Spring Farm Adventure at 9am

SPRING FARM ADVENTURE

Our spring farm field trips are designed to expose students to the magic of the early growing season. These hands-on adventures open kids’ eyes, ears, noses, and taste buds to the life, big and small, on our kid-friendly vegetable farm. Students even participate in a springtime farm activity - planting seeds!

Who: Preschool – 5th grade

When:  Late April to June

Monday – Friday

Program times: 9:00 am, 10:45 am, 12:30 pm

(Spring Adventure programs are approx. 90 minutes)

Cost: $90 minimum for up to 15 students. Groups larger than fifteen are welcome at a graduated cost. See chart below.

NOTE: If your group is larger than 50, you will need to reserve two consecutive time slots.

Highlights:

• Meet the inhabitants of our worm bin and learn why they are a farmer’s best friend.
• Sow seeds and venture through the living tunnel, looking for signs of spring.
• Sample some early-season herbs and other crops.

Getting here:

We will be using our West Entrance for field trips in 2016. Google Maps will not send you to the right place! See directions here.

Before you book- have you heard about our Pumpkin Package which starts with a fall visit to the farm?  The Pumpkin Package is a three-part series that allows your class to discover how Oxbow changes throughout the seasons, starting with a fall field trip.

The program unfolds over the course of a school year. It begins with a fall visit to the farm, followed by a winter farmer visit to your school, and ends with a return visit to Oxbow in the springtime. The three progressive lessons help students understand how nature’s cycles mimic the changing seasons, and how people are connected to the earth through the food that we eat.

Here’s the deal: Fall field trip + winter farmer visit = 50% off your spring field trip. (Too late for the Pumpkin Package? No problem, the same deal will be available next year too).

SCHOLARSHIPS: If field trip costs pose a hardship, please contact us at education@oxbow.org for scholarship information.