We have picnic tables available for snacks or lunches and a play area filled with round bales, which is always a favorite!Įmail us through the form below, or call (413) 527-6888. Most groups stay for approximately two hours, which allows plenty of time for meeting our dairy calves, litters of piglets, goats, and sheep. We are happy to customize your visit based on the needs and interests of your group. Our farm field trips are aimed for children in pre-school through grade 3. Teachers, chaperones, and parents are also welcome to participate for $3.00 unless picking pumpkins too! To plan for group sizes, please estimate the number of parents and chaperones accompanying your group. We provide bags to carry and send each child home with an educational coloring book explaining the life cycle of pumpkins. We will not book several groups at any one time, so dates will fill quickly.įor $7.00 per student, children will enjoy a hayride and choose the perfect pumpkin (small to medium sugar pumpkin). If your school system is not allowing field trips, we are offering deliveries of pumpkins to your schools, like what we did last year (a week’s notice, please).īecause we are sensitive to large numbers of children on the farm at any given time, please consider afternoon group visits too. It is a challenging time, and we applaud you whether teaching virtual or in person. We are following the state’s guidelines for group visits and COVID protocols, and we want the children to stay healthy. If you would like to purchase pumpkins for your classroom, we are offering special pricing to schools and teachers. We so missed the school children last fall and are happy to start booking field trips to the farm if your school district is permitting outdoor outings. On this Virtual Pumpkin Field Trip, your students will be treated to story time featuring a story about how pumpkins are grown, a lesson on some farming methods we use at McLeod Farms, and a walkthrough of our pumpkin patch. We hope this letter finds you and your families healthy.

Field trip pumpkin patch