Description
Held Tuesday, 11/5, from 9 am – 3 pm here at 2351 Glade Road.
*New! Teens option available.
Be a farmer for a day! Instead of the classroom, the barnyard will be the school and the farmers will be your teachers so that budding farmers can get some hands on experience while having wagon loads of fun. Farmessori days are held during teacher workdays so instead of being in school you can learn and play here. Activities include real-working farm dailies like egg collection, feeding the animals, picking vegetables, making our own lunch, and free time outdoors, all here on our working farm.
We have two groups this year:
So that we have the most meaningful experience possible, assure that your child is at least the minimum age required to participate.
Kids Farmessori (ages 9-12) is a fun way to develop social skills, teamwork, expand your child’s palate, and their love of the outdoors. Kids Farmessori is led by Scarlett Williams.
Teens Farmessori (ages 13-17) is a step up from the kids version, we’ll get into more advanced farming activities with plenty of time to cook and eat what we harvest, too. We may even go over some farm equipment basics. Teens Farmessori is led by Garrett Waters.
The day is all weather so dress for the outdoors. Homemade farm lunch included.
10 minimum participants required to hold Farmessori.
Even though we make our lunch here we still recommend your child bring a lunch of their own (in case they won’t eat ours’s), 2 snacks, a water bottle, and weather appropriate clothes (sun protection /rain protection/jacket/layers).
Please have your child wear long pants and closed-toed shoes that are appropriate in a barnyard with mud and animal poop!
You will be emailed additional details, liability waiver and media release prior to Farmessori. If you have any additional questions please contact farm@gladeroadgrowing.com.
**Please enter your child’s name and age in the “order notes” section on the checkout page along with any food allergies or medical conditions we should know about.
About your workshop leader
Scarlett Williams- Leads our Kid’s Farmessori for ages 9-12. New River Valley Native, Scarlett Williams loves kids and digging in the dirt. Scarlett has twenty plus years of experience working with children as an Outdoor Educator, Science Teacher, Elementary School Counselor, and currently as a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in Blacksburg. Scarlett has earned National Board Certification as a School Counselor.. Partnering children and families with their local farmers is one of her passions. In 2006 Scarlett partnered her elementary school with a local organic farm as a drop off site. She loves ideas and strategies that help children to ”be their best.”
Garrett Waters- Leads our Teens Farmessori for ages 13-17. Garrett Waters is the vegetable crew manager here at Glade Road Growing and also a licensed and experienced high school teacher. He has a passion for organic agriculture and loves getting young people excited about growing their own food and being outside.
Please read and understand Virginia’s agritourism liability disclaimer:
“Under Virginia law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of the agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, among others, risks of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals, as well as the potential for you to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.”
