Educational Field Trips

YEAR-ROUND, WEEKDAY SCHOOL/EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIPS AT BRAEHEAD FARM!  Call and reserve your group!   540-899-9848   Email:  Info@braeheadfarm.com

2024- Strawberry picking field trips have ended.

2024 – General Educational Field Trips are $9.00 per person.

2024  – Fall pumpkin patch field trips will be $11.00 per person and also includes a hayride, and a pumpkin that is sized for kids to carry themselves, picked from the school group pumpkin patch.  (Starting September 16th to November 8th.)   Field trips are a 4 station rotation:  Meet the animals and feed the goats, meet with the Beekeeper, learn the life cycle of the plant and pick a pumpkin, go on a hayride!

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2025 – General Educational Field Trips are $10.00 per person.

2025 – End of April and all of May is strawberry picking field trips which are $11.00 per person…receive a 1/2 pint handled container of strawberries!

2025 – Fall pumpkin patch field trips will be $12.00 per person and also includes a hayride, and a pumpkin that is sized for kids to carry themselves, picked from the school group pumpkin patch.  Field trips are a 4 station rotation:  Meet the animals and feed the goats, meet with the Beekeeper, learn the life cycle of the plant and pick a pumpkin, go on a hayride!

(All weekday field trips are per person, children and adults, teachers employed by the school are free)

General Field Trips:   At other times of the year when we do not do strawberry or pumpkin picking, the group can “Pick for the farmer”.  This is an educational walk into the fields to see how different types of fruits and vegetables grow, whether on bushes or vines!   They can experience how to properly pick and pick a few things for the farmer if they wish!  Or the group could experience planting something for the farmer, depending on what the farmer needs at the time!  (You are welcome to pick produce to purchase in the market for your group.  Most vegetables are $3.99 a pound, and the berries have varied prices.)

Braehead Farm welcomes schools, day cares, homeschools, and mom’s groups to join us year round!  Reserved school groups can arrive at the farm as early as 9:00am.

Bring your group of 3 year olds and older to receive:

• Meet with staff  to learn a lesson about seasonal produce plant life cycle, (spring is Strawberries, summer is a variety of veggies, and fall is pumpkins) ladybugs and honey bees and how they are all related to the season!
• Learn how to properly pick produce without hurting the plant!
• “Wake up” the chickens!  Learn about Free Range Chickens, hens and eggs.  Learn about the wildlife in the area that are predators of chickens.
• See how the Braehead Farm Beekeeper houses the bees and learn about Beekeeping here on the farm!  See the bee suit!  (The actual beekeeper may not be on site at all times, but Braehead Farm educational staff will lead this part of the lesson!)
• Feed the goats!
• See rabbits, pigs, horses, alpacas, sheep and cows!  A lesson about each animal and their habitats, food and care, to include recycling of animal “droppings” for compost and fertilizer!
• After the educational tour your group will be turned over to the school staff to go to lunch.  We have various picnic tables for your lunch or snack.  Your group is welcome to stay and play in the “Play-Grounds of the Barn Lot” without having to pay the admission fee!  Hay barns, swings, corn pit, bikes and trikes, sand piles, “steer head” roping, tunnel and more!
• Our farm market has a GLASS – BEE OBSERVATION HIVE!

Tour/School Group Discount: Your group receives all of these special staff led enrichment lessons, lunch tables AND access to The Family Playgrounds.  (Our normal daily general admission to The Family Playgrounds is $6.00 per person.)   (Braehead Farm Season Passes are only for a daily play in The Family Playgrounds.  This special group educational tour offering is not included in the Season Pass.)  We require 15 paying participants to make a group or the equivalent in payment.  

During special seasons such as strawberry or pumpkin, we include picking and learning about these seasonal items!  Other times of the year we customize our lessons and schedule for your group!  We have found that the younger groups may just want to pick and play!  Just let us know if we can adjust this offering for your group!

**** Teachers employed by the school are free !  As always, 2 and under are free as a sibling (unless the tour is for a special designed group tour for two year olds)    All others attending the field trip (children and chaperones and siblings over two)   pay the group individual rate.  Those paying receive strawberries, or pumpkins, depending on the season.   Since the teachers and under age 2 siblings are FREE, then if they would like produce such as pumpkins or strawberries or other produce,  these produce items can be purchased.   They get the staff led tour for free only. 

Just call us at 540-899-9848 to reserve your group! Or email us at info@braeheadfarm.com   Let us know the size of your group that includes children, adult chaperones, and teachers.

Braehead farm is available for family reunions, weddings,  group events and just about any other special event you can think of!

See our “Rental Spaces Available” page for descriptions of barns available.

The barns can be rented “by the hour” for weddings and special events.

The Red Shed rents for a base price of $150.00 an hour during business hours.

The Block Shed rents for a base price of $125.00 an hour during business hours.

We have a tiered pricing for smaller to larger events in the barns.  The base pricing is for 80 guests.  Each additional 40 guests is a $40.00 per  hour increase in pricing.  We charge an “after hours fee” of an additional $100.00 per hour to keep the farm open with staff.

The barn rentals also include admission for your guests in the Family Play-Grounds which is a $6.00 per person admission area of the farm for the general public. 

Call 540-899-9848 for more info to schedule your custom party package!

 OPEN DAILY! OUR WINTER HOURS OF 9AM-5PM.  Beginning on March 10, 2024, SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL HOURS ARE 9AM-6PM.  

Admission: The Family Playgrounds is a $6.00 (+tax) per person admission area of the farm. Age 2 and under are free.    This admission gives you unlimited hours of same day play during business hours and includes:

**PLEASE NOTE: DURING SPECIAL EVENTS BRAHEAD FARM MAY HAVE AN ADDITIONAL EVENT FEE TO GO INTO THE EVENT  IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE.  (Fall-Harvest Festival Weekends, December-Santa Clause Christmas Event)

• Play barn with rope swings
• “steer heads” to rope!
• Swings and slides!
• Sand piles with trucks and toys!
• A tree deck with slide!
• Corn pit!
• Trikes and push tractors for the little ones!
• slack line to walk across!
• FARM ANIMAL RESCUE MISSION!  Braehead Farm has many animals for you to see!  These animals are all rescues from various situations and have been brought to Braehead Farm to live!   Our farm animals include….chickens, cows, pigs, goats, alpacas, sheep, horses, donkeys, rabbits…and honey bees to watch in their visual hive!
• Picnic tables!  Bring your own picnic or enjoy our Braehead Farm Kitchen offerings from 11-4 open on weekends and weekdays 11-2 March-December.  Delicious BBQ, hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken salad and more.
• Fire pits with picnic tables to rent!
• Age 2 and under are free!
• The Family Playgrounds also offers two barns – “The Red Shed” and “The Block Shed”,  for hosting your own events and birthday parties.

Season Passes!  Enjoy unlimited, daily play in the Family Playgrounds during operating hours with a Season’s Pass.  A Seasonal Pass is $25.00 per person, age 2 and under free.   The Spring Summer Season Pass starts for use on February 19, 2024 and goes through Labor Day, September 2, 2024.  We then start our Fall Winter Season Pass from September through February. (6 months)  See cashier for details!

Note: Some special events will  not be included in the pass or will have a  separate or additional fee.  Season Passes are non transferrable to other people and is non-refundable.  The pass does not include staff led farm educational field trips and tours.   They also are not for use of the barn rentals.  Barn rentals are a separate fee with counted wristbands.  The pass is for entry to the Family Playgrounds only and is not related to rental barns or field trips or special event fees.