Calendar of Events
Special Events to Enjoy in our 2023 Season
Our farm is now closed for the season. We're spending time reflecting on the past year and planning for the new one.
Days open and activities vary with the seasons and the weather. Please arrive no later than 3:00 so you can enjoy all the activities available on our farm.
Our on-farm market is always accessible during open hours and no pre-booking is required.
So many ways to connect with the farm with our special events.
Check out our educational programs, On farm market, Pick your own crops, fun farm activities and our CSA program.
Spring time opening
No Official Opening has been set yet. Stay tuned
Sunday, June 18th, Celebrating Parents
Fathers Day is a great time to celebrate family.
Bring your family to visit our farm family. Enjoy a day meeting our barnyard animal friends, crafts, a family-themed scavenger hunt, our Forest Trail, Barnyard Adventure playground, and more.
Time outside at our farm is a great way to spend the day together with family and friends.
Open 9:30 to 5:00 Last admission to Farm'n'Fun area is 3:00 pm
Durham Farm and Rural Family Resources (DFRFR) fundraiser - Sunday June 5th
Join us for a fun day on the farm supporting DFRFR. Come and enjoy all the activities available here on the farm as well as a special presentation of Peter Pan by the the Dufflebag Theatre.
Peter Pan
Wendy Darling is sad to learn that she’s growing too old to stay in the nursery any longer, and must move to the adult wing of the house. But when an adventurous young boy offers to fly her to Neverland where she can stay young forever, Wendy is catapulted into an adventure filled with magic pixies, charming pirates, and talking trees! As Peter Pan battles his arch-nemesis Captain Hook in DuffleBag Theatre’s fun version of J.M. Barrie’s beloved classic, even grown-ups will feel like kids again! Check out their website for reviews
Durham Farm and Rural Family Resources
Our Mission:
DFRFR provides quality and flexible children’s services and programs to farm and rural families in Durham Region.
Our Vision:
To play a key role in bringing services for children together in the north part of Durham Region so that they are delivered in a creative and coordinated fashion.
Our Programs:
Durham Farm and Rural Family Resources offers Ontario Early Learning programming in both Brock and Uxbridge Township. All programs are free of charge to parents, grandparents and caregivers with children birth to six years of age. Programming is provided at four Early Learning Centres, these are located in the communities of Beaverton, Cannington, Sunderland and Uxbridge. In addition, we offer a seasonal On Farm Childcare program to farm families living in Durham Region.
Contact DFRFR for further information and ticket prices at info@durhamfamilyresources.org
Celebrating Grandparents Thursday, September 1st
Farmer Jim and Farmer Leslie are loving their role as grandparents and invite you to come and celebrate the special relationship grandparents have with their grandchildren.
Grandparents, bring your grandchildren for a day on the farm. Enjoy some old-time favorite activities that are fun for all ages. Have a preview of our corn maze (it opens officially on Labour Day weekend), take a wagon ride, walk our Forest Trail, play in our Barnyard Adventure area, visit our farm animals, and play games you used to play as a child.
Come, spend some time in the final week of the summer holidays and be a kid again with your grandkids!
Open: 9:30 - 5:00 Activities 10 till 4
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Celebrate Honey - Labour Day Weekend
Our Honey Harvest is coming into the market and we will be celebrating.
Bees are fascinating. Labour Day weekend we take time to celebrate the hard work of our honey bees and appreciate the sweet taste of summer.
Alongside all our usual weekend activities you can enjoy a variety of activities focusing on bees and honey using all your senses.
Check out our bee hives. Sing our honey bee song. Dress up like a bee. See the tools we use to harvest honey. Bee creative in our craft corner.
9:30 to 5:00 Regular weekend admission charge
Happy Thanksgiving
There are lots of good things to celebrate about the harvest and we are fortunate to live in a country with such an abundance of food.
Our farm is open daily in October including each day on Thanksgiving weekend (9:30 - 5:00) with lots of good food and lots of family fun. Thanksgiving weekend is our kickoff for our Harvest Festival . Check out all our fun activities available.
Order a fresh, free range turkey, enjoy some of our delicious fresh baked pies - call 905-985-6749 to order.
We wish you and your families a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving.
October - Celebrate the Harvest
It's Pumpkin Time
Fall is a great time to visit the farm. The air is cool and crisp; the colours in nature are glorious. Come celebrate the harvest. Join us October weekends for our Harvest Festival . Book Online!
Join us to celebrate the harvest . Get lost in our corn maze, Bee Creative in our craft corner, visit our farm animals, pick your own pumpkins in our patch and partake in special themed quests and scavenger hunts.
Check out all our fun activities available. Our farm is open Tuesdays to Sundays in October (check for times open before coming) with lots of good food and lots of family fun.
Pick your own pumpkins from our fields or in our Pumpkin Corral beside our market. Lots to choose from.
Enjoy the bounty of our harvest by visiting our on farm market - A variety of fresh picked apples to choose from including Honey Crisp and Ambrosia, and take home some of our delicious fresh baked pie. Book your admission online. Walk in spots are available as well.
9th annual Apple Cider Pressing Day
Sunday October 30th- Time to press Apple Cider!
The Geissberger brothers from Farmhouse Cider bring in their mobile cider press to turn our Ontario grown apples into sweet apple cider. An interesting process with a very tasty outcome. Get some hot off the press! Their packaging - vacuum bag in the box - keeps the cider fresh for a year with no need for refrigeration.
Another great way to celebrate the harvest.
November
A Time to Pause, Reflect and Get Ready for Winter
Fall is a great time to visit the farm. The air is cool and crisp; the colors in nature are glorious. November makes me think of homemade soup, staying warm by the fire, and getting the last of the harvest tucked away for winter nourishment.
We are also looking forward to celebrating the Coming of Christmas - our fresh-cut Christmas trees arrive in late November.
We still have our farm animals and Barnyard playground available to visit from Thursday to Sunday in November and December. You are welcome to walk our fields and forest. Remember - Dress for the weather!!!!
Enjoy the bounty of our harvest by visiting our on-farm market - lots of freshly picked apples to choose from including Honey Crisp, and take home some of our delicious fresh baked pies. Check out our Stock up for Winter specials. Our CSA program has also been extended through to December 17th due to popular demand.
A Time for Road Trips - Explore history in your neighborhood.
Experience the secret stories of Ontario’s silent still. Take a guided journey back in time when the dry days of abstinence led to illicit thirsty nights filled with toe-tapping music, tasty food, hotsy-totsy dancing and plenty of giggle water.
Did you know our farm is a part of the North Durham Temperance and Temptation self guided tour. Drop in for a refreshing pause while on your tour through North Durham journeying through time and history of the region.
Dress for the weather!!!!
Enjoy the bounty of our harvest by visiting our on farm market - Stock up on sweet (not hard:) apple cider, fresh picked apples and take home some of our delicious fresh baked pies. Check out our Stock up for Winter specials.
December
Celebrating the Coming of Christmas
It's the most wonderful time of the year... Christmas, for us, is a special time of the year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ our Lord. A time of joy, peace, love, and faith. We love the traditional side of Christmas, seeing families each year who make coming to our farm a part of their Christmas tradition as well as welcoming newcomers.
It smells like a forest as you walk among our freshly cut Christmas trees 🎄. We have a great selection of Balsam fir trees available. They range in height from 5'-8'plus
🦃It's Turkey time and we have fresh, grain-fed turkeys available for special order. Drop by the farm, or email us at forsythefamilyfarms@gmail.com to place your order
Check out our Stock Up for Winter sales. We have raw honey from the beehives on our farm, homemade jams, and preserves, our own naturally raised pork and chicken, freshly baked pies, Christmas cookies, and more...
We are open Thursday to Sunday from 9:30 - 4:00
Our farm closes for the season at 3:00 pm on December 24th.
May your winter be safe and warm!