Our first visit to Sunflower Farm was a couple months after we moved here from Chicago. Our daughter was 18 months at the time, and our new family photographer suggested it for our annual family pictures. We dressed our daughter in a big poofy blue dress and we got gorgeous pictures of her on the farm and an awesome field of dandelions. It was pretty magical!
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Since then, we have visited Sunflower Farms countless times, and it’s always a magical experience.
My kids love swinging from the huge tree, playing in tree forts, feeding the goats, playing in the sand silo, jumping around the hay maze, sinking into the corn in the corn house, flying down the zipline, going on pony rides, and exploring the farm. When there are baby animals on the farm, the kids always get special time with them.
My daughter even got to hold a two day old baby goat on one visit. We always stay the four full hours for Farm Fest, and my kids are never ready to leave when their time is up!
There are so many ways to enjoy Sunflowers Farms, you can learn a little bit about each below:
- Farm Fest Public Hours
- Summer Camps
- Sprouthouse Preschool Program
- Homeschool Program
Farm Fest Public Hours
During public hours, you will be able to have direct contact with your favorite farm animals: feed the goats, sheep, lama. The single admission fee of a ticket will be the only cost of the day, everything is included. Families are encouraged to participate in farm operations or the work task of the day.
A day at Sunflower Farm gives you and your children the chance to move and explore in ways they don’t in our modern, urbanized life. Be sure to find your way to a Sky Chair or hammock and discover your own piece of relaxation and reconnection to nature as you watch a free roaming chickens, guineas, turkeys or peacocks spreading their feathers. Possibilities are endless.
Click here for Farm Fest Public Hours and More Info.
Summer Camps
Sunflower Farms offers weekly camps designed to give each child a sense of rural, farm lifestyle. All campers will be divided into groups based on age and friend request. Outdoor activities include feeding and care of animals, gardening, art, and just old-fashioned play such as climbing haybales, zipline, and tire swings and so much more!
The eight sessions include the following dates:
- Session 1: June 3-7
- Session 2: June 10-14
- Session 3: June 17-21
- Session 4: June 24-28
- Session 5: July 8-12
- Session 6: July 15-19
- Session 7: July 22-26
- Session 8: July 29-Aug. 2
Get more info on their camps here.
Sprouthouse Preschool Program
For over thirteen years, Sunflower Farm has provided a quality early-childhood, farm-based education. Their curriculum is inspired by Richard Louv's ongoing research and his book "Last Child in the Woods.” Sunflower Farm’s 55-acre working farm has everything to foster deep learning as well as inspire and captivate the souls of children. From the sky above to the dirt between their toes, to the baby lamb that studies their step or a peacock’s bellow that startles their heart, all curiosity, wonder and learning innately arise.
Participants not only learn about animals and nature, but the profound necessity and connectedness in how it relates to their everyday expanding world. They study worms wiggling in puddles after the rainfall. They count baby chicks, plant carrots, learn about compost, harvest sunflowers from the field and sing aloud in the wind. Adventures are endless.
Homeschool Program
Sunflower Farm offers a self directed farm experience for registered home schooled children. Children pursue interests in their own way, and at their own pace, and are free to explore the farm in a way that they find meaningful.
While doing so, we understand that we are caretakers of the farm and all are required to give back to the farm daily with chores. This can be feeding and care for the animals, gardening, harvesting sunflowers, helping with irrigation, or whatever needs arise on the farm that day.
The children’s interests generally weave into the care taking of the farm in a way that is allowed, encouraged, and supported by caring adults.
Learn more about the homeschool program here.
