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A Farmer's Food

(6-Adult) What do you eat for lunch? How does a farmer’s meal from the 1900s measure up? Come find out how families back in the day preserved ingredients, where they would store their food and sample a few snacks.


Campfire Wagon Ride

(2-Adult) Enjoy an intimate after hours experience at the farm as day turns to night. Register for a wagon ride time and enjoy the bonfire after your ride. Staff will provide marshmallows for roasting but feel free to bring along any other treat for yourselves.


Evening Farm Tour - Beatrix Potter Night

(4-Adult) Come learn about this famous children’s author, farmer and conservationist. Hear some Beatrix Potter tales, have a trivia game and share a snack in honor of her July birthday. We will meet some of the critters that inspired her stories and then walk through the farm and talk about her lasting contribution to land preservation. Learn a little of Frying Pan Park’s preservation history too, as we bid the animals good night. All participants must be registered in the program.


Farm Skills - Animal Caretaker

(7-14 yrs.) Our farmers make taking care of the animals look easy. Here is your chance for a behind the scenes farm tour to see all the hard work that goes into raising our farm animals. Participants tour our feed room, visit our animal areas, meet farm animals and learn the different management practices that we use to keep the animals happy and healthy. One adult must attend with a registered child in this program.


Farm Skills - Dairy

(7-14 yrs.) Come learn about dairy cows on one of the last working dairy farms in Fairfax County. See our cow get milked and help them get feed. Learn about the history of dairy farming and the process to make milk into dairy products.  


Little Hands on the Farm (2-3 yrs.)

(2-3 yrs.) Join us to learn about a different element of farm life each week. classes held during the same week will have repeat topics. Other activities can include story time, crafts and small farm chores. One adult must attend with each child. Please limit one parent to attend with each child. 


Little Hands on the Farm (3-5 yrs.)

(3-5 yrs.) Join us to learn about a different element of farm life each week. Classes held during the same week will have repeat topics. Other activities can include story time, crafts and small farm chores. One adult must attend with each child. Please limit one parent to attend with each child.


Morning Unwind

(Adults) Grab your favorite morning beverage and join our staff at the Kidwell House porch for some relaxation and conversation. Learn about twentieth century rural life while we tour the farmhouse and meet an animal or two. Farm fun is not just reserved for kids.