Willow Oak Farms Homeschool Field Trips

Willow Oak Farms is located in Northern Harnett County, in Fuquay-Varina. We are a family-owned and operated farm situated on roughly 50 acres. We are a working farm that has an onsite ice cream shop, farm animals, an indoor play area, as well as an outdoor playground. We want to continue sharing our knowledge and love of farming with the community!

• Our Home School Field Trip Day will be offered only on September 25, 2025
• Check In will be at 9:30 AM

* Please Note - the farm will open to the public at 1 PM *

Our Home School Field Trip allows your students to experience a real working farm, including a farm animal encounter area, and an ag education class. Your students will rotate through five (5) learning stations:

1. Station One: Tractor-drawn Wagon Ride to the Pumpkin Field - Students will enjoy a wagon ride to the Pumpkin Field and see firsthand the Life-Science skills they are learning in the classroom.
2. Station Two: Animal Encounter Area - Everyone loves spending time with and feeding our adorable farm animals! What better way to learn the basic needs of animals and other Life Science standards than through hands-on interactions! 
3. Station Three: The Barnyard Indoor Play Area - Our farm-themed indoor play area allows your students to explore farm life and agriculture related careers through their imagination and interactive play. The Barnyard Indoor Play Area features an animal veterinarian office, a farmer's market, a life-size climbing John Deere tractor, reading area, and an indoor obstacle course! 
4. Station Four: Ag-Education Class - You and your students will learn everything there is to know about pumpkins through an interactive Ag class! Students will learn about the life cycle of pumpkins from the time they are small seeds until they grow into large pumpkins.
5. Station Five: Ice Cream & Outdoor Playground - The best part of the whole Field Trip is the ICE CREAM!! Along with the ice cream, students will have a blast playing on our climbing structure, swinging on our swings, digging in our dirt piles and so much more which even covers your P.E. standards! 

• Each station lasts between 20-25 minutes; students will be in groups that will rotate  and move through each learning station
• Schools typically spend 2 to 3 hours on the farm

Wanting to eat lunch on the farm? No worries, we have 2 covered patios with tables and chairs as well as additional picnic tables to accommodate all of your students, parents and siblings. 

* Please Note - we only sell ice cream in the ice cream shop *