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School Tours

We've been hosting educational tours for 15 years! Tours are offered to groups of all ages addressing objectives from the NC Standard Course of Study science and social studies curriculum for grades K-5. You will find Planning Tips for Before, During & After your trip as well as Curriculm Resources to help make this the easiest, most informative and most fun trip of the year!


Spring Tour

April 15th - May 30th 2008
Group Rate: $10.00 per person
($150 minimum per group)

Our One-Hour Tour Includes:
Puppet Show - Everyone will enjoy this professionally written, educational show that details the life cycle of a strawberry. (Folks tell us it is hilarious!) View a clip!
ALL NEW - Check out The Great Pumpkin Jump!
Hay Ride to the strawberry field
Strawberry Picking - Pick a pint of strawberries (We provide the container)
UNLIMITED Back Forty & Picnic Time

Fall Tours
September 2008
Group Rate: $10 to $12 per person
($150 minimum per group)

We provide three fall tours.  Choose one!
Bee Observatory
($10) - Students will enjoy visiting the “Honey Hut” and venturing through our    exciting “Little Farmers” corn maze. They will love dressing a bee and learning about the    pollination process. Of course they will also learn all about how pumpkins grow as well as about    other NC crops while visiting the Ag classroom.
Chicken Coop ($10) - While visiting our Ag classroom, students will learn about the life cycle of a    chicken, how to gather eggs at the “Hen Pen,” and will enjoy dressing a chicken! Certainly we will    also discuss PUMPKINS and visit our giant sunflower patch as well! 

Butter Making ($12) - Kids and adults will enjoy visiting with our Cudzoo calf, as they learn about    NC dairy farming, practice “milking” Bessie (our make believe heifer), dressing a cow, and making    their own snack of fresh butter and crackers!

All Tours Are One-Hour & Include:
ALL NEW - Check out The Great Pumpkin Jump!
Ag-Classroom Visit - Fun and educational activities
Hay Ride around the pumpkin patch
Pumpkin Picking - Each person gets to pick a Pie Pumpkin from the field.
UNLIMITED Back Forty & Picnic Time

Please complete the registration form or email us for more information.

"... The children had such a wonderful time! I truly appreciate your kindness and patience as we scheduled this trip. I only heard absolutely wonderful things from the parents and teachers. Everything is so organized and those strawberries are excellent! Take care and I hope that you have a wonderful and prosperous year."
- Khalilah Badger, Fuller Elementary

Vollmer Farm, 617 NC Hwy 98E, Bunn, NC, 27508, (919) 496-3076 fun@vollmerfarm.com Join our mailing list
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