Royal Oak Farm Orchard School Tours

Royal Oak Farm Orchard is the perfect place for young school children to enjoy the fresh air and experience the joy of being on the farm orchard. Public School groups, Home School groups, Girl/Boy Scout groups, Brownie Troops, Day Care groups and many other children's groups have enjoyed our School Tours. Tours can be scheduled any weekday beginning in August. Tours include...

Viewing of our new video production lasting approx. 7 minutes in our teepee built in 2001.
Our video will explain to the children the pollination process of our apple trees by our bees and how the bees pay us back in return with the honey harvested in our "Honey House". They will also learn about the trimming of the trees and the orchard operation. We will also have a short talk about the American Indians that inhabited the orchard area in the previous centuries.

An approx. 30 minute orchard tour on an antique tractor drawn wagon. We provide an experienced tour guide, who will tell you about our orchard and answer any questions you might have along the way. For those with allergy concerns, hay is not used in the wagons on these tours.

Your tour will include stopping in the orchard for the children to pick 5 apples (we provide the bags) and experience the fun of seeing how the apples grow on the trees.

At the conclusion of the school tour each student will receive an apple cider drink and homemade cider donut in our school group picnic area.

Following the tour, you can spend as much time as you like visiting our petting zoo and playing in the play area. You may also visit our active bee hive inside our Pavilion and see some of our bees at work through the special viewing glass! The feed machines in the Petting Zoo require quarters and the "Royal Oak Express" train or "Royal Oak Carousel" require $2.50 tokens to board if your tour has time.

School tours can be arranged by calling us at (815) 648-4141, Ext. 4. Tours must have reservations and groups of less than 15 may be combined with others.

Tours are available Monday-Friday. Home school tours are not available on Wednesdays. Royal Oak Farm Orchard school tour cost is $7.00 per person.

$7.00 Fee includes:

Orchard tour via antique tractor drawn wagon
Educational video presentation on pollination, growing and picking apples
Picking of 5 apples
Cider donut
1/2 pint of cider
Petting Zoo and Play Area

Fees apply to both children and adults. Groups are allowed (1) free teacher per each 15 children over 2 yrs. of age; maximum is (6) teachers for 90 children or more. Children 2 years and under are free but do pay $2.00 for the donut and cider if they choose it.

School Tour Bus parking is free.

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