With 20 years of farm field trip experience and a capacity for whole grades to come all at once, Great Country Farms is the place to meet Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) requirements and enjoy every minute of fun on the farm (download full list of SOL fulfilments here).

On our real working farm, children have the opportunity to see how produce grows, mine for precious stones or discover how honeybees pollinate in our demo garden. In addition, all students get to meet and feed our friendly farm animals and enjoy a hayride tour of the farm. Our field trips are seasonally based with a focus on the bounty of the season such as strawberries in the spring and pumpkins in the fall. Our summer field trips feature summer fruits or vegetables such as peaches and blackberries. You can choose from five of our education tours that we offer here at the farm or even combine two together! Click on the tour below to find out more!

Strawberry Tour

Garden Tour

Pumpkin & Apple Tour

Gem Mining Tour

Honeybee & Pollination Tour

Don’t forget to exercise their gross motor skills be visiting our 5 acre play area! Our 2800 sq ft Pumpkin Jumpin’ Pillow, Double Barrel 60’s slides, pedal cart track and rope swings will make your heart race! You can become a Maze Master by challenging each of our 4 mazes. See who can climb up the Rubber Ridge tractor tire mountain the fastest or romp in our Corn Bin.

With each of our field trips, bus drivers and teachers are FREE depending on group size. We are here rain or shine, and there are several covered areas during the tour to accommodate your group.

Let us provide a hot dog lunch for your group! No lugging coolers and boxes of lunches to and from the bus. Save time going back and forth from the bus and spend it enjoying your field trip and educational experience! Lunch includes an all beef hot dog, seasonal fruit, water, carrots with ranch & a home-baked cookie.

Ready to book your tour? CLICK HERE to make a reservation.

For more information, CLICK HERE to download our brochure!

Field Trip FAQs

1. How long does the field trip take?
   Tours take about 90 minutes to rotate through all the field trip stations. This does not include time in our 5 acre play area or time for lunch.  Groups normally spend 3 hours on the farm to get the full experience. Combination tours take an additional 45 minutes.
2. How do you charge for home school groups?
   We welcome home school groups and love to spend more time with the children since home school schedules are often more flexible. We recommend afternoon tours for home school groups as the farm is less crowded especially for fall tours. We include 1 parent/teacher per 15 home school students free with a field trip.