MINI FARMERS
YOU’VE GOAT TO BE KIDDING ME
Get ready for a day of hands-on fun at Summerland Farms Mini Farmers experience! Perfect for young animal lovers and budding farmers, this interactive workshop let’s kids meet and care for our friendly animals but that’s just the beginning!
Mini Farmers will also roll up their sleeves for exciting farm activities like composting, harvesting fresh vegetables, and exploring the farm on a private ATV tour. It’s the ultimate way for kids to learn about farming, nature and the joy of working with animals!
ACTIVITIES:
- Learning about grooming guinea pigs, each participant will be able to cuddle and brush their own guinea pig
- Create your own plate of guinea pig food and feed your furry friend
- Spend some time feeding our cows
- Brush our resident cows while they enjoy some treats
- Create some fun enrichment toys for our guinea pigs and adding treats in to make it extra fun for them!
- Harvest your own vegetables
- Plant your own seedlings to grow!
- Learn about our important worm friends and their role in our garden
- Join us for a fun ride in our ATV around our working farm, learn about macadamia and avocado harvesting.
WHAT TO BRING?
- A positive attitude and be ready to get your hands a little dirty
- Hat
- Snack for break time!
- Enclosed shoes (we don’t want a goat stepping on your toes!)
Dates: Tuesday 7 January, 14 January and 21 January
Time: 9:30am
Duration: 2 hours
Age: 6 years +
Cost: $48
THE NITTY GRITTY
*Please note that we are a fully operational working farm and specifically farm macadamia nuts so are unable to facilitate those with nut allergies on this workshop as we cannot guarantee a nut free environment
Parents/guardians: Children will need to be signed in and dropped off to the workshop by a parent/guardian. A parent/guardian will be required during the first 5 minutes of the workshop while we run through safety and participant expectations during the workshop.
What happens if it is raining?
If the workshop needs to be cancelled due to wet weather, you will receive a text message the morning of at 7am. We will then contact you regarding rescheduling the workshop.