Westham Island Herb Farm Field Trip - 3 Year Old & 4 Year Old Classes

Our Three-Year-Old and Four-Year-Old Classes recently visited the Pumpkin Patch at Westham Island Herb Farm in Delta.

After a relatively short and scenic drive from Richmond through Ladner, we crossed over a small, one lane bridge en route to the farm. This bridge has remarkably been in place since 1911.

 

Westham Island Bridge

Westham Island Herb Farm is a community oriented farm and promotes buying fruits and vegetables locally. It is part of the Ellis family farm which has been at the present location since 1916!

 Some of the sites you see upon arrival at the farm:

 

 
 

 
 

 

Lucas and his sister play a game of tic tac toe:

 

We start our tour by visiting a barn that's been standing in place since the Ellis farm was established in 1916:

 

 

The barn houses the cows in the Winter:

As we exited the barn, the farm's pigs were penned just outside and seemed happy to see us. They were even happier to have a few corn cobs tossed their way:

 

Washing our hands after visiting the cows and pigs:

While in the hay barn, our guide explains about the various fruits and vegetables grown on the farm. Flowers, strawberries, garlic, carrots, potatoes, pumpkins and more:

The children learned about the keen sense of hearing a donkey has. When he hears something, his big ears go back:

 

 Maisy, the highland heifer, came out to greet the children:

A visit with the farm's goats:

 

Our guide tells us one of the hens is trying to lay an egg. Scotia asks if she can come in and help her:

 

 Before heading out to the pumpkin patch, the children went into the mini haunted house:

 

 

Off to the pumpkin patch to find our pumpkins of choice:

 

Scotia tries to pick up a pumpkin but it's a wee bit too heavy:

 

 

 

“Look a Cinderella pumpkin!” Adson

 

Three boys deciding if they can make it across the big puddle. Garrett decided he can:

 

Toy diggers put out by the farm staff for visitors:

 

 

Lucas and Mikailyn find their perfect pumpkin:

Garrett succeeds at lassoing the pony:

 

The children spent a very enjoyable morning at the farm. All the senses were alive from the sounds of the birds in the trees, to the smells of hay, pig pens and pumpkins, and of course the feeling of mud under foot.

A big thank you to the staff at Westham Island Herb Farm for opening your doors to our Preschool children and the community on a whole!

 

 

 

Barbi

 

A few reasons to buy your fruit and vegetables locally....

Local crops are picked at their peak or ripeness (opposed to being harvested early in order to ship out to your local retail store.)

By buying locally, you help maintain farmland.

Local food supports the local economy.

Local food has a shorter time between harvest and your table, and it is less likely that the nutrient value has decreased.