Every May, we host school tours that allow children to participate in one of our busiest seasons. These tours reflect our spring activities — planting, working the soil, and working with animals. We can customize your tour to cover any farm-related activities you wish, too.  This is a wonderful opportunity for students to engage, first-hand, in this important season at Jubilee!

 

About your Spring Tour on the Farm:

  • Planting their own seed to take home lets students see how tiny a seed is and feel the temperature of the soil with their hands. 
  • Farm animals engage students’ senses as they  learn about how compost provides nutrients for plants, and the process of decomposition.
  • Sighting birds and insects leads to conversations about the interdependence of plants and animals as we talk about pollinators. 
  • Being out in nature provides the chance to observe how different weather helps plants grow.
  • Students can see how farmers create better conditions for growing vegetables using tools like tractor implements, and structures like greenhouses.

 

Spring Tour Details

PRICING BY NUMBER OF STUDENTS:

1-20 ………………………..$200

21-25……………………….$240

26-30……………………….$280

31-35……………………….$320

ADULTS: Each tour can have 10 adults attend for free, including teachers. The charge for each additional adult (after the 10 free adults per tour) is $5. We ask that adults accompany children at a ratio of 1 adult for every 5 children. Adults will be asked to take an active role in helping children.

SIZE LIMITS: Each individual tour is limited to a maximum of 45 total people (students/siblings and adults). If you will exceed this per-tour maximum, you will need to book an additional tour. This limit helps us to ensure that the students are getting the best experience possible, and it keeps our hay wagons and staff from getting overloaded.

PAYMENT: We can accept either a single check, Credit Card or a Purchase Order prior to or on the day of the tour. 

Days & Times:

Spring Tours are available on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays during May. We have morning, mid-day, and afternoon time-slots.

Tours last for approximately 1 hour.

Other Details:

  • Tours will run, rain or shine! Life on the farm goes on, regardless of weather. Rarely is it so bad that we can’t conduct a tour, and we do have greenhouses and a large loft in the barn where we can fruitfully continue a tour should there be a down-pour.
  • Students should bring either boots or shoes that can get muddy, rain jackets, and hats. Our motto is “plan for the worst, hope for the best.” Teachers should also make sure that each student has a plastic bag to take home the seeds he/she plants.
  • Teachers should make sure that each student has a bag to transport home the seeds that he/she plants.
  • You may eat lunch or a snack in a covered area or picnic bench at the farm.
  • Be on time!  It’s really important for all of us to keep on schedule.  If you are late, we will have to shorten your tour.  Please plan on arriving 5 – 10 minutes early.