School Field Trips

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General Field Trip Information

Field trips are by reservation only and are scheduled throughout the week. Sessions begin at 8:30 am and each 1/2 hour after up till Noon. Plan on staying at least 2 hours—or longer if you want to have a picnic lunch at the farm.  Please remember that the children work up quite a thirst running around and you might want to send extra water for them or have their parents add a water bottle to their lunch. Please submit your reservation at least 8 days in advance of your field trip to allow Hawes Farmers plenty of time to prepare for your visit.

Students and chaperones – $5.00 (includes 5-12 lb pumpkin)
Teachers are free
Teacher gets a free pumpkin (up to 12 lb) for the class

New for 2011
Students can enjoy a scenic ride on our Hawes Farms Express Rail Road.  For an extra $3.00 per student, parent, or chaperone, you can ride on our 24 guage train around our pumpkin patch and through our Walnut orchard.  Our train was the 46th of 49 trains ever built by the Allan Herschell Company back in New York.  Our train is a replica of the “Jupiter” which was the train that went from California to Promissory Point in Utah when the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1863.  This date is also special to us, since 1863 is the year William Hawes moved to Anderson and began purchasing our farm land.

We split the focus of our Fall Harvest Field Trips depending on student age groups.  Younger students will enjoy a planting and harvesting theme, while the older students field trip learning venture is in our cornfield maze.  And everyone will enjoy hayrides and pumpkins!

Go to: Fall Harvest Field Trips

Blend local history lessons with an exciting, hands-on learning adventure into the world of old California miners on the Old Deschutes Mine Field Trips.  Stir in some instruction on geology and semi-precious gems!  Get a grubstake of mining ‘rough’ and head out to the sluices for a real adventure that will appeal to students of all ages.
Go to: Old Deschutes Mine Field Trip

We have a one-half acre interactive demonstration garden for Pizza Farm Field Trips that connects students with the origin of their favorite food … PIZZA!  We are the only farm in the Sacramento Valley that actually “grows pizza”, so this is an exciting field trip opportunity!  Students also have the opportunity to eat what they are learning about!
Go to: Pizza Field Trips