Tours & Fieldtrips

During weekdays from August through October, come enjoy a memorable tour of our peach & apple orchard, cider mill, bakery, blueberry patch and pumpkin patch. From toddlers to senior citizens, we will customize your tour to peak the interest of our group. Groups enjoy coming for both our August tour and our September/October tour where different content is taught.
We are grateful that we were able to conduct tours in 2020 & 2021 following guidelines to protect our all of our guests' health and safety. We look forward to continuing safe and educational tours in 2022.
Individual families or groups can enter the market on their own before or after their tour. HOMESCHOOLS or After School Clubs with FEWER than 20 people? Come on WEDNESDAY September 21, 2022 or September 28, 2022 at 4:15pm to check in for a tour that will begin with other families at 4:30pm. The tour will conclude at 5:45pm. Booking tours online is for tours that will pay a minimum of $140 even if there are fewer than 20 students & staff total.

August: Blueberries, Peaches & Sunflowers

-age appropriate schoolhouse lesson about irrigation, insect pheromones, bird control, blueberries and peaches
-wagon ride through the sunflowers and blueberry patch
-pick approximately 8 oz of blueberries off of the bushes
-pick a peach off the tree in the orchard or a sunflower out of the field
-fresh donut, glass of cider, & lots of memories
-explanation of solar panels that is age appropriate
-For 2022, tours MAY go inside the market, bakery, cold storage, cider press & apple sorting area. It will depend on current COVID guidelines. You can always request your tour to stay outside under the pavilion. It is the same length and cost for the tour.

Annual orchard fieldtrip from by The VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) National Home for Children located in Eaton Rapids, MI.

Want to spend more time?
Here are some fun ways to enjoy more of the farm: Ask us about eating lunch under the pavilion, enjoy a picnic by the pond, enjoy our free play area, or ask to go for an adventure into the corn maze or sunflower patch.

Only use this form IF you have questions after viewing availability, but before you reserve your date with a card online.

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-A $40 deposit will be paid in advance per classroom/group with up to 50 people total. This $40 deposit is applied toward your total per person cost that you pay on the day of the tour. $140 is the minimum total cost of a tour regardless if you have fewer than 20 people on a PreK-12th grade tour ($7 each) or 14 people on an adult only tour ($10 each).

***READ FIRST***before booking online. We are using a new system to help you reserve your date online. ENTER your SCHOOL/ORGANIZATION name along with the total number students/chaperones expected for this classroom in the field marked "Appointment notes". This is directly after you enter YOUR name. If you have multiple classrooms, then you will reserve additional appointments for every 50 people. For example, we can accommodate 200 people at once, but you will need four of the 15 minute appointments on our calendar. This will be four of the $40 deposits for each appointment. We will begin the four groups at the FIRST appointment scheduled. We will use text message &/or email to communicate with you. Thank you!
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September & October: Apples & Pumpkins

-age appropriate lesson about pollination and what goes on with apple trees during each of the four seasons. Also lesson on Solar Energy and how it is used on our farm. Older groups get extra content.
-wagon ride through the orchard
-pick a volleyball size pumpkin out of the patch
-pick an apple off the tree in the orchard
-fresh donut, glass of cider, & lots of memories
-For 2022, tours MAY go inside the market, bakery, cold storage, cider press & apple sorting area. It will depend on current COVID guidelines. You can always request your tour to stay outside under the pavilion. It is the same length and cost for the tour.

Good Information to Know:
-The cost is $10 per person for adult, senior & bus tours. We offer a discounted rate of $7 per person for PreK-12th grade tours.
-1 teacher/coordinator is free for every 20 paying participants. Chaperones and siblings on a K-12 tour are given the $7 discounted rate.
-We can accept CASH or CARDS for the payment on the day of the tour. Personal checks are NOT accepted, but school & organizational checks are accepted.
-Tours take 1.5-2 hours depending on the ages and number of people.
-Always dress for the weather. Our wagons have a roof and we can still conduct the tour on a rainy day.
-Boots are a good idea for the pumpkin patch, but you can choose to get a pre-picked pumpkin or apple if needed.

*TEACHER TIP: Bring Preprinted Labels with the children's names on them. This is an easy way to apply names to children's bags (you will receive bags at the orchard for picking) and help the children keep track of them.