Tours

TOURS

General Information:                                                          

F     groups of all ages, daytime of evening

F     School, community, church or club groups

F     Bus tours are also welcome

F     Apple, cider-making experience & honey bee themes school tours

F      All of our tours meet the requirements of the "Ontario Curriculum Guidelines". 

F     Tours have all been designed by Gerrie Hergott, BSc Hon. Kin, Certified Ontario Elementary teacher

F     Booking tours or information 519-885-2306

F     Cost: Call for current prices for students (Teachers/supervisors FREE)

Children's Group Tours

Apple Tours          

 

1. Pre-school - Grade 2  (Friends & Foes in the Orchard 1½ hr)

a) Puppet Presentation:

• Learn about Friends and Foes in an apple orchard
• Interactive, educational and fun

b) Make an Apple Flower:

• Each child makes a nutritional snack, an Apple Flower
• A Taste Adventure leads the children to try other nutritional alternatives: apple butter and honey

c) A Trip to the Orchard:

• Various activities depending on grade
• Friends and foes are ‘found’
• Orchard differences (Standard and Little trees)

d) A Visit to the Mill/Apple Slinky Making:

• Learn about making cider
• Make another nutritional apple snack, an Apple Slinky

2. Grade 3 and up (Tools & Machines 1½ hr)

a) Classroom:

• Learn about tools and machines
• Interactive discussion

b) Make an Apple Flower:

• Use a tool to make a nutritional trip
• Taste Adventure of other nutritional snacks

c) Orchard Trip:

• Orchard Activities
• Pruning

d) Make Cider/Make an Apple Slinky:

• Each student helps to make cider on a hand press
• Each student makes an apple slinky

3.  Grades 4 & up and Life Skills (Cider-making Experience 1½ hr)

 

a) Cider Making

• Measure 2 bushels of cider apples
• Each student helps to make cider
• Each student helps bag cider
• Each student learns about labels
• Each student helps to label bagged cider

b) Make an Apple Flower

• Make an apple flower and other nutritional snacks

 

 

 Honey Bee Tours      

1. Pre-school - Grade 2 (Honey Bee Life 1½ hr)

a) Puppet Presentation:

• Learn beekeeping vocabulary
• Visit observation hives

b) Out-of-hive Activities:

• Role-playing
• Beekeepers and their tools

c) Make a Pillar Candle:

• Make a candle
• Taste various honeys

d) In-hive activities:

• Role-playing
• Learn the bees lifecycle

2. Grade 3 and up (Honey Bee Life 1½ hr)

a) Observation Hive:

• See queen and workers
• Study hive activity

b) Beekeeping:

• Beekeeping equipment
• Look inside an empty hive
• Study bees habitat

c) Make a Tapered Candle:

• Make a candle
• Taste various honeys

d) The Honey House:

• Learn about extracting

Adult Tours                   

Visit the homestead farm the Herrgott's settled when arriving from Alsace, France in the early 1800's. Adult tours are available throughout the year. We have 2 main themes:

1) Apple tours which emphasize a nostagic look at the history of cider making on the farm as well as in the area. Our annual Applefest is an excellent way to view the history of cider in the area. For more information about Applefest, visit our Festivals

 page. The adult tours take about 1-1/2 hours. Each adult will have an opportunity to make an apple flower, which they eat, plus much, much more . A visit to the unique country store on the premises is always a fun adventure. The cost of the tour is $2.00 per adult.

2) Honey bee tours are a fun yet informative look at what happens within the walls of the hive, and within the world of beekeeping.Honeyfest is one of our annualFestivals that provides a wonderful way of exploring the world of the honey bee. The adult tours take about 1-1/2 hours. There are observation hives so that everyone can actually see bees in action safely. See the queen, drones, and workers in their community living, plus much, much more.

Cost:

Call for current prices. 
Supervisors and coordinators FREE.