Dusk At The Farm: Evening Visits
‘Dusk At The Farm’ are our evening community visits
These farm sessions are perfect for Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Scouts, Youth clubs, and other community organizations.
They give groups a chance to feed our field animals supper and put them to bed (Our goats, sheep and cow love the attention they get)
To meet our poultry, hunt for eggs and feed them their evening corn. Penny and Priscilla our pigs like a bedtime pat before they snuggle up in their pig house and when this is done we take a stroll around our farm into the gardens as the sun being to set.
After a drink and a snack we then have small animal encounters with our nocturnal family and reptiles. Get to see our bearded dragons Toothless and Hiccup being fed, have a hold of our snake Ursula, meet our hedgehog Miss Henrietta Tiggy Winkle (Hetty) as well as our other mammals and reptiles.
If there is something particular, you wish your group to do please let us know so we can cater for your evening accordingly.
They give groups a chance to feed our field animals supper and put them to bed (Our goats, sheep and cow love the attention they get)
To meet our poultry, hunt for eggs and feed them their evening corn. Penny and Priscilla our pigs like a bedtime pat before they snuggle up in their pig house and when this is done we take a stroll around our farm into the gardens as the sun being to set.
After a drink and a snack we then have small animal encounters with our nocturnal family and reptiles. Get to see our bearded dragons Toothless and Hiccup being fed, have a hold of our snake Ursula, meet our hedgehog Miss Henrietta Tiggy Winkle (Hetty) as well as our other mammals and reptiles.
If there is something particular, you wish your group to do please let us know so we can cater for your evening accordingly.
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Cost
The session fee is £85 for a group of up to 20.Maximum children 30. Extra children £3.50 each (1 leader free with every 5 children)
Duration
The session lasts 2 hours with a break for a snack.
Health and Safety
Educational visits are run by our experienced Educational Coordinator Rachel Thomson. All farm staff are List 99’d and have an enhanced DBS check, as do our volunteers that work closely with the Educational Day classes. Staff are trained in CEVAS (Countrysid Educational Visits Accreditation Scheme) and Rachel has also been fully trained in First Aid. We will provide a Health and Safety talk before we begin the activities and will remind all pupils to wash their hands before eating and leaving the farm. Everywhere on the farm is a strict ‘no smoking’ area. Below are some useful guides for teachers regarding Code of Practice when visiting a farm, provided by Farming and Education website www.visitmyfarm.org. You must read these to reduce potential risk when visiting the farm.
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| code_of_practice_summary.pdf |
Booking in form
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Facilities
The farm building is fully wheelchair accessible and has disabled toilets. The main building houses the small animal room which would be ideal for wheelchair users. Parts of the farm are accessible to all but in specific areas there is uneven terrain so we recommend you call us for further details.
Location
We are easy to get to. The farm is based in Millbrook, Southampton, close to the Oasis Pre-School and Compass School. There is ample free parking and if it gets too busy then we have access to tennis courts as an overflow car park.
We are 5 minutes from the M271 and M27 by car. If travelling by train, we are a 15 minute car drive away from Southampton Central station. The number 4 ‘Bluestar’ bus stops every half hour on Green Lane (where the farm is situated).
We are 5 minutes from the M271 and M27 by car. If travelling by train, we are a 15 minute car drive away from Southampton Central station. The number 4 ‘Bluestar’ bus stops every half hour on Green Lane (where the farm is situated).
Contact us:
Want to visit the farm? Fantastic! Please contact us on 02380 522706