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School Field Trips for chilDren; Seniors & Youth Outings
Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm strives to share our passion for growing, agriculture, and local history. We love to cultivate curiosity in our guests. Each year, we host thousands of school children of all ages for farm field trips. With 50+ farm fun activities and adventures, it will make planning your class school field trip a snap!
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Spring School Field Trips at Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm
Ideal for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades 1-2-3
Easter Baby Animal Programs, Spring Planting & Animals, or Rock & Minerals Prospecting Adventures or Combined Full Day Programs for Year End School Parties
>Download Prairie Spring School Field Trip Reservation Form
>Download Spring School Field Trip Info Sheet
Tours are available in English or Spanish. Site is wheel chair accessible, which includes farm terrain and gravel parking areas, with wheelchair accessible port-a-potties.
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Our field trip objective is quite simple; we want children to have fun while learning! Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm offers unique hands-on learning experiences for students of all ages.
Students can put knowledge into action while interacting with live farm animals, challenging their critical thinking skills in our mazes, learning about how plants grow, sluicing for gems and discovering natural history while they explore our farm. And it's a perfect fit for a daily physical activity program!
We offer Spring Growing Tours, Summer Day Camps, Fall Harvest & Pumpkin Patch Tours, and Christmas Gingerbread parties in December.
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| Rocks & Minerals |
Gem Mine Sluicing |
How Plants Grow |
Baby Animals on the Farm |
SPRING SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS > March - June
1. Plants & Farm Animals
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- How Plants Grow
- Baby Animals at the Petting Farm
- Garden Planting Project
- Nature Trail, Worms & Bugs
- Wagon Ride around the Farm Fields
- Cookie Snack Time (Provided)
- Nibble, sniff and taste plants
- Interactive Puppet Storytime
- Take-home: Potted Plant
Call for info: 780.921.2272
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2. Rocks & Mineral Adventure
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- Rock & Minerals Exploration
- Prospect at the Lost lemon Mine
- Discover real amethyst & gems
- Hands-on real Fossil dig
- Explore mudbugs & ancient ocean creatures
- Prehistoric or Farm Bones?
- KidsZone Active Play
- Cookie Snack (Provided)
- Take-home: Bag of Gems
Call for info: 780.921.2272
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3. Full Day Combo Program
Rocks, Plants & Farm Animals
- Morning Planting Workshop
- Greenhouse & Farm Tour
- Petting Farm - Baby Animals
- BYO Lunch - or-
- Order a BBQ Hot Dog Picnic
- Afternoon Gem Mining Program
- Cookie & Lemonade Breaks
- Take-Home: Plant & Gems
- Time to Play around the farm
- Train Tour around Farm
- Guided & Self-Guided Components (up to 5 hours)
Call for info: 780.921.2272
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Spring Easter Programs offer baby chicks, Easter crafts, and Easter Egg Hunts! (March 26 - April 5)
SUMMER DAY CAMPS > July - August
Adventures include facilitated and self-guided components.
Mini Mouse Maze, Edible Garden & Gem Mine Adventure (July)
- Full Day Adventure & Wagon Ride around the Farm
- Petting Farm
- Solve the Short Corn and Bale Mazes
- Gem Mine Sluicing & take home real gems from around the world
- Free lemonade and popcorn snack
- Free time to play at our play ground areas
Activities at the Farm inlcuded in Program
Mini Mouse Maze & Edible Garden Adventure (July)
- Free Petting Farm & Wagon Ride Around the Farm
- Mini Mouse Maze Adventure through the half height corn
- Discover how our gardens grow, and nibble edible delights to taste
- 1.5 hour Guided Tour
Registration Form & Costs
Fall SCARECROWS, PUMPKIN Patch Field TRIPS > September - October
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We're open rain, snow or shine! Come Dressed for the Weather! > Weather Watch
GUIDED> FALL SCHOOL FIELD TRIP PROGRAMS
1. Pumpkin Patch
& Scarecrows on the Farm -
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- Guided Tour Around Farm
- Wagon Ride
- Animals at the Petting Farm
- Make Real Scarecrows
- Visit Indoor Pumpkin Patch
- Puppet Show
- Solve a Mini Maze
- Nature Trail, Fall Leaves
- Cookie Snack Time (Provided)
- Take-home: Mini Pumpkin
- Optional Scream Through Haunted House
$8.50 per student
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2. Gem Mine Expedition -
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- Rock & Minerals
- Sluice for Real Gems
- Prospector's Cabin
- Whose Bones?
- Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Lost Mine Puppet Show
- Cookie Snack (Provided)
- Take-home: Bag of Gems
- Prospector's Cabin
- Gem, Mineral, & Fossils Investigation
This Program runs late
September & early October.
The Gem Mine water sluice
operates only when it is above freezing!
$8.50 per student
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3. Combined All Day Tour
Guided and Self-Guided Components
- Guided Tour Around the Farm
- Wagon Ride Around Farm
- Puppet Show
- Petting Farm Animals
- Make Real Scarecrows
- Visit Indoor Pumpkin Patch
- BYO Lunch - or-
- Order a BBQ Hot Dog Picnic
- Afternoon Gem Mining Program
- Time to Play at Play Areas
- Cookie & Hot Chocolate Breaks
- Take-Home: Mini Pumpkin & Real Gems
$12.00 per student
Guided Tour Reservations Forms
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SELF-GUIDED> FALL SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS
Pumpkin Farm Self Guided Program
Self-guided programs are flexible! Spend a couple of hours or a whole day
with us out at the farm! The Self-Guided Program begins with a farm
welcome with map,passport and orientation for teachers & parents.
Please see the calendar below for self-guided dates available.
- Self-Guided Adventure Around Farm
- Wagon Ride Around Farm
- Animals at the Petting Farm
- Make Real Scarecrows
- Visit Indoor Pumpkin Patch
- Puppet Show
- Solve all four of the Mazes
- Nature Trail, Fall Leaves
- Cookie Snack Time (Provided)
- Take-home: Mini Pumpkin
- Optional Scream Through Haunted House
$8.00 per student. We require a 1:5 ration of (free) adult helpers.
Additional parents & siblings age 2 & over are $8.00 per person.
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Add Ons:
You can customize your program with the
following list of options. Please give us a
call at 780.921.2272 to create your tour!
- Lost Lemon Gem Mining & Gem Craft
- BBQ Hot Dog Lunches
- Pumpkin Painting
- Campfire Sites
- Ice Cream
- Private Heated Lunch Pavilions
Self-Guided Reservations Forms
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SCHOOL FALL / Christmas FIELD TRIP CALENDAR 2012
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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SUNDAY
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| SEPT 17 - Guided |
18- Guided |
19 Guided |
20 - Guided |
21- Self-Guided |
22 - Fall-O-Ween Fest |
23 - Fall-O- Ween Fest |
| SEPT 24 - Guided |
25 - Self -Guided |
26 - Guided |
Sept 27 - Guided |
Sept 28- Self -Guided |
Sept 29 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
Sept 30- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 1- Guided |
2- Self -Guided |
3 - Guided |
4 - Self- Guided |
5 - Self -Guided |
6 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
7 - Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 8 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
9-Self Guided |
10 - Self- Guided
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11- Guided |
12- Self -Guided |
13- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
14- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 15- Guided |
16- Self- Guided |
17 - Self- Guided |
18 - Guided |
19 - Self-Guided |
20 -- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
21- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 22 - Self -Guided |
23 - Guided |
24 - Self -Guided |
25 - Guided |
26 - Self-Guided Halloween Party |
27 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
28 Halloween Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| Oct 29 - Self Guided Halloween Party |
Oct 30 -
Guided
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Oct 31 - Halloween Party Self Guided |
Nov 1 Closed until Dec 9 |
Dec 10
Prairie Christmas Program Guided Starts
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Dec 15-16 Prairie Christmas Fest |
Dec 22-23 Prairie Christmas Fest
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Christmas School Parties in December 2012
School Field Trips to Prairie Gardens - Winter Program
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Happy Holidays! We've put together a holiday curriculum for young children and their families. We hope these ideas will encourage you to take time to read, play and be active together this holiday season, and to celebrate old traditions while making new ones in the winter season at Prairie Gardens! Outdoor play time requires snowpants, snowboots, hats and mittens. Indoor activities will warm you up.
Enjoy fun filled holiday activities - call to book today! 780.921.2272
Cost of the Tour: $8.50 per child includes take home gingerbread cookie, snack and wild bird feeder christmas craft.
- Fox & Goose Snow Maze
- Gingerbread Cooking Decorating
- Gingerbread Story Time
- Wildbird Feeder Craft (no nuts)
- Ticket to Ride the Polar Express (Trackless Train) around the farm to the "North Pole"
- BYO Lunch or order a Festive Lunch Package
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Christmas Party School Field Trip Schedule
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Monday
Dec 10 & 17 - Guided
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Tuesday
Dec 11 & 18 - Guided
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Wednesday
Dec 12 & 19 - Guided
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Thursday
Dec 13 & 20 - Guided
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Friday
Dec 14 & 21 -Guided
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Saturday
Dec 15 & 22 - Prairie Christmas Festival
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Sunday Dec 16 & 23 - Prairie Christmas Festival Last Day
Closed until Spring!
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School Field Trips for chilDren; Seniors & Youth Outings
Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm strives to share our passion for growing, agriculture, and local history. We love to cultivate curiosity in our guests. Each year, we host thousands of school children of all ages for farm field trips. With 50+ farm fun activities and adventures, it will make planning your class school field trip a snap!
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Spring School Field Trips at Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm
Ideal for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades 1-2-3
Easter Baby Animal Programs, Spring Planting & Animals, or Rock & Minerals Prospecting Adventures or Combined Full Day Programs for Year End School Parties
>Download Prairie Spring School Field Trip Reservation Form
>Download Spring School Field Trip Info Sheet
Tours are available in English or Spanish. Site is wheel chair accessible, which includes farm terrain and gravel parking areas, with wheelchair accessible port-a-potties.
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Our field trip objective is quite simple; we want children to have fun while learning! Prairie Gardens & Adventure Farm offers unique hands-on learning experiences for students of all ages.
Students can put knowledge into action while interacting with live farm animals, challenging their critical thinking skills in our mazes, learning about how plants grow, sluicing for gems and discovering natural history while they explore our farm. And it's a perfect fit for a daily physical activity program!
We offer Spring Growing Tours, Summer Day Camps, Fall Harvest & Pumpkin Patch Tours, and Christmas Gingerbread parties in December.
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|
|
| Rocks & Minerals |
Gem Mine Sluicing |
How Plants Grow |
Baby Animals on the Farm |
SPRING SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS > March - June
1. Plants & Farm Animals
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- How Plants Grow
- Baby Animals at the Petting Farm
- Garden Planting Project
- Nature Trail, Worms & Bugs
- Wagon Ride around the Farm Fields
- Cookie Snack Time (Provided)
- Nibble, sniff and taste plants
- Interactive Puppet Storytime
- Take-home: Potted Plant
Call for info: 780.921.2272
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2. Rocks & Mineral Adventure
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- Rock & Minerals Exploration
- Prospect at the Lost lemon Mine
- Discover real amethyst & gems
- Hands-on real Fossil dig
- Explore mudbugs & ancient ocean creatures
- Prehistoric or Farm Bones?
- KidsZone Active Play
- Cookie Snack (Provided)
- Take-home: Bag of Gems
Call for info: 780.921.2272
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3. Full Day Combo Program
Rocks, Plants & Farm Animals
- Morning Planting Workshop
- Greenhouse & Farm Tour
- Petting Farm - Baby Animals
- BYO Lunch - or-
- Order a BBQ Hot Dog Picnic
- Afternoon Gem Mining Program
- Cookie & Lemonade Breaks
- Take-Home: Plant & Gems
- Time to Play around the farm
- Train Tour around Farm
- Guided & Self-Guided Components (up to 5 hours)
Call for info: 780.921.2272
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Spring Easter Programs offer baby chicks, Easter crafts, and Easter Egg Hunts! (March 26 - April 5)
SUMMER DAY CAMPS > July - August
Adventures include facilitated and self-guided components.
Mini Mouse Maze, Edible Garden & Gem Mine Adventure (July)
- Full Day Adventure & Wagon Ride around the Farm
- Petting Farm
- Solve the Short Corn and Bale Mazes
- Gem Mine Sluicing & take home real gems from around the world
- Free lemonade and popcorn snack
- Free time to play at our play ground areas
Activities at the Farm inlcuded in Program
Mini Mouse Maze & Edible Garden Adventure (July)
- Free Petting Farm & Wagon Ride Around the Farm
- Mini Mouse Maze Adventure through the half height corn
- Discover how our gardens grow, and nibble edible delights to taste
- 1.5 hour Guided Tour
Registration Form & Costs
Fall SCARECROWS, PUMPKIN Patch Field TRIPS > September - October
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We're open rain, snow or shine! Come Dressed for the Weather! > Weather Watch
GUIDED> FALL SCHOOL FIELD TRIP PROGRAMS
1. Pumpkin Patch
& Scarecrows on the Farm -
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- Guided Tour Around Farm
- Wagon Ride
- Animals at the Petting Farm
- Make Real Scarecrows
- Visit Indoor Pumpkin Patch
- Puppet Show
- Solve a Mini Maze
- Nature Trail, Fall Leaves
- Cookie Snack Time (Provided)
- Take-home: Mini Pumpkin
- Optional Scream Through Haunted House
$8.50 per student
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2. Gem Mine Expedition -
Guided 1 1/2 Hrs. Program
- Rock & Minerals
- Sluice for Real Gems
- Prospector's Cabin
- Whose Bones?
- Dinosaur Fossil Dig
- Lost Mine Puppet Show
- Cookie Snack (Provided)
- Take-home: Bag of Gems
- Prospector's Cabin
- Gem, Mineral, & Fossils Investigation
This Program runs late
September & early October.
The Gem Mine water sluice
operates only when it is above freezing!
$8.50 per student
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3. Combined All Day Tour
Guided and Self-Guided Components
- Guided Tour Around the Farm
- Wagon Ride Around Farm
- Puppet Show
- Petting Farm Animals
- Make Real Scarecrows
- Visit Indoor Pumpkin Patch
- BYO Lunch - or-
- Order a BBQ Hot Dog Picnic
- Afternoon Gem Mining Program
- Time to Play at Play Areas
- Cookie & Hot Chocolate Breaks
- Take-Home: Mini Pumpkin & Real Gems
$12.00 per student
Guided Tour Reservations Forms
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SELF-GUIDED> FALL SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS
Pumpkin Farm Self Guided Program
Self-guided programs are flexible! Spend a couple of hours or a whole day
with us out at the farm! The Self-Guided Program begins with a farm
welcome with map,passport and orientation for teachers & parents.
Please see the calendar below for self-guided dates available.
- Self-Guided Adventure Around Farm
- Wagon Ride Around Farm
- Animals at the Petting Farm
- Make Real Scarecrows
- Visit Indoor Pumpkin Patch
- Puppet Show
- Solve all four of the Mazes
- Nature Trail, Fall Leaves
- Cookie Snack Time (Provided)
- Take-home: Mini Pumpkin
- Optional Scream Through Haunted House
$8.00 per student. We require a 1:5 ration of (free) adult helpers.
Additional parents & siblings age 2 & over are $8.00 per person.
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Add Ons:
You can customize your program with the
following list of options. Please give us a
call at 780.921.2272 to create your tour!
- Lost Lemon Gem Mining & Gem Craft
- BBQ Hot Dog Lunches
- Pumpkin Painting
- Campfire Sites
- Ice Cream
- Private Heated Lunch Pavilions
Self-Guided Reservations Forms
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SCHOOL FALL / Christmas FIELD TRIP CALENDAR 2012
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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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SUNDAY
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| SEPT 17 - Guided |
18- Guided |
19 Guided |
20 - Guided |
21- Self-Guided |
22 - Fall-O-Ween Fest |
23 - Fall-O- Ween Fest |
| SEPT 24 - Guided |
25 - Self -Guided |
26 - Guided |
Sept 27 - Guided |
Sept 28- Self -Guided |
Sept 29 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
Sept 30- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 1- Guided |
2- Self -Guided |
3 - Guided |
4 - Self- Guided |
5 - Self -Guided |
6 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
7 - Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 8 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
9-Self Guided |
10 - Self- Guided
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11- Guided |
12- Self -Guided |
13- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
14- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 15- Guided |
16- Self- Guided |
17 - Self- Guided |
18 - Guided |
19 - Self-Guided |
20 -- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
21- Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| OCT 22 - Self -Guided |
23 - Guided |
24 - Self -Guided |
25 - Guided |
26 - Self-Guided Halloween Party |
27 Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
28 Halloween Haunted Pumpkin Fest |
| Oct 29 - Self Guided Halloween Party |
Oct 30 -
Guided
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Oct 31 - Halloween Party Self Guided |
Nov 1 Closed until Dec 9 |
Dec 10
Prairie Christmas Program Guided Starts
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Dec 15-16 Prairie Christmas Fest |
Dec 22-23 Prairie Christmas Fest
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Christmas School Parties in December 2012
School Field Trips to Prairie Gardens - Winter Program
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Happy Holidays! We've put together a holiday curriculum for young children and their families. We hope these ideas will encourage you to take time to read, play and be active together this holiday season, and to celebrate old traditions while making new ones in the winter season at Prairie Gardens! Outdoor play time requires snowpants, snowboots, hats and mittens. Indoor activities will warm you up.
Enjoy fun filled holiday activities - call to book today! 780.921.2272
Cost of the Tour: $8.50 per child includes take home gingerbread cookie, snack and wild bird feeder christmas craft.
- Fox & Goose Snow Maze
- Gingerbread Cooking Decorating
- Gingerbread Story Time
- Wildbird Feeder Craft (no nuts)
- Ticket to Ride the Polar Express (Trackless Train) around the farm to the "North Pole"
- BYO Lunch or order a Festive Lunch Package
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Christmas Party School Field Trip Schedule
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Monday
Dec 10 & 17 - Guided
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Tuesday
Dec 11 & 18 - Guided
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Wednesday
Dec 12 & 19 - Guided
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Thursday
Dec 13 & 20 - Guided
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Friday
Dec 14 & 21 -Guided
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Saturday
Dec 15 & 22 - Prairie Christmas Festival
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Sunday Dec 16 & 23 - Prairie Christmas Festival Last Day
Closed until Spring!
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GROUP PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, Seniors & FAMILIES:
(Please book in advance.)
Young at Heart Seniors Adventure Daytrips May – October.
Bring your seniors group back to the farm for some good ole’fashioned fun, a hot dog roast or bring brown bag picnic. There's lots of local history, gardening, gem mining and petting farm. Catered lunch menu available upon request.
Company Picnics and Corporate Retreats with Team Building May – October.
Wagon rides, farm tours, picnic tables, guided team-building retreats, catered food services offering regional cuisine and customized programs for company and family outings.
Garden Walking Tours July – August.
Garden Tours operate daily from 10 am -12:30 pm by reservation.
Family Night at the Maze - Saturday Evenings August-October.
Flashlight adventures by moonlight every Saturday night. Book a campfire site and have a hotdog & marshmallow roast. (Available for private group functions by reservation Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings).
Birthday Parties for Children, Tweens, Teens and even for Retirement Get-togethers!
Gather friends and family around the campfire, roast some marshmallows and have some fun!
Themes: Train, Cowboys, Princess, Fairies and Halloween Parties.
Youth Outings and Maze by Flashlight Campfire Cookouts for tweens, Teens, Youth Groups, Church Groups. Add a whole new dimension - try to solve the maze in the dark under starry skies! BYO flashlights, and enjoy a campfire cookout!
GROUP PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
- Themed Birthday Party Packages
- Moms & Tots Day Out Adventures
- Spring School Field Trips Plants & Animals
- Gem Mining Expeditions
- Summer Day Camps & Mini-Maize Adventures
- Farm to Fork Cooking Classes for Kids
- Campfire Cookouts for Kids
- Fall School Field Trips Pumpkins, Scarecrows and Fall in the Country
GROUP PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS, Seniors & FAMILIES:
(Please book in advance.)
Young at Heart Seniors Adventure Daytrips May – October.
Bring your seniors group back to the farm for some good ole’fashioned fun, a hot dog roast or bring brown bag picnic. There's lots of local history, gardening, gem mining and petting farm. Catered lunch menu available upon request.
Company Picnics and Corporate Retreats with Team Building May – October.
Wagon rides, farm tours, picnic tables, guided team-building retreats, catered food services offering regional cuisine and customized programs for company and family outings.
Garden Walking Tours July – August.
Garden Tours operate daily from 10 am -12:30 pm by reservation.
Family Night at the Maze - Saturday Evenings August-October.
Flashlight adventures by moonlight every Saturday night. Book a campfire site and have a hotdog & marshmallow roast. (Available for private group functions by reservation Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings).
Birthday Parties for Children, Tweens, Teens and even for Retirement Get-togethers!
Gather friends and family around the campfire, roast some marshmallows and have some fun!
Themes: Train, Cowboys, Princess, Fairies and Halloween Parties.
Youth Outings and Maze by Flashlight Campfire Cookouts for tweens, Teens, Youth Groups, Church Groups. Add a whole new dimension - try to solve the maze in the dark under starry skies! BYO flashlights, and enjoy a campfire cookout!
GROUP PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
- Themed Birthday Party Packages
- Moms & Tots Day Out Adventures
- Spring School Field Trips Plants & Animals
- Gem Mining Expeditions
- Summer Day Camps & Mini-Maize Adventures
- Farm to Fork Cooking Classes for Kids
- Campfire Cookouts for Kids
- Fall School Field Trips Pumpkins, Scarecrows and Fall in the Country
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