Saturday Farm Tours
Every Saturday at noon, a farmer takes guests on an in-depth hands-on, tasting tour of our certified organic farm.
Come explore the historic barn built in 1902 by the Bergstroms and be guided through our farm stand and CSA area that serves neighbors of all incomes. You’ll also visit the children’s garden with Magic Treehouse (perfect for well-behaved children), and meet rare breed animals, such a Guinea Hogs, Barbadoe sheep, chickens, goats and ducks. This unforgettable tour engages people of all ages.
The tour fee is just $10 per person (free for current CSA members and children ages 10 and younger).*
Pony Cart Rides
Our pony loves to pull our shiny red cart. When she’s not grazing at our River Farm, she’d love to take you for a ride at our intown farm. Farmer Skip (or daughter Avery) can take you and a friend on an exhilarating ride in the surrounding fields and neighborhoods. Just $10. This makes a great gift! (Please call to arrange, 484-2746.)
Fridays at the Farm
“Fridays at the Farm,” beginning at 10 a.m, was created to provide a morning outing for families with small children. This is an opportunity to enjoy the farm at no cost, picnic in Children’s Garden, play in Magic Treehouse and relax.
Though farmers are busy setting up the farm stand on Friday mornings, we are happy to meet with you when our farm stand opens to the public from 12-6. In the meantime, you are encouraged to explore, use our quilts for a picnic under the oak tree. (Please check in at the barn to sign our guestbook and review farm rules.)
Group Tours
Over the years we’ve created tours to meet the needs of a wide range of groups. If you would like to bring a group — we’ve had as many as 150 people at one time — please let us know. Here is a partial list of some of the folks that have toured and enjoyed the farm:
- Austin City Council and Austin Water Utility staff
- Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity at Dell Children’s Medical Center, “Healthy Living, Happy Living”
- UT Charter Elementary School
- Austin School for the Blind and Deaf
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters
- Austin Discovery School (200 elementary school students)
- Primavera Montessori School
- Kipp School
- Girl Scouts
- Texas Culinary Academy
- Southwestern University
- Natural Epicurean Cooking School
- AOMA
- Urban Roots
- Rude Mechanicals Oyster Club
- Homeschooled children with Permiculture instructor Dick Pierce
- Little Helping Hands, volunteer program for kids ages 4-8
- Central Austin Food Bank, Vista volunteers
- Large groups of students from underserved schools/recreation centers. Tours sponsored by Sustainable Food Center, (500 students)
- Restaurant chefs — from Four Seasons Hotel to St. Edward’s University
* Please be aware that the only funding that we receive for our tours is your donation of $10 per person. We give tours so more people experience and understand the complexity and importance of organic farming. If you know of grants to expand our education program, please let us know.
