Educational School Tours

Plan a fun, interactively educational day at ROHA Farms. We also invite you to stay for lunch (ask for more information when scheduling your visit).

Fall ~ Harvest Tour:
Scheduling now for Fall 2006 & 2007 tours. Please call or e-mail for more infromation and to reserve your date & time.
Focus: Fall Harvest
Each group visits the following stations:

*Welcome

*Honey Bees and the role they play

*The Life Cycle of Pumpkins

*Nutrition ~ animals & people

*Snack: cider and animal crackers

*Visit the ‘Barn Yard Buddies’ Cows, sheep, goat, chickens, peacocks, ponies, rabbits, mini donkey

*Hayride to get a pumpkin and back again

*Visit our Market for gifts, specialty items, cider, beverages, and packaged snacks

Spring Tour:
Scheduling now for Spring 2007 & 2008 tours. Please call or e-mail today to reserve your date & time.
Focus: Three ways of growing plants at ROHA Farms

In the Field ~ Benefits & Limitations
conditions and types of plants/ crops

In containers ~ Benefits & Limitations
different containers, soil types and additives are discussed

Hydroponically (in water) ~ Benefits & Limitations
plants best suited for this specialized type of growing. Is a special type of water used?

Each group visits our various stations:

* Haystack education room:
Welcome and introduction
growing mediums are discussed
Herbs are introduced
'Herby' snack & refreshment is served

* Planting Station
Each child plants and takes
home his/her own herb plant

* Hydroponics
Learn about vegetables and herbs grown in water

* Walk through the Herb Garden
How many can you identify and
what are herbs used for anyway?

* Go on a hayride around the farm
and see what's growing in the fields

* Visit the 'Barn Yard Buddies'
Cows, sheep, goat, chickens,
peacocks, ponies, rabbits,
mini donkey