Calendar of Events
Special Events to Enjoy in our 2024 Season
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.
Our farm is open
Thursday to Sunday from 9:30 to 5:00
May 16th to December 24th
(we will also be open Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving Monday)
Come join us as we celebrate the seasons here on our farm!
Celebrating Grandparents every Thursday
Farmers Jim and 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 and save $3.00 off your admission. Enjoy some old-time fun for all ages.
Walk our Story Book Trail, play in our Barnyard Adventure play area, visit our farm animals, cuddle some bunnies.
Pick your own vegetables and cut your own flowers are available as an extra charge.
Be a kid again with your grandkids; spend some time making memories here on the farm.
Open: 9:30 - 5:00 Book online Walk-in admissions also welcomed.
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Teddy Bear Picnic Thursday August 15th 10:30 - 1:00
When you come out to our farm today you are in for a big surprise - for today is the day the teddy bears have their picnic.
Paws awhile taking in the beauty of the countryside. Join us for a morning filled with teddy bear themed fun as we enjoy our farm's activities guided by our Farm Ambassador.
- Wagon ride to our forest where we will be going on a bear hunt.
- Fun games to play.
- Bee creative in our craft zone.
- Snack basket filled with light lunch items, veggies, and sweet treats. You are also welcome to bring food that you know your child will enjoy for your picnic .
- Basket of animal food - kids love feeding our animals.
- Take home gift
Stay and play after the picnic – spend some more time with the farm animals, walk our Reading Trail, and play in the playground. You'll have plenty of time to relax and enjoy all that our farm has to offer.
Click here to book your tickets. Sorry, no walk-in spaces are available
Celebrate Honey - Labor Day Weekend
Our Honey Harvest is coming into the market and we will be celebrating.
Bees are fascinating. Labor 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 and watch our Lessons from the Farm educational video featuring our beekeeper and his bees. Sing our honey bee song. Dress up like a bee. Check out the tools we use to harvest honey. Bee creative in our craft corner.
10:00 - 4:00 Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day Monday (Regular weekend admission charge applies) No online booking required.
September - Celebrate Friendship
Friends are flowers that never fade.
Celebrate those special people in your life by giving them a bouquet of flowers, fresh cut by you.
Our flower garden is beautiful and we'd like to share it with you.
Buy One Give One - For every $15.00 Cut Your Own Flower bouquet you purchase, you can cut a second bouquet for free to gift to a friend. Help brighten their day.
Enjoy your time in the garden and the smiles it brings to those who receive your bouquets!
October 11th - 14th Celebrate 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 (hours vary, please check before coming) including Thanksgiving weekend (9:30 - 5:00) with lots of good food and family fun.
Thanksgiving weekend is our kickoff for our Harvest Festival. Check out all our fun activities available.
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 29th- 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. Book Online and Save
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 wintertime meals.
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 delicious, Ontario grown apples to choose from including Honey Crisp and Ambrosia, 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 early December due to popular demand.
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 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 6'-8'plus
🦃It's Turkey time and we have grain-fed turkeys available for special order. Drop by the farm, or click here to place your order
We have raw honey from the beehives on our farm, locally grown apples and vegetables, homemade jams, and preserves, our own naturally raised pork, freshly baked pies, Christmas cookies, and more...
We are open Thursday to Sunday from 9:30 - 5:00
Check out our Stock Up 4 Winter sales on our vegetables. Buffer yourself from the higher winter food prices.
Our farm closes for the season December 24th at 2:00 pm. We'll reopen in the spring.
May your winter be safe and warm!
Celebrate Blossoms and Babies - Victoria Day Weekend
Saturday, Sunday, and Holiday Monday 9:30 - 5:00
Come and join us on our opening weekend as we celebrate babies and blossoms here on the farm.
Walk amongst our apple blossoms, visit our babies in the barn, walk our trails, take a wagon ride... Spring is a beautiful time of year to be outside.
Walk our Reading Trail!
Enjoy a walk on our Reading Trail!
Join Chick and Duckling on their countryside adventure as they greet the morning and all their barnyard friends.
It's a walk that's just the right length for little feet. The children run from page to page of the story Good Morning Railfence Bunch.
Good Morning Railfence Bunch is a rhymical romp through the barnyard written by Carolyn J Morris.
Our Reading Trail is open to enjoy everyday the farm is open and is included with admission. A fun walk for young and old!
Sunday, June 9th Durham Farm and Rural Family Resources (DFRFR) Fundraiser
Join us for a fun day on the farm supporting DFRFR. Come and enjoy a special presentation of Beauty and the Beast performed by the DuffleBag Theatre as well as all the activities available here on the farm. Click here to buy tickets!
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - The rosy tale of beautiful Belle and the horrible nasty Beast.
When a handsome but arrogant prince insults a mysterious old woman who appears at his door one rainy night, he finds himself magically transformed into a “horrible, nasty Beast”! The spell can only be broken when he learns to love another more than he loves himself.
Fortunately, fate sends a bright and beautiful village girl, searching for her missing father in the forest, towards the hidden castle. Can the Beast learn his lesson and redeem himself before it’s too late? DuffleBag’s adaptation of this timeless classic is guaranteed to ring a Belle!
This is not your typical sit-down-and-watch kind of play! Prepare for lots of laughs and silly fun.
Check out the Dufflebag Theatre website for more information
Time: 11 am (Come early and stay late to enjoy the farm. Free admission to the farm is included with ticket)
Tickets: click here
Suitable for: All Ages
Duration of play: Approximately 50-60 minutes Stay and play on the farm, we close at 5pm
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 offer Ontario Early Learning programming in both Brock and Uxbridge Township. All programs are free of charge to parents, grandparents, and caregivers with children from birth to six years of age. Programming is provided at four Early Learning Centres, which 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.
Sunday, June 16th 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
Treat Dad to a fun day on the farm! Kids can design & decorate one of our fun coupons, and give it to Dad for Fathers’ Day. The coupon allows one free adult per family on the farm for Fathers’ Day, Sunday June 16th. Click on the image below to get a few versions of this coupon for the kids to print out colour.
