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Where: Green Connect Farm, 6 Anna Avenue, Warrawong Time: 9:00-11:00am & 1:00-3:00pm sessions Dates: See below for upcoming school holiday dates and to book your spot Join us at the beautiful Green Connect Farm for an exciting day of fun! Green Connect is an award-winning 11-acre farm located in Wollongong, NSW, producing free-range eggs, meat, and organic vegetables, fruit and herbs. We offer school holiday farm play days, providing children with a fun and educational outdoor experience. The Green Connect Farm is a very special place to connect with nature, play and burn some energy in the fresh air. There will be so much to do and things for kids of all ages to enjoy. Activities may include:
- Taking an adventure through the farm to learn about food production and the environment
- Feeding the pigs fresh produce
- Meeting the chickens and maybe even collecting the eggs
- Patting and feeding the goats and sheep
- Stirring up some magic in our mud kitchen
- Harvesting and tasting fresh food growing wild around the farm
- Building shelters from bamboo and recycled fabric
- Playing with our repurposed loose parts in the children’s garden
- And lots more...
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Where: Green Connect Farm, 6 Anna Avenue, Warrawong Time: 9am - 11am Dates: See below for 2024 term dates and book your spot
We know there is nothing better than free time and free play in nature!
Join us for our weekly farm playgroup: 2hrs of messy, muddy fun, plus opportunities to see our farm, meet our animals and engage in nature-focused activities. Each week, along with unstructured play-time in the Children’s Garden, we will undertake an adventure on the farm, which might include:- Learning about our fruit forest and tasting what is in season
- Exploring our hidden creek
- Feeding the chooks and collecting eggs
- Visiting and feeding our pigs, sheep or goats
- Planting seedlings
- Weeding the garden beds
- Watering new seeds
- Nature-craft
- Cardboard constructions
- Starting a worm farm
- And plenty more!
- This session is aimed at children 6 months to 6 years.
- Babies under 6 months are free with a ticket-holding sibling. If you wish to bring a baby without older siblings, they will require a ticket.
- Accompanying adults do not need a ticket. Please only 1 adult per ticket-holding child.
- ‘We take full-term bookings, half-term bookings or bookings for individual playgroup sessions.
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We invite you and your group to join us for a private tour at Green Connect farm! Just 13 minutes’ drive south of Wollongong CBD you’ll discover Green Connect Farm, an 11-acre award-winning urban farm. Green Connect Farm follows organic farming and permaculture principles to produce vegetables, fruit, herbs, nuts, eggs, honey and free-range meat. In addition to our public programs, we are pleased to offer customised tours for private groups to join us to explore the farm, meet our animals and learn about sustainable urban food production. We would be delighted to tailor a visit to cover topics and activities you’re most interested in, and to create a fun, interactive and thought-provoking experience for your whole group. Private Farm Tours are great for garden clubs, scout/guide groups, playgroups, a big bunch of friends and family, or any group of people wanting to experience the magic of the Green Connect farm. Pricing details:
- $16pp for a 1.5 hour tour of the Farm (minimum charge $400).
- Add-ons:
- $50 for 1 hour of free-time or play-time in our children’s garden.
- $65 for a tea and coffee station for your group, with an hour of free time in the children’s garden.
- $150 for 45-minutes hands-on learning about growing vegetables in the demonstration gardens (weeding, aerating the soil, preparing the soil with organic materials, planting and mulching).
- A 10% discount is available for non-profit and community groups.
Private Farm Tour- Booking Form
- Fully refundable up to 7 days before the tour date and time.
- Transferable or 50% refundable up to 3 days before the tour date and time.
- Not transferable or refundable within 3 days of the tour date and time, unless under exceptional circumstances and at Green Connect’s discretion.
- If Green Connect must cancel for any reason, including extreme weather conditions or changing COVID restrictions, we will transfer your booking or issue a full refund.