 2 p.m., our staff is working with school tours. Admission to the barnyard during this period is obtained by paying the school tour fee and accompanying one of our tour groups or doing a self-guided tour. You can purchase admission to the barnyard at the information booth or in the country store. There is no admission fee after 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays during the farm season.

Fall School Tours

Fall Tour Details

In the fall, you have many options to customize your tour for your class. You start with the basic barnyard tour, which includes visiting all the animals, going through the prairie trail maze and having fun at fort hay bale. The basic tour takes 90 minutes. Additional activities include a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin, an orchard tour to learn about how apples grow and apples to take home, a hayride and a trip to the observation bee hive to see the bees in action and get a honey stick. Each activity adds 15-20 minutes to your total tour time.You can mix and match these activities to fit your needs. Tour InformationTours may be scheduled to begin between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. School tours are available for groups of 20 or more, Monday through Friday only. Please be sure to allow for travel time. Fall tours take approximately 90 minutes. ‍ Admission & Activity Pricing Our basic fee is $4.25 per person, with a minimum of 20 paying guests (teachers and school employees are free). All parents and siblings over age two will be asked to pay admission.Add $1.50 to add the pumpkin patch (includes a small pumpkin) or the Apple Orchard activity (includes apples) - to your basic tour. To add the Hayride, or the Observation Bee Hive Tour, add $1 for each of these additional activity. Picnic Area Groups are welcome to use our picnic area. We have many picnic tables, and will lay out tarps if all the tables are taken. ‍ Please let us know if your group intends to stay for lunch.Tours are charged applicable sales tax unless we receive a copy of your tax exempt certificate. Call today to discuss your fall tour times and details: (816) 386-5437 or Click Here to Submit Your Reservation Request Online Note regarding Admission Fee during School Tours : Monday through Friday before 2 p.m., our staff is working with school tours. Admission to the barnyard during this period is obtained by paying the school tour fee and accompanying one of our tour groups or doing a self-guided tour. You can purchase admission to the barnyard at the information booth or in the country store. There is no admission fee after 2 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays during the farm season.

TICKETS ALWAYS AVAILABLE AT OUR FARM

*tickets purchased at oasis family farm ticket booth are only valid for day purchased..

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School Tours or Large Groups

Field trips to the farm for school & community groups.

Bring your class, camp, scout, or community group to explore our agritainment farm, which is a real-world crossroads where curriculum subjects unite in a family farm environment, where learning is FUN and imaginations grow! School and camp trips are booked for 2 hour time slots. If you would like an additional hour please inquiry at time of booking. 

We have something for all grade levels and ages to enjoy! Our staff are here to customize your visit to meet your educational and curriculum needs. Visiting Oasis Family Farm is an effective way for teachers, educators, and group leaders to provide their students or group members with a rich hands-on learning experience that will inspire for years to come.

**Schools/Camps are required to have one chaperone per every 6 students. The schools are responsible for any and all damage done to the animals, property, decorations and FunZone. A signed contract is required prior to your visit.**

Oasis Family Farm is conveniently located within minutes from major Philadelphia/New York area travel routes. Click here for directions .

Join us to learn about:

Agriculture – how plants are planted, maintained, and harvested. Horticulture – learn about the various types of vegetables and plants that are grown on the farm.                                                                                                  Animals- Come walk around and see the different types of animals and how they live and interact. (There is NO petting or feeding of the animals)

Live Ant Colony -(Closed) The ants come together at Oasis Family Farm! Come discover the fascinating miniature world of ants. Visit our outdoor observatory, and learn a lesson from the ant! 

& much more! 

• (609) 259-7300

School tours We are now booking!!

End of March/April

Closed from May to June

Fall  Open September and October

Egg Hunts on the farm can be added to the package, Only in the Spring and at certain times. Includes goodie bag for each child

($4 per child, ask for availably)

Pick-a-sugar-pumpkin: an interactive pumpkin picking experience for the kids that they can take home (only certain times of the season)

       $4 additional 

*Trips are 2 hours only, over 2 hours is an additional cost, $100 per hour*

We provide an area for bring your own snack/lunch. It has picnic tables and has a sun covering.

A wagon ride around the entire farm!

A wagon ride to see the pumpkin patch! 

Admission to the Fun Zone, which includes: 70ft zip-line, 50ft tubes slide, pirate ship, spider web rope crawl, pedal bikes, pedal cars, hoppy horses, sand diggers, basketball hoops, horse tire swings and much more!

Educational exhibit entry, which includes:  Animal & Plant information

Farm goats, mini ponies, ducks, turkeys, sheep, and multiple varieties of chickens  

(For observation only)

Signed Contract is required prior to your event

Minimum of 20 students or $360

This is for 2 hours only on the farm!! 

**(Anything over the 2 hours is an additional cost, $100 per hour)**  

There is a contract, credit card information & non- refundable deposit due at time of booking.

Students (1 Free adult chaperone per 6 students)

$ 18.00 /ea

Adults (admission includes wagon ride)

If you would like to make a reservation for your school or group to come visit us, please complete the reservation request form below!

Reservation request form.

 To ensure for the safety and protection of your child, adult (18yrs or older) supervision is required at all times while on the premises of Oasis Family Farm. It’s employees are not responsible for the supervision of your child at anytime. There is NO petting of animals on the property, they are for observation only.

The FunZone is an unsupervised play area. Parental or guardian supervision is required at all times for your child to use the FunZone play area, equipment and to be on the premises. Use of the FunZone play area, equipment and farm is at your own risk. Proper closed-toe shoes are required; No sandals, high heels or flip-flops are allowed for playing on any of the play area equipment. By purchasing entry onto the premise , the purchaser understands and voluntarily assumes all risks and dangers associated with their child playing and/or using any of the FunZone equipment, including but not limited to personal injury, and all other hazards arising from or related in anyway to the FunZone play area and equipment.

By purchasing entry, the purchaser agrees to release and hold harmless with respect to any and all injury, illness, disability, death, or loss or damage to person or property, whether caused by negligence or otherwise Oasis Family Farm, its owners, operators, its parent corporations, affiliates, their officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, volunteers, and property landlord from any liability and responsibility whatsoever, and for any claims or cause of action for personal injury, illness, property damage, or wrongful death arising while playing or using any of the FunZone equipment, whether caused by active or passive negligence of the releases or otherwise.

There are NO refunds issued, all sales are FINAL!

***For the safety of all of our guests we do NOT allow any firearms, alcohol, smoking, marijana or any other forms of drugs on the property. (including the parking lot)***

No dogs, pets, or any outside food or beverages are allowed on the premises. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Oasis Family Farm is open only for Firewood, Top Soil and Mulch. Follow us on Social Media to see when our childern’s activites will be opening in 2024. 

Please call 7 days a week for Mulch, Topsoil & Firewood Deliveries.

Contact Us:

3 Circle Drive Robbinsville, NJ 08691

609-259-7300

[email protected]

Oasis Family Farm is not responsible for lost item, items left in your car or the car itself, you park here at your own risk! So please be responsible.

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Educational Events: On-Farm School Tours and Field Trips

Weaver’s Orchard offers many educational events. We encourage field trips and school tours on our farm.  We know the value of teaching the next generation about agriculture. After all, we are a fourth-generation farm ! We want children from preschool (ages 3 and up) through elementary school to know that eating locally grown fruits and vegetables is healthy and delicious! Our tours are also available for adults and senior groups.

Our fall school tours focus on apples. Your group will learn about an apple’s life cycle and get a back-stage pass to see what happens to an apple once it is ready to be harvested at Weaver’s Orchard.

Spring & Summer Tours

Our spring and summer group tours focus on planting and pollinators.

Our tours are perfect field trips for your preschool, kindergarten or elementary school class, homeschool group, scouts, daycare or day camp group. Topics can also be adjusted to accommodate older children or adults.

Fall School Tours

The fall tour experience offers a fun day at our beautiful orchard for your small group, homeschool co-op, class, or family.

Tours will include apple picking and information about growing apples.

Parking is free and available at our tour parking lot.

Please use the book now button above to book your tours or for additional information.

We can work with you to customize the perfect package for your group.

Groups that wish to come pick fruit without a tour guide may do so any time the pick-your-own areas are open, provided children are supervised.  If you have a group of 25 or more for pick-your-own, we encourage you to call ahead with when you will be coming.

Spring/Summer School Tours

Our spring and summer group tours focus on planting and pollinators. These are perfect field trips for your preschool, kindergarten or elementary school class, homeschool group, scouts, daycare or day camp group. Topics can also be adjusted to accommodate older children or adults. On both spring and summer tours, participants will:

• Take a guided hayride through the orchard
• Plant a seed to take home (spring tour only)
• Learn about pollinators and role in the growth of fruit
• Receive a honey stick to take home (spring tour only)
• Visit and feed our friendly goats
• Pick fruit in the orchard (based on availability of ripe fruit)

Tour Pricing

Each tour group must meet a $160 minimum for the Combo Package, and a $150 minimum for all other tour options.

We do not accept personal checks from tour goers. We provide a complimentary pass for one teacher or leader per guided tour and a free picnic area for your group (you must request the picnic area when you schedule).

Combo Tour Package

2 hr tour and hayride: $13.00/participant ($160 minimum)

*Note that specific activities included in each tour will vary based on the season and weather conditions.

Other Pricing Options

1 1/2 Hour tour only: $10.00/participant    ($150 minimum)

Book a Tour!

Please use the book now button above to book your tours or for additional information. Looking for something we didn’t mention? We can work with you to customize the perfect package for your group. Don’t forget to reserve our picnic tables if your group requires this.

• Once you click on the book now button it will direct you to our booking page which will provide additional information for you to book online.
• For Specialized tours of prices for individual activities, customers may contact a member of our team for a quote.
• Groups that wish to come pick fruit without a tour guide may do so any time the pick-your-own areas are open, provided children are supervised.
• Groups that wish to conduct their own group activities at the orchard must receive prior approval; please contact us at 610-856-7300.
• Parking is free and available in our tour parking lot. There is a separate bus parking area.

School Tours

School tours, fun-filled educational school trips.

Over 300 years old, the Georgian mansion is full of secrets and stories which the dedicated tour guides are waiting to share with your class, while the traditional farm offers an up-close encounter with pigs, goats, ducks, horses, donkeys, chicks and much more, including an interactive Farm Discovery Trail for younger visitors..

To find out more or to book your school tour email [email protected] 

The Courtyard Room

Located in the picturesque courtyard of Newbridge House, this bright flexible space offers an ideal venue for board meetings, small corporate events, lectures, educational events and leisure activities (art classes, yoga, kids playgroups, etc.). With direct access onto the farm and catering provided by on site café, it’s a lovely break away from the office

Enjoy a gift of magic and adventure with our Annual Membership Pass

Offering cardholders unlimited access to  Malahide Castle and Gardens  (including the Butterfly House and Fairy Trail),  Newbridge House and Farm and The Casino Model Railway Museum</strong, our new Annual Membership Pass makes light work of great days out for all the family!

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Farm Market

Love farm fresh produce? You will love our farm market fully stocked with our locally grown fruits and veggies! Hungry? Stop by for delicious snacks, soups, and more!

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Online Ordering

Want to order ahead? Terrific! With our new online ordering you can now create your selection from our form and we will have it ready for you at your selected pick-up time.

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Flowers & Plants

When spring rolls around, our selection of annuals really shine! We also carry a great variety of potting soil, vegetable plants, hanging baskets, and other great garden necessities!

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We love sharing our harvest and we believe the best way to do so is with a very hands-on approach! Our pick-your-own flower field, pumpkin patch, and strawberry patch provides the best way to pick the perfect harvest!

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School Tours

Join us on the farm for a one-of-a-kind, educational tour of our real working farm! Your students will love our fun and hands-on curriculum tailored to our current farm season!

Birthday Parties & Events

Looking for a fun and memorable place to host your next gathering? Group events at Paulus Farm Market are always packed with tons of farm fun and great memories!

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School Tour Registration

Educational school field trips and group tours for children..

Spring, Summer and Fall Tours Available by Reservation only. Email [email protected]

Our tours offer guided and self-guided experiences where children learn through genuine farm activities and open play time in unique spaces.

We specialize in Pre-School and Early Elementary, but can change our format to any group or curriculum. Tours are led by experienced educators and outdoor enthusiasts with a focus on fun.

Our Field Trips have lots of variations depending on the season, and may include:

• Planting flowers or vegetables (spring/summer)
• Visiting pizza garden and children's garden (spring-fall)
• Barnyard Animals to pet and feed (spring-fall)
• Get a cowlick sized ice cream treat, non-dairy slushy or cookie (depends on the season)
• Pick your own flower, gourd, fruit or vegetable (summer-fall)
• Hayride and mini pumpkin picking (fall only)
• Enjoy play time with your tour too! Picnic area available upon request. (spring-fall)

Spring & Summer Tours

Minimum of 10 children. Teachers are free of charge with a scheduled group tour.

Want an extra creative activity for your group? Spring/Summer/Fall *cookie painting or (fall only: pumpkin painting) add an extra $5 per child.

Reserve your tour by email: [email protected]

*Online reservations are not complete until you receive confirmation from us. Please allow 4 days for confirmation.

Hours of operation.

MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

SATURDAY 9AM-5PM

• Featured Farm Animals
• Meet the Farm Animals
• Home School Education
• Pre-k Farm Tours
• Educational Farm Tours
• Summer Group Field Trips
• Group Farm Tours
• Farm History
• Meet the Owners/Staff
• Kindergarten Field Trips
• FIRST GRAFE FIELD TRIPS
• Second Grade Field Trips
• Third Grade Field Trips
• Fourth Grade Field Trips

Experience Agriculture at Tumbling N Farm

Educational farm tours.

Looking for an educational field trip to a farm look no further, Tumbling N Farm is an educational hands-on farm.   Our educational program provides a dynamic, natural classroom to educate and inspire people of all ages, abilities, and background.  

Programs by grades have been developed using our farm slogan "Where Science, Math, History, Geography, Reading, and Writing come together in Agricultural Education".    Our programs are aligned with Georgia Agriculture and Georgia Education Standards of Excellence.   We offer Fall, Winter and Spring seasonal  farm programs by grades.   We are a family owned and operated farm located in the heart of the countryside.   

OUR MISSION is to provide agriculture education to all children.

Classes are divided into five stations some outside , some inside our Agriculture Education Center.   All classes  contain hands-on learning.   Some of the classes will have either lab experiments, some will have worksheets, some will have writing projects and some will have arts and craft projects.   One thing they will all have is learning about agriculture.

Taken from the NEA Web Site:

• Study found that regardless of gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, children who take field trips have better grades(59%), higher education rated from high school (95%) and college (63%) and greater incomes (12% higher annually. 
• Educational trips had a positive, lasting impact on their education and career because enriching field trips made them more engaged, intellectually curious, and interested in and out of school.
• Field trips give students the opportunity to learn in a natural environment and experience things firsthand.
• Today's students are visual learnings.   A field trip lets them touch, feel, see, smell, and listen to what they are learning.

What  can can expect from a Farm Educational Tour at Tumbling N Farm:

• Farming teaches kids where their food  comes from.    As a teacher it always amazed me how many children didn't know where their food came besides the grocery store.   Students didn't know that pork was from  pigs (swine).  Vegetables were mystery edibles they were suppose to eat.  They didn't know apples grew on trees.
• Farming teaches kids to have a greater appreciation for food.   Kids benefit in life when they now where their food comes from, how it is raised and the amazing process of bringing food from farm to table.
• Farming teaches kids how to care for animals.    Animals need food, water, shelter and TLC to grow healthy and happy.   Students learn how different animals have different nutrients requirement.  Animals have different shelter needs and different care at different seasons.
• Farming teaches kids responsibility.    Anything raised and grown on the farm depends on the farmer.  Feeding, watering, grooming, cleaning, building, and repairing are daily tasks that take place on the farm  every day.
• Farming teaches kids to have a greater awareness of weather and mother nature.    Weather, f all sorts, affects farming daily.   Rain is extremely important  but too much is never good.   Extreme heat or extreme cold has its affect on everything and all the animals on the farm.
• Farming teaches kids safety skills.     Being aware of your surroundings is the number one rule when farming.    Milking goats and cows, feeding animals, gathering eggs, working in the gardens  all require safety.
• Farming teaches kids problem solving skills.   Animals have a mind of their own and things change daily.   Kids need to figure out ways to get animals fed and pull weeds even if the weather doesn't want to cooperate.
• Farming teaches kids life skills:    Like growing food, taking care of animals, communication, and rewarding.

Tumbling N Farm

Field trip rotations.

Welcome and Grounds Rules with the Farmers.   Farm tour and history of tfarm.   Students rotate through five learning stations. 

• First Station :  Careers in Agriculture
• Second Station: Animal  Science
• Third Station Rotation: Horticulture/Forestry Science
• Fourth Station Rotation: Food Science
• Fifth Station Rotation: Textile Science

Closing statements

KINDERGARTEN Field trips

Careers in agriculture, horticuture/ foresrty science.

Georgia Agricultural Education Standards

KLCR1.  Describe the connect characteristics of agriculture jobs.

Georgia Standards of Excellence

SSKE1.    The student will describe the work that people do.

SSKE2.    The student will explain that people earn income by exchanging their human resources for wages and salaries.

SSKE3.   T he student will explain how money is used to purchase goods and services.

SSKH3.    Correctly use words and phrases related to chronology and time. ( now, long time ago).

Animal Science

Georgia Agriculture Education Standards

KNRS1.    Differentiate the use of livestock, companion animals, and wildlife.

KAS1.   Connect and categorize the products (such as milk, eggs, bread, and blue jeans) used daily from agriculture.

KAS2.   Investigate agricultural safety.

KFA2.   Define the characteristics of a farm.

SKP1.  Obtain, evaluate & communicate information  to describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of & their physical attribute.

SKL1.    Obtain, evaluate& communicate information about how organisms and non-living object's are group.

SKCS5.a   Describe and compare things in terms of number, shape, texture, size, weight, color, and motion.

SKL2.   Obtained, evaluate, and communicate information to compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms.

KSAS3. Distinguish between edible and non-edible plants that are produce in agriculture.

KNRS2.   Differentiate among the different uses of land.

KAS4.    Discuss the basic needs of plants.

KNRS4.   Investigate the need to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

KNRS1.   Investigate the components of a forest and your environment.

SKE2.    Obtain, evaluate & commutate information to discover the physical attributes of earth material (soil, rocks, water, air).

SSKG2.    Explain that a map is a drawing of a place and a globe is a model of Earth.

SKL2.   Explain the similarities and differences in plants (color, size, appearance, etc.)

K.NR.3   Measurements to plant plants

Food science

Textile science.

KFA1.  Discuss  examples of  agricultural products and how they are used food crops plant and animal, timber for building, landscaping.

SKP1.    Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to describe objects in terms of materials they are made of and their physical attributes.

HEK.5a   Identify health-related situations  My Food Plate

HEK.8.a   Seek assistance to promote personal health healthier snack options

HEK.1.a     Identify healthy behaviors MY PLATE  FOOD GROUPS/ Beverage Choices.

KFA1.    Discuss & cite examples of three basic agricultural human needs of food, clothing/fiber, and shelter

SKP1.   Obtain, evaluate, and communicate to describe objects in terms of the materials they are made of and their physical attributes.

FIRST GRADE FIELD TRIPS

INCR1.    Explore careers related to the plant industry.   

Students will also explore careers in animal science.

Food Science

IFA2.    Examine agriculture products grown in your area viewing, tasting, & touching.

IFA3.    Preserve a food that was grown in your area.

Georgia Standard of Excellence

Horticulture Science

IAS1.    Diagram and compare the basic needs and structures of plants.

IAS2.    Measuring various tools (rulers, Yardsticks, measuring tapes, etc.)

IAS3.    Produce a plant from a seed and/or a cutting.

IFA4.    Collect, display, and discuss parts of a plant and the importance of each part 9roots, leaf, stem, seed, fruit, flower).

INRS1.    Estimate and measure a tree using tools created by students.

INRS2.    Identify, map, and label deciduous and evergreen trees nearby.

INRS3.    Compare the different types of soil found in Georgia.

What clothing comes from plants and animals?

SECOND GRADE FIELD TRIPS

2LCR.3   Explore and investigate agriculture careers.

2FA3.    Identify historical figures in Georgia agriculture history and describe their contributions. 

2AS1.    Analyze the importance of animals in agriculture and examine the role they play in the lives of the consumer.

2AS2.    Investigate the life cycle of different animals

2FA1.   Analyze households and daily use items to determine how they were made

Georgia Standards of Ecellence

Horticulture science

2FA2.    Investigate and map Georgia regions crops/fruit production, native trees and plants, and forestry.

textile science

2AS3.    Demonstrate an understanding of food safety when handling animal products or by-products.

2FA1.   Analyze household and daily used items to determine how they were made.

THIRD GRADE FIELD TRIPS

Careers in agriculture.

3FA3.    Categorize agriculture products and by-products.

horticuture science

3AS2.    Research and describe  the role of pollinators

3NRS2.    Examine humans' environmental impact (water, air, soil, plants, insect) on agricultural production in your region.

Textile science

3AS1.   Relate the importance of food safety, preparation, and nutrition.

FOURTH GRADE FIELD TRIPS

Animal science.

4AS1.    Identify basic building tools (hammer, screwdriver, nail, screw, etc.) and determine proper uses.

4NRS2.    Identify, investigate, and compare multiple native animal species in Georgia and label as herbivore, carnivore, and scavenger.

Horticuture science

4FA2.    Connect the relationship between weather and agriculture.

4NRS1.    Identify, investigate, and compare multiple native plant species in Georgia.

food science

4NRS3.    Create a food web using identified native species.

FIFTH GRADE FIELD TRIPS

5LCR2.   Compare and analyze agricultural careers.

5AS2.  Differentiate and understand parts of organisms and how they are utilized in agriculture.

5AS1.   Classify and differentiate between different breeds of livestock.

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Field Trips

Fall Field Trips

What's included with your field trip:

• Take a tour and learn through the Agriculture Barn
• Baby Chicks, Rabbits, Pigs, Goats, Sheep,  Dairy Cows, Beef Cows, Horses, Hogs, Mules, and Donkeys
• Hay Wagon Ride
• Pick Your Own Pumpkins (Everyone Gets a Pumpkin)
• Go Through the Corn Maze
• Playground, Giant Slides, Hay Mountains, and Swings

School Tours

School Groups

Tour Time:   10:00 am – 1:00 pm Cost:  $15 Per Person (ages 2 years and older)

*Admission includes pumpkin picked on your guided hay ride

Homeschool Groups

Tour Time:   12:00 p.m. (admission includes free play until close at 8:00 p.m.) Cost:  $20 Per Person (ages 2 years and older)

What To Expect

Educational visit to the farm:

•  Private Guided Hay Ride
•  Educational Presentation
•  Pick Your Own Pumpkin from the Vine
•  Play in the Corn Cribs
•  Enjoy the Barnyard Animals
•  Bounce on our Jumping Pillows
•  Experience our Barnyard Playground
•  Zoom down our Super Slides

Online reservations are now OPEN

Email [email protected] for questions or book now online.

* Prepackaged lunches available.

Fun Learning

Each year thousands of children from pre-schools, creches, Montessori and Primary schools enjoy an educational and fun day out on the farm. Each class will have a farm guide to take them around all the animals and pets and they will learn about the different farm animals, their personalities, what they like to eat and how they care for their young. The children will have time to ask questions and get up close to the animals and pets.

There are 2 time slots available for School tours on the farm 09.30 a.m. to 12 noon or 10.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.

The farm tour lasts approximately 40 minutes with the remaining time for a picnic (indoor or outdoor)and playtime in one of the playgrounds on the farm. There is also a nature walk with Fairy Garden if time allows.

Minimum of 15 children needed for a School Tour

School Tour cost: €8.00 per child 1 teacher/supervisor free with every 3 children Additional adults: €5 each

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To check availability or make a booking please email us [email protected]

COMBINATION OF GLENROE FARM AND ZOOM ADVENTURE PLAY FOR €16 PER CHILD

School Tours

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world” -Nelson Mandela. Redberry Farm has a variety of fun, educational School Tour Packages for you to choose from.     Groups as big as 100 children per school tour can enjoy a farm fun experience. Our packages are grouped with age-appropriate activities and catering in mind.

Pre-School Package

• 1 hour (estimated)
• R100 per child
• Pick your own strawberries in the fields
• Redberry Express mini train ride
• Kiddies Chicken Strip Lunch Pack

Standard Option

• 1,5 hours (estimated)
• R110 per child
• Welcome strawberry juice
• Educational talk about strawberries
• Single Boerewors Roll

• 2 hours (estimated)
• R170 per child

• R190 per child
• Giant Strawberry

General Tour Information

09:00 – 12:00 or 13:00 – 16:00

There is a minimum number of ten children per tour.

We do not allow any outside catering to Redberry Farm.  All catering must be ordered one week prior to the booking date.

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Book a field trip at blackberry farm.

Blackberry Farm is a living history museum where pioneer life is re-created through educational demonstrations and hands-on fun. Our educational experiences complement classroom curriculum for grades Pre-K and up. Topics and hands-on activities align with Illinois State Standards. Below are the different field trips to review when deciding which field trip would best for your group.

• Self-Guided Field Trips (May - Sept.)
• Guided Field Trips (Sept. - Oct.)
• How to Book Your Field Trip

Self-Guided Field Trips (May – September)

Self-Guided field trips are offered May-September. Self Guided field trips allow students to explore educational exhibits and demonstrations in addition to all of Blackberry Farm’s rides and activities. For more information about Blackberry Farm’s historical sites and attractions please visit our Plan Your Visit page.

May : Monday-Friday, 9:30am-2pm June-August : Monday-Friday, 9:30am-3:30pm September : Friday, 9:30am-3:30pm

Illinois State Standard: 15.C.1a, 15.C.1b, 18.B.1a, 16.A.1c, 16.A.1b, 16.A.2c, 16.B.2d, 16.C.2c, 16.E.2a

Field Trip reservations cannot be scheduled on Free Museum Days (2024 Dates: June 5, 19; July 3, 17, 31, August 14)

Guided Field Trips (September & October)

Guided field trips are offered September & October. Field trips are 2 hours in length and have a minimum of 25 students and a maximum of 100 students. Please Note: Blackberry Farm is closed to the public during guided field trips. Only the sites involved with the field trip will be open during the visit.

September : Monday – Thursday, 9:30 or 10 a.m. October : Monday-Friday, 9:30 or 10 a.m.

Apple Hayride (Pre-K to Grade 2):

Take a tractor-driven hayride to the farm’s own apple orchard, learn about the legend of Johnny Appleseed, see and use an antique apple press and sample some tasty apple treats.

Illinois State Standards: 15.C.1a, 15.C.1b, 18.A.1, 17.C.1a, 17.C.1b, 16.A.1A, 16.A.1b, 16.A.1c, 16.B.1

Pioneer Exploration (Grades 1 to 2):

Step into the life of a child from the 1800s. Students will receive a lesson in our One-room Schoolhouse, try their hand at daily chores at the Pioneer Cabin, visit with the weaver for a hands-on experience working with wool and learn about animals at the Discovery Barn.

Illinois State Standards: 15.C.1a, 15.C.1b, 18.A.1, 18.B.1a,18.C.1, 17.C.1a, 17.C.1b, 17.D.2b, 16A.1a, 16.A.1b, 16.A.1c, 16.B.2d, 16.C.2c, 16.D.2B, 16.E.2a

Destination 1800s (Grades 3 to 5):

Through hands-on and interactive activities, students will step back in time to learn why pioneers chose to move to Illinois and how they survived. Explore the Pioneer Cabin, Blacksmith Shop, Print Shop and Weaver’s Cabin.

Illinois State Standards: 15.C.1a, 15.C.1b, 18.A.2, 18.B.1a, 18.C.1, 18.C.2, 15.C.1a, 17.C.1b, 17.C.2c, 17.D.2b, 16.A.1a, 16.A.1b, 16.A.1c, 16.A.2c, 16.B.2d, 16.C.2c, 16.D.2b, 16.E.2a

One-Room Schoolhouse (Grades 2 to 5):

The One-room Schoolhouse program offers an immersive experience in the life of children of the 1800s. Activities will be led in the most authentic way possible and simulate actual lessons and activities form the days of the One-room Schoolhouse. Maximum number: 30 Students.

Illinois State Standards: 16A.1a, 16.A.1b, 16.A.1c, 16.B.2d

Please follow the link below for the required request form you will need to fill out in order to book your field trip.

Self-Guided Field Trip Form

Guided Field Trip Form

• Download the appropriate form for your field trip type, fill out all fields, and email it to [email protected] .
• A Blackberry Farm staff member will respond to your request within 48 hours. Blackberry Farm takes all inquiries on a first-come, first-served basis, and your submission will be responded to in the order in which it was received.
• Once your field trip has been officially booked a confirmation email will be sent including all of your field trip details.

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Mizzou field days set for sites across state.

Ag centers to host producers, share innovations and practices.

Producers and the public are invited to save the dates for the following regional events in which extension specialists and researchers from the University of Missouri share their agricultural findings.

From August through October, events are planned across the state at Extension and Education Centers (EECs), administered by MU Extension, and at Research, Extension and Education Centers (REECs) that comprise the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station .

Extension and Education Center field days

• Tuesday, Aug. 27 — Graves-Chapple EEC Field Day near Rock Port. The focus will be new technologies in digital agriculture, including drones and sensors.
• Thursday, Sept. 4 (4-8 p.m.) — Hundley-Whaley Farm, Field and Family Day at Hundley-Whaley EEC, Albany. Producers and their families and friends are invited. Supper will be provided.
• Thursday/Friday, Oct. 3-4 — Wurdack Producer Field Days at Wurdack EEC, Cook Station. The theme will be alternative forage options for the Ozarks, including summer and winter annual forages and warm- and cool-season grasses for cattle.

Research, Extension and Education Centers field days

• Thursday, Aug. 1 (7 a.m.-noon) — Northern Missouri REEC Field Day at Lee Greenley Jr. Memorial Farm near Novelty. Complimentary breakfast will be served 7-8 a.m., followed by interactive farm tours with faculty and graduate students. Topics include crops, pest management and livestock. Lunch will be provided.
• Thursday, Aug. 23 (8 a.m.-noon) — MU Ag Research Expo at Fisher Delta REEC in Portageville. Attendees can take part in interactive, hands-on discussions with research faculty, graduate students, staff and industry partners; take a self-guided tour of research fields; and visit industry partner booths. Grab-and-go lunch will be provided.
• Thursday, Sept. 19 (10 a.m.–3 p.m.) The Southwest REEC near Mount Vernon, Mo., will host a Public Field Day and Career Exploration Day. Producers and area high school students can tour the research farm and visit with CAFNR faculty, MU Extension specialists and industry experts about advances in agricultural research and the wide variety of agricultural career paths available.
• Saturday, Sept. 28 — CAFNR Showcase at South Farm in Columbia. Formerly known as South Farm Showcase, this family-friendly event is back.

MU Extension can help farmers take part in the goal of doubling the economic impact of agriculture by 2030 while sustaining natural resources. #2xAg2030. CAFNR research covers almost 14,000 acres across Missouri to help meet the needs of farmers and producers in each region of the state.

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Related programs.

• Agricultural Business and Policy Extension
• Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center
• Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center
• Wurdack Extension and Education Center