Mobile Farm
Provided by
Educational content: Farmer Gow’s Education Ltd
Contact
Available
February to November
Suitable for
All ages
Booking
Full details
If you can’t come to us, we can bring our friendly farm animals to you.
Every visit is designed around your needs, specialising in the provision of ‘hands on’ workshops.
How to book a Mobile Farm
- Please complete our no obligation Booking Form and send it to Anne at education@farmergows.co.uk
- We will contact you by telephone or email to chat through your booking, discuss a suitable programme and check access for our farm truck/trailer.
- The Mobile Farm is confirmed once you reply to our email advising a programme to best suit your needs and quotation for a visit.
Please note
- The maximum distance we can travel is 1-hour drive time from the farm. We use Google Maps to check the distance from the farm to your location. Any further is too stressful for our young farm animals.
- We must return to the farm by 5pm. Any later is too long a day for our young animals
- We operate under 4 different Government departments who each have slightly different rules for different reasons - mostly ensuring health and wellbeing of livestock and you. The rules are complex and different for each farm animal species. The combined effect of these different rules is that we can only undertake 1 Mobile Farm visit per week. We recommend booking early, to avoid disappointment.
Types and Size of Mobile Farm
Educational
such as to a school, nursery or pre-school
- Suitable for all ages.
- A bespoke programming service to compliment school learning objectives.
- Two workshops, run concurrently.
- Small numbers of children in each workshop to maximise the experience for each participant.
- Children attend both workshops.
Event
such as an Open Day, Fete, Birthday Party or Family Celebration
- A rotating programme of Meet the Animals activities provided throughout the day.
- Visitors can attend/drop-in whenever they wish.
Medium Mobile Farm
Farm Birds & Animals
Chicks and Chickens
Turkeys and Geese
Goat kids and/or Lambs
Piglets (seasonal)
‘Hands On’ Activities
Up to 40 minutes ‘hands on’ experiences for each child.
Workshops
* Fowl
Handling - Chicks, Chickens, Goose and Turkey
Handling and Boxing Free Range Eggs
* Herbivores and/or Omnivores
Hand feeding – Goat kids and/or Lambs.
Bottle feeding – up to 40 bottles available.
Cuddling Lambs (late February and March only)
Tickling/Patting Piglets (February only)
Staffing and Supervision
2 members of Farmer Gow’s team together lead the workshops, thereby maximising 'hands on' experiences.
Children visiting the Mobile Farm will however also need the support of staff/parents/carers.
Suitable for up to 80 children
Cost of a Medium Mobile Farm
From £ 415 – price will increase with Travel Time from farm and Length of Visit.
VAT – Farmer Gow’s Education is not VAT registered.
Large Mobile Farm
Farm Birds & Animals
Chicks and Chickens
Geese & Turkeys
Goat kids and/or Lambs
Piglets (February only)
Sheep & Goats
Ewes with Lambs ‘at foot’ (February to July)
‘Hands On’ Activities
Up to 45-60 minutes ‘hands on’ experiences for each child
Workshops
* Fowl
Handling - Chicks, Chickens, Goose and Turkey
Handling and Boxing Eggs
* Herbivores and/or Omnivores
Hand feeding – Goats and kids, Sheep and Lambs
Bottle feeding – up to 70 bottles available
Cuddling Lambs (late February - March only)
Goat Walking
Tickling/Patting Piglets (February only)
Staffing and Supervision
2 members of Farmer Gow’s team together lead the workshops, thereby maximising 'hands on' experiences.
Children visiting the Mobile Farm will however also need the support of staff/parents/carers.
Suitable for up to 120 children
Cost of a Large Mobile Farm
From £ 495 – price will increase with Travel Time from farm and Length of Visit.
VAT – Farmer Gow’s Education is not VAT registered.
Frequently asked questions
How far do we go?
About 1 hour from the farm, it depends a bit how far this is but google maps is a good guide.
How long can we visit?
30 minutes ~ 6 hours. Sarah will chat through a programme with you to ensure your children and adults get great farm animal contact.
How much will it cost?
We have quite a lot of work to do to prepare the Mobile Farm for a visit. We have to travel to and from your site and clean all our equipment on our return to the farm.
Once we have your Booking Form and you have chatted with Sarah, we will provide a quotation by email. You are welcome to accept or decline our quotation.
Please see minimum costs for Medium and Large visits. These guides are pretty accurate if you are local. They will increase with travel time and time spent on your premises.
Invoice
You will be invoiced at the end of the trip. The invoice will include direct payment details.
Farmer Gow’s Education Ltd is not VAT registered.
Where to send your Booking Form - education@farmergows.co.uk
Regulation
We are licensed to provide a Mobile Farm service with both the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Vale of White Horse District Council (VWHDC) - registration number 20688 - and Trading Standards
Our licenses restrict the number of Mobile Farms we can provide to one per week. We therefore recommend booking in good time to avoid disappointment
Working Areas
Medium visits
We will arrive in the farm's VW van.
Please provide an outdoor working area, accessible by the van, approximately 6m x 6m.
Indoor venue – please discuss with Sarah.
The van is a secure store for some of the equipment used during a visit. Access for and to the van during out visit is therefore very important.
Large visit
We will arrive in the farm's truck with a 12' long livestock trailer.
Please provide an outdoor working area, accessible by the truck/trailer, approximately 10m x 6m.
The truck is a secure store for some of the equipment used during a visit. Access for and to the truck & trailer is therefore very important during the visit.
Medium & Large Visits
You are responsible for disinfecting indoor/hard standing areas prior to our arrival and after the visit. We recommend plastic sheeting or equivalent for indoor working areas. Disinfection not required on grassed areas.
