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Round The Bend Farm’s 2025 Fall School Tours bring students face-to-face with farm life, from pumpkin growth to animal care. This hands-on autumn journey combines learning and play across wagon rides, mazes, and gardens.
Round The Bend Farm’s 2025 Fall School Tours bring students face-to-face with farm life, from pumpkin growth to animal care. This hands-on autumn journey combines learning and play across wagon rides, mazes, and gardens.
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Operated by Round The Bend Farm · Kettleby, Ontario
Located in Kettleby, Ontario, Round The Bend Farm offers an engaging fall experience designed specifically for school groups looking to connect with nature and agriculture firsthand. This working family farm opens its gates each autumn for school tours that blend education with outdoor adventure over two to three-and-a-half hours. Far from a typical field trip, these tours invite students to immerse themselves in the rhythms of farm life during the vibrant fall season.
The farm’s setting is a lively canvas of golden fields, rustic barns, and colorful fall vegetables, providing a practical classroom for lessons on animal care, plant growth, and food origins. Students encounter ducks, peafowl, goats, sheep, pigs, and even Levi the alpaca, engaging with the animals in their spacious outdoor habitats. Informative flip boards alongside the enclosures deepen understanding while encouraging curiosity about animal biology and farm ecosystems.
Hands-on activities abound. After a guided talk on pumpkin life cycles and pollination, each classroom receives a box of freshly harvested vegetables, linking farm-to-table concepts directly to young learners. Wagon rides through the fields highlight where food grows and how plants nourish us, adding a tactile dimension rarely available in urban settings.
Play is an essential part of the visit. Children navigate a straw maze, twist down the farm’s Tube Chute, and carefully make their way through an expansive corn maze under adult supervision. Interactive stations like a music board and activity panels extend exploration into playful learning, enriching the day’s discovery.
Round The Bend Farm stands out in Ontario’s agritourism scene by offering an authentic rural experience focused on sustainability and education. Its commitment to teaching children about nature, agriculture, and healthy food origins makes it a vital outdoor destination for school groups aiming to deepen their connection to the land. Each student leaves with a pie pumpkin, a natural memento that reinforces lessons learned and the magic of authentic fall farm life.
easy.
2–3.5 hours.
Suitable for all school-age children with basic mobility.
Yes, activities are tailored to engage a wide range of elementary and middle school students.
Yes, additional adults can join but must be booked in advance and supervise children.
Tours operate rain, shine, or snow. Dress accordingly; in severe weather, the farm will notify and reschedule if necessary.
Yes, schools can reserve a picnic shelter for an additional fee. All trash must be taken off-site to keep the farm clean.
Yes, each student is given a take-home pie pumpkin as a seasonal keepsake.
Yes, basic restrooms are available for groups during their visit.
Round The Bend Farm has operated as a family-owned working farm for decades, preserving local agricultural traditions in Ontario's King Township.
The farm emphasizes sustainable practices, from pollinator education to waste reduction, helping students understand environmental stewardship.
Round The Bend Farm is a family‑run farm located in Kettleby, Ontario, that focuses on hands‑on outdoor experiences for children, families, and school groups. The farm offers a variety of seasonal activities designed to connect visitors with nature, animal care, and farm life. Round The Bend Farm's summer programming includes a dedicated Round The Bend Farm Camp for ages 6–9, where campers take part in structured, educational activities with scheduled hydration and snack breaks. Summer Farm Visits welcome families to feed friendly animals, wander a straw maze, explore a blooming sunflower patch, and shop fresh produce at the on‑site farm market — with photo opportunities at the iconic red truck. Autumn brings RTBF October Fall Farm Fun, which features scarecrow displays, a straw maze, a Tube Chute, scavenger hunts, animal feedings, and seasonal fall décor and produce for sale. School groups can join the 2025 Fall School Tours to learn about animal life, plant growth, and where food comes from through wagon rides, animal encounters, straw and corn maze play, and hands‑on activities; each student takes home a pie pumpkin. The September Farm Adventure blends many of these elements with forest exploration and interactive family activities. Round The Bend Farm emphasizes practical learning and outdoor play in a safe, farm setting. All descriptions reflect the farm's published program offerings and seasonal events available to visitors in Kettleby, Ontario.
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