School Tours

School tours are offered during September and October.

Apple season tours run through the month of September and into early October. The children will take a hayride to the orchard and pick three or four apples. Then they will ride back to the packing shed to see how apples are polished and sorted and go in the cold storage room. Then our bee keeper, Ellen, will show them how we take care of our bees and explain why they are important for apple growing. They can see the inside of a bee hive. Next they will go to the deck and sample the apple butter we make here. After the tour they can visit the animals, see the Johnny Appleseed tree and go to the playground if there is time.

During October, our “Pumpkin Fantasyland” is a big hit with children. There are full sized figures of farm, movie, children’s story, and other characters. There are no horror scenes. The children will take a hayride to the pumpkin field and pick a small pumpkin. The rest of the tour is the same as in apple season, except the tour will not visit the apple grading room.

We can not do combination apple and pumpkin tours.

A guide will go with each group to explain things and answer questions. Our tours are educational as well as fun.

Tours can be scheduled on weekdays on the half hour from 9:00 to 3:30. Allow enough time to reach the farm and one hour for the tour. Home school and play groups will be scheduled only after 11:00. To schedule tours, please call us at (636) 228-4338. A deck and shaded lawn are available for your use if you want to bring lunches.

The cost is $4.00 per child, with a minimum charge of $50 for groups under 13. Parents and teachers are not charged, but we do need to know how many will be coming.

If you would like to bring your class to a quiet place in the country for a fun and educational trip, please visit Centennial Farms this year.