Spence's Educational Farm in Chapel Hill, NC providing quality services for children in a beautiful and natural setting.

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Spence's Community Education Farm

The Vision
Spence’s Community Educational Farm embraces a vision of a world where families, communities and villages are connected to each other, Nature and their food sources. Within each bio-region is a series of Community Owned Educational Farms networked together with each other, local farms and their surrounding communities. COE Farms are community gathering places providing space for community events, rituals, recreation, education, apprenticeships, retreats, and locally grown food distribution centers. This vision includes a culture based on partnership and diversity where all life is valued, inner wisdom is honored and relationships to each other and to the earth are cultivated and take priority.

2008-2009 Calendar

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Spence's Farm
6407 Mill House Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
phone: (919) 968-8581
fax: (919) 968-7618
email: spencesfarm@aol.com Spence's Farm accepts NC Plenty

Spence's Farm will be open for camp on Friday July 3rd, 2009!!

Summer Camp 2009 - still accepting new enrollment

Spence's Farm offers weekly summer camps for children ages 5 to 15+ from June 15th through August 21, 8:30am to 3:00pm daily with extended day and aftercamp enrichment options available. Spence’s Community Farm is a 204 year old family farm transformed into a versatile teaching environment with a program built around life on a family farm. Our low mentor/camper ratio allows each child personal attention.

Each day at camp involves a variety of experiences including taking care of farm animals, horsemanship, hiking, swimming, pottery and other crafts. Our primary goal is to empower greatness in children, and our experiential programs are designed to increase each child’s personal knowledge and self-esteem. Most of all they'll have a lot of fun, make new friends, and come home tired! Click here for more information and registration.

Summer camps include lots of hiking, nature walks and playing at the creek.

Here's some photos from last years camps.

Parent & Toddlers on the Farm Program is NEW!
After a lot of requests we are proud to introduce our new Parent & Toddler Farm program. On Wednesdays from 10:30-11:30 you and your child will work with a teacher in the garden (this program will have their own garden bed, so toddlers will get to see the plants grow), feed chickens , harvest eggs, and take a pony ride. Cost is $15.00/child. Feel free to bring a picnic lunch and use our swimming hole after! Cost of swimming is free with program fee; $5.00/child without program.

Are you looking for fun activities for your children during school breaks and on teacher workdays?
Late Summer Mini Camp Schedule:
August 24 - 28 8:30 - 3:30

Register Now (with extended care & enrichment classes available) Activities include, riding horses, taking care of all the animals in the barnyard (goats, chickens, rabbits, ducks etc.), hiking, pottery & art.
Mini Camp Registration Form

Throughout the week Spence's Farm offers horsemanship experiences for children, beginners through intermediate. Weekday program offers options of pickup and after school care until 6pm.

Toddler Drop in Rides are BACK!
only on Mondays and Fridays!
We are happy to announce that starting on June 15, 2009 our popular toddler drop in pony rides are back! If you arrive between 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. your toddler can take a pony ride. Cost is $10.00/child/ride.

On Saturdays Family Riding Lessons for groups, as well as private lessons are available.

See a list of all our available horsemanship programs!