Welcome to Zenger Farm

We are a working urban farm that models, promotes and educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development and access to good food for all.

Field Trips - Come Visit the Farm!

 

Trips are offered Tuesday through Friday, mid-February through Early June. Visits are either 90 minutes or 3.5 hours in length. 

 

Farm Tour

(Preschool through Adult): A sensory-based tour of the farm and wetland that connects people to food, environmentally friendly farming practices, and the wild and domesticated animals that call Zenger Farm home.

Farm Tour includes visits to:

·         The farm fields

·         The chicken flock

·         The honey bees hives

·         The wetland

·         Other potential stops include:

o   The compost piles

o   The red wiggler worm bin

o   The orchard

o   The bioswales and

o   The turkeys (if they are on the farm when your group is here, June – November) 

 

Please let us know if there is a specific topic that you would like us to focus on. For example; some groups like to focus on sustainability, life cycles, seasonality, local foods, or organic foods.

 

People Need Plants

(Elementary): This hands-on discovery program investigates photosynthesis, how plants are grouped together by scientists, plant parts and their functions, what plants need to grow and thrive, and how humans use plants everyday. There are three (or four) stations during the People Need Plants program.

·         Flowers and Fruits – students learn about flower reproduction through examining what flowers are blooming at the time of their visit

·         Leaves and Stems – students taste leaves and stems, learn about photosynthesis, xylem and phloem.

·         Roots – students learn about nutrient and water uptake, and nitrogen fixation.      

·         Non-flowering plants – optional station, students head to the cedar tree and investigate plants that do not make a flower.

 

Super Soil Scientists

(Elementary): Students will learn about the importance of soil to our everyday lives, what soil is made of, and how to make compost.

 

Wetland Ecology

(Elementary): An inquiry based program that explores the functions and values of a wetland ecosystem, and takes a closer look at aquatic insects, animal habitat, and water quality.

 

Critters in the Crops 

(kindergarten through 3rd grade): New program activities for spring 2012 focus on the insects and bugs that live in the crops and wetland of Zenger Farm. Students explore which bugs are friends to farmers and which are foe.  

 

Service Learning

(Preschool through Adult): Participants dig in and get dirty working on whatever seasonal farm projects need to get done. 

 

We are a small non-profit and ask for a $3.50 donation per participant, minimum donation per group is $35.00. No individual or group will be turned away due to lack of funds.

 

For more information about visiting the farm, or to schedule a field trip for your group, contact Education Director Alice Froehlich at alice@zengerfarm.org or 503-282-4245.

 

Bus Scholarships are available.

 

Intrested in volunteering with our Field Trip Program? Check out our volunteer page: Get Dirty

Farm Field Trip Internship

Spend the spring months outside with youth at Zenger! We are currently recruiting Interns to help us in hosting over 1,500 youth in hands-on farm fun field trips.

 

For individuals or groups smaller than 10 see our weekly schedule .