Tougas Family Farm School Tours

 What is red & green, juicy & delicious and fits in your hand?

Why, a Massachusetts grown apple, of course! We at Tougas Family Farm invite your class to join us this fall for an informative, hands-on educational experience learning about local agriculture. Tougas Family Farm, a family owned and managed farm, has been in the forefront of area growers in using new production techniques, such as dwarf apple tree plantings, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). During your trip to the orchard, you and your students will learn more about our IPM program ("the Bug Talk") from our Farmer Guides, as well as enjoy a wagon ride and apple picking in the orchard. Your group will be picking apples from our dwarf apple trees. These apples are of the highest quality grown in the world, and the apples are always within easy reach of the children. The children pick enough to fill a small bag (1/4 peck) and also pick an apple to eat while in the orchard. Also included is a sticker, and a coloring book for each child. School Tours are available Tuesdays - Fridays, September 14 - October 22; between 9 am and 1:30 pm, with booking times every 15 minutes. Please allow adequate driving time, as well as time for restrooms and check in once arrived when planning your tour start time.

APPLE TOUR Prices: $5.00 per person, ($75 minimum) including students, chaperones, and siblings. One free teacher trip for a paid staff teacher for every 10 students. Tour takes approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. Activities include wagon ride around the orchard, picking 1/4 peck bag of apples, pick an apple to eat in the orchard, plus coloring book and sticker. Includes use of the Barnyard, Playground, and Picnic area. Reservations are not final until confirmed by Tougas Family Farm.

Add a snack of apple cider donut and small cup of pasteurized cider for an additional $1.00 per person, Apple Tour plus snack price: $6.00 per person

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Fall in New England is Pumpkin Time, too!

Tougas Family Farm also offers a Combination Tour that adds picking a sugar pumpkin from Farmer Mo's Pumpkin Patch to the Apple Tour. Supplies of pumpkins should be plentiful this year due to our summery weather this season!

COMBINATION TOUR Prices: $6.00 per person, ($75 minimum) including students, chaperones, and siblings. One free teacher trip for a paid staff teacher for every 10 students. Tour takes approximately 1.5 hours. Activities include wagon ride around the orchard, picking 1/4 peck bag of apples, pick an apple to eat in the orchard, pick a small sugar pumpkin, plus coloring book and sticker. Includes use of the Barnyard, Playground, and Picnic area. Reservations are not final until confirmed by Tougas Family Farm.

Add a snack of apple cider donut and small cup of pasteurized cider for an additional $1.00 per person. Combination Tour plus snack price: $7.00 per person

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Some groups prefer to have their students pick pumpkins rather than apples. We offer a pumpkin tour which substitutes picking a small sugar pumpkin for apple picking. These pumpkins are perfect for painting back in the classroom.

PUMPKIN TOUR Prices: $5.00 per person, ($75 minimum) including students, chaperones, and siblings. One free teacher trip for a paid staff teacher for every 10 students. Tour takes approximately 1 to 1.5 hours. Activities include wagon ride around the orchard, picking a small sugar pumpkin, plus coloring book and sticker. Includes use of the Barnyard, Playground, and Picnic area. Reservations are not final until confirmed by Tougas Family Farm.

Add a snack of apple cider donut and small cup of pasteurized cider for an additional $1.00 per person. Pumpkin Tour plus snack price: $6.00 per person.


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Who's Hungry?

We invite you and your group to relax after their harvest at the play area and visit our animal friends at the Barnyard Zoo.We allow groups to bring lunches to eat while here; please be sure your group tidies up your area so it's ready for the next group. We offer a Snack of a small cup of our pasteurized cider and apple cider donut for $1.00 each in addition to trip charge.  Cider Donut ingredients

Trips are booked for Tuesdays through Fridays, September 14 through October 29 Available hours are between 9:00 am and 1:30 pm. Trips are scheduled every 15 minutes. No trips are scheduled for weekends or holidays. We are located approximately 60 minutes by bus from downtown Boston, and approximately 20 minutes from downtown Worcester. We are located 1.5 miles from the Church St. Exit (#24) off I-290, ten minutes from I-495.

We do not require a deposit; we request that payment be made by check upon arrival at the farm.When making reservations, please give us a firm number of students and adults in your group. We may not be able to accommodate additional adults and siblings who have not been included in your reservation numbers.We require an adult to student ratio of one to five. These chaperones are needed to keep track of your students, help them pick apples and pumpkins, supervise them in the Barnyard and playground, and tidy up after snack or lunch time. All adults and siblings will be charged; we allow one free Teacher per 10 students. Preferred payment: check, Mastercard or Visa, one payment per group or teacher. Personal, school or PTO checks are all acceptable. If you must pay by cash, convert small bills and coins to large bills. No bags of coin, no piles of singles will be accepted. We are trying to check in several groups simultaneously and cannot count all this small currency. Your trip will be delayed!!

 

 

 

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