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Maybury Farm (Northville Community Foundation)

Address: 
50165 8 Mile Rd. P. O. Box 560
Northville , MI , 48167
Phone: 248-374-0200
42° 26' 4.3008" N, 83° 32' 25.3464" W
Contact name: 
Diana Wallace
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Connecting Children & Families to Animals & Agriculture Maybury Farm has been a landmark in the community for over 100 years and continues to be a wonderful destination for children and families to experience the joy and wonder of animals, agriculture, farmland and forests. It's where you and your family can experience true farm life. Farm Opens on April 11th-October 29th, 2023 Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 to 5:00. Story Time available on Wednesday and Thursday, free with admission. Wagon Rides available after Story Time On Wednesday & Thursday at $4.00 per person, children under 2 are free. Admission is $7.00 per person under 2 are free. Annual Membership for family of 4 is available for $80.00 each additional family member is $20.00 per person & we now offer a package for family of 2 for $45.00 under 2 are free. - runs from date of purchase for 12 months.

Our mission is to educate children and families in our surrounding communities about the animals and agriculture that are essential to a traditional Michigan-based working farm, through hands-on experiences that are both engaging and educational. We work to create an awareness and appreciation of the animals and land that provide much of the food, fiber, and other resources that are utilized and consumed and expand knowledge and awareness of agriculture and its vast and vital role in our world.

Our Vision
We seek to cultivate attitudes of care, conservation, and cooperation in those who visit the farm in an effort to help those in our communities become more thoughtful consumers.  We hope the children who visit the farm and engage with its animals, agriculture, fields, and forests will walk away with knowledge and, most importantly, inspiration. We hope to inspire in children a desire to be intentional in how they interact with people, animals, and the land. We further hope that the habits they create and the vocations they choose will have a positive impact on the world around them.

Our Values
Respect, Kindness & Gratitude.

Our Goals

Make the farm a center of place-based education that creates opportunities for multi-disciplinary learning and growth in core  competencies within the context of the farm settin

Help children to grow their skills in observation, inquiry, investigation, experimentation

Expand childrens' understanding of the farm and its role in their live

Highlight the interdependence that land, animals, and communities have with one another​Stimulate thinking about their habits and their relationships to the food and fiber they consume as well as the land and animals that provide it

Open hours: 
Sunday: Closed
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: Closed
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Educational Tours for schools, scout troops, adults - see website for all the available tour programs

Location:

50165 8 Mile Rd. P. O. Box 560
Northville, MI, 48167
United States

Phone:

2483740200

Maple Syrup Tours

Dates: 
03/23/2024
03/24/2024
03/30/2024
Time: 
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location:

50165 8 Mile Rd. P. O. Box 560
Northville, MI, 48167
United States

Phone:

2483740200

Maybury Farm Summer Camp

Dates: 
06/18/2024
06/19/2024
06/20/2024
Time: 
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM