An interactive guided group scavenger hunt with fun and educational elements.
(Walk-Ins welcome with Adventure Admission, spots guaranteed with online registration)
Our Summer Learning Series a group of interrelated, hands-on, interactive lessons all about dairy farming and dairy products. Join us for one or more of these lessons. You will experience hands-on learning, video chats with our team on the farm, and colorful delicious science experiments!
(Walk-Ins welcome with Adventure Admission, spots guaranteed with online registration)
Take part in a story about agriculture, on a large scale, with many interactive pieces! Following the story, enjoy interactive lessons where you can create together, and even take items home with you!
Jack And The Cornstalk is a twist on the classic fairy tale but about one of the most plentiful crops in our home state of Indiana – Corn! Help Jack scape the Giant’s palace and bring the corn kernels home. Stay to learn a bit about seed science, how to make a greenhouse on your own and to bring home to take care of your germinating seed!
There Was A Young Farmer Who Got Milk From Her Cow is a brand new tale in the form of a long form nursery rhyme. We explore the cycle of dairy farming, and all of the important steps that go into making milk and taking care of the cows. Stay to make and enjoy a frozen dairy treat, and learn about how the farms can cool the milk from their cows amazingly fast!
The Three Little Racing Pigs is a twist on the classical tale where the Pigs face off against the Big Fast Wolf at the farm’s annual harvest run and remind us all of the importance of proper training and preparation. Stay to create a craft where we create Racing Pigs to take home, and discuss the special care Pig on our related farms receive to thrive for peak performance!
The Day the Crayons Quit is about poor Duncan, who just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! Stay to make a fun craft with an educational twist!
The Hidden Rainbow is an interactive story. All the colors of the rainbow are hidden in the garden, but can we help the little bee find them? Stay to make a fun craft with an educational twist!
Beauty and the Bees showcases Beauty’s budding relationship with the beekeeper introduces readers to the vital role that bees play on the farm and reminds us that sweetness can “bee” found where we least expect it. Stay to create a craft and learn about our pollinators!
(Walk-Ins welcome with Adventure Admission, no registration needed)
Let us host your educators at Fair Oaks Farms!
August 3rd and 4th only, we are offering complimentary Orchard Admission to Teachers and one guest! Experience first-hand what a trip to the Orchard at Fair Oaks Farms could teach your young students.
Orchard field trips are a fun, unique, and educational way to experience our orchard with your school group. Beginning at our Crop Adventure Building one of our tour guides will lead you through our orchard as they cover topics such as plant nutrition, orchard farming practices, and what makes our orchard unique!
Register for Teacher’s Appreciation here:
May 23rd thru August 29th: Music on the Porch every Thursday evening
May 25th: Mooville Grand Opening
June 16th: Father’s Day specials at The Farmhouse
June 28th: The Market at Fair Oaks Farms opens
July 12th: Backyard Concert A Jimmy Buffet Tribute
All Summer: Enrichment Programs and Field Trips
August 3rd & 4th: Teacher’s Appreciation Weekend
End of July: U-Pick opens for Sunflowers, Cosmos, Zinnias and Vegetables
All Summer: Seasonal Hotel Packages Available!