Field Trips

Fall 2024

Dear teacher friends:

Hope your planning for the upcoming school year is off to a good start! Hard to believe fall is almost here and we are scheduling fall field trips!

We are limiting the number of groups on any given day to avoid large numbers of students again this year. For $9.00 per student, children will enjoy a hayride and choose the perfect pumpkin (small to medium sugar pumpkin). We provide bags for little hands to carry and send each child home with an educational coloring book explaining the life cycle of pumpkins.

Teachers, chaperones, and parents are also welcome to participate for $5.00 unless picking pumpkins too! To plan for group sizes, we do ask you to estimate the number of parents and chaperones accompanying your group.

Our farm field trips are aimed for children in preschool through grade 3. We are happy to customize your visit based on the needs and interests of your group. Most groups stay for approximately two hours, which allows plenty of time for meeting our dairy calves, litter of piglets, and goats. We have picnic tables available for snacks or lunches and a play area filled with round bales, which is always a favorite!

As an alternative to the traditional visit, we can deliver pumpkins to the schools as we did for the past three years, allowing you to create your own “pumpkin patch.” We would like the children to still enjoy pumpkins, pumpkin stories, and coloring books. Please let us know how we can support your science projects if they include pumpkins. With a week’s advance notice, we will deliver to the school/daycare pumpkins and the educational coloring book that we have always distributed. Delivered pumpkins and books will be $5.00 per child. Just let us know quantity needed, date, appropriate time, and place to deliver.

Email us at fletchcows@aol.com, use the form below, or call 413-527-6888. Rain dates are encouraged, but we ask that you wait until the last possible moment to reschedule your trip to avoid overcrowding.

Cheryl & Bob Fletcher