Due to COVID, our full farm tours are currently not being offered. However, we hope to resume goat play dates in September Goat Play Dates can be found under the fundraisers tab of this website.
Farm visits last 1.5 hours. Participants are welcome to bring a bag lunch and picnic at the farm before departure. Maximum group size is 10. Email katie@growingmindsfarm.org for larger group requests.
Farm Visit
Upon arrival on the farm, you will be met by your tour guides, Nigerian Dwarf Goats Billy Willy and Tina. Farmer Katie along with the goats will give you a half hour walking tour of the demonstration farm which includes a growing Food Forest, Pollinator Meadow and Heirloom Plant Trials. During our farm tour you will learn about the principles of permaculture and sustainable agriculture that we utilize on the farm. After a short meander through the woods and grape orchard you will arrive in the “residential” area of the farm which includes the goat barn, chicken coop, greenhouse and tiny house that was designed and built by students! We will tour the greenhouse to see what’s growing and then we will grab some bananas from the tiny house. Guests will have the opportunity to feed our goats and chickens and see them “Go Bananas” for their favorite treat! The tour will end at the goat pen where you will learn about our Speckled Sussex Chickens and Dwarf Nigerian Goats. The remainder of the ninety minute farm experience will be spent hanging out with the farm animals. There will be plenty of time for petting, brushing and of course taking selfies with them. Those who are on Instagram may want to tag themselves with our resident celebrity Little Billy the Goat, “What he lacks in size, he makes up for in kindness!”!
Upon arrival on the farm, you will be met by your tour guides, Nigerian Dwarf Goats Billy Willy and Tina. Farmer Katie along with the goats will give you a half hour walking tour of the demonstration farm which includes a growing Food Forest, Pollinator Meadow and Heirloom Plant Trials. During our farm tour you will learn about the principles of permaculture and sustainable agriculture that we utilize on the farm. After a short meander through the woods and grape orchard you will arrive in the “residential” area of the farm which includes the goat barn, chicken coop, greenhouse and tiny house that was designed and built by students! We will tour the greenhouse to see what’s growing and then we will grab some bananas from the tiny house. Guests will have the opportunity to feed our goats and chickens and see them “Go Bananas” for their favorite treat! The tour will end at the goat pen where you will learn about our Speckled Sussex Chickens and Dwarf Nigerian Goats. The remainder of the ninety minute farm experience will be spent hanging out with the farm animals. There will be plenty of time for petting, brushing and of course taking selfies with them. Those who are on Instagram may want to tag themselves with our resident celebrity Little Billy the Goat, “What he lacks in size, he makes up for in kindness!”!
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