Copied from “your visit” page at www.winterpast.org. Please read the longer version there before scheduling your farm visit. This is a short summary of basic farm visiting tips. Thank you for supporting a small local farm family. 1. Admission is $10 for all ages. Teeny tiny babies who Farmer Mary will not be interacting with do not have to pay. Adopted children do not have to pay. (Farmer Mary adopted two of her four children) Cash or check. No credit cards. Please be ready to pay on arrival. No change is available. Please respect our admission price. No change is available. Please respect our admission price. Please be prepared to pay by cash or check on arrival in box at gate. Please pay $10 per person.
No change is available. Farmer Mary has eggs, peacock feathers and clay ornaments for sale for $5 each.
2. Our parking lot is small so please park CLOSE together. Please park at a plywood “pig” which marks parking spaces. Overflow parking is on Ghoston Road in front of the farm. (All four wheels must be off the road.) The address is 12936 Ghoston Road, Wake Forest NC 27587. Located near Falls Lake at the end of Six Forks Road at Highway 98.
Please make an appointment to visit. Please don’t turn down our neighbors private road behind our barn just because your GPS tells you to. Our entrance is very well marked.
3. Please check the specific open dates and hours posted very regularly on our website or facebook page (Winterpast Farm) and Instagram (winterpast_farm) then text to arrange a visit DURING those open hours. Please don’t just drop in. Farmer Mary likes to know when people are coming so she can be available near the gate. She doesn’t want to be ten acres back fixing a fence when you arrive!
Please don’t text “can we come Thursday?” PLEASE BE SPECIFIC to avoid endless back and forth texts. For example you could text “group of five moms and six kids this Thursday June 12 at noon for picnic lunch and tour?” Farmer Mary is very busy and cannot chat on the phone. YOU will be very happy if she doesn’t spend all her time on the phone while YOU are visiting. Basic questions are ALL answered in the longer version of “your visit” at www.winterpast.org.
4. BRING FOOD FOR FEEDING THE ANIMALS! Short list is saltines, wheat crackers, wheat bread, cereal (any), carrots, celery, apples, grapes. Longer list of foods is at “your visit” at www.winterpast.org. Farmer Mary sometimes has sleeves of crackers, cereal or corn in baggies available for sale. You will have more fun with more animal food!
If you choose to not bring animal food and choose to not buy animal food please DO NOT allow your children to mooch animal food from other visiors. Most visitors who choose to are able to hold bunnies, guinea pigs, chicks when available, chickens, baby goats and whatever else is small and cuddly. Most will snuggle considerably longer if you are feeding them.
5. Yes there is a bathroom (outdoor composting toilet) and hand washing (sink and hot water are at the barn). Farmer Mary also has wipes, sanitizer, a first aid kit and bug spray available for farm visitors.
6. Please plan to keep a VERY close eye on your children while you are here. Please do not allow them to open closed cages, to close open cages, to stick fingers in cages or to chase or pick up any animals. Please do not plan to drop off children at the farm.
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LUNA the white bunny was donated just yesterday to Winterpast Farm Petting zoo in Wake Forest NC. She was a bit surprised to find herself in a pen with VINNIE the hedgehog and S’MORES the guinea pig and her three sons this morning during a visit to the Animal Kingdom Camp at North Raleigh United Methodist Preschool.
LUNA soon relaxed on laps and nibbled carrots and she seems pretty happy with her new life as part of Winterpast Farm petting zoo.
Come meet LUNA and all her new farm friends at Winterpast Farm.
Winterpast Farm schedule:
CLOSED Wed July 27 while Farmer Mary takes her animals to a church event
OPEN Thurs July 28 from 10-5
OPEN Fri July 29 from 10-5
OPEN Sat July 30 from 10-5
CLOSED Sun July 31 for a Birthday
OPEN Mon Aug 1 from 10-5
CLOSED Tues Aug 2
OPEN Wed Aug 3 from 12-5
Please read the ENTIRE “your visit” page at our website www.winterpast.org which explains in great detail how to schedule a farm visit and what foods you can bring to feed all the animals.
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Love a goat…at Winterpast Farm petting zoo in Wake Forest NC. Sweet BETSY is on the left and FRANCES
on the right.
We have plenty of DEEP SHADE at Winterpast Farm so get outside and make some unique memories with your family and friends.
Winterpast Farm schedule:
OPEN Thurs July 28 from 10-5
OPEN Fri July 29 from 10-5
OPEN Sat July 30 from 10-5
CLOSED Sun July 31 for a Birthday
OPEN Mon Aug 1 from 10-5
CLOSED Tues Aug 2
OPEN Wed Aug 3 from 12-5
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All ages of baby bunny snugglers wanted at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. See if one of the month old baby Angora bunnies will fall asleep in your lap. If you are looking for truly unique selfies, Winterpast Farm is the perfect place!
Winterpast Farm schedule:
OPEN Fri July 29 from 10-5
OPEN Sat July 30 from 10-5
CLOSED Sun July 31 for a Birthday
OPEN Mon Aug 1 from 10-5
CLOSED Tues Aug 2
OPEN Wed Aug 3 from 12-5
CLOSED Thurs Aug 4
CLOSED Fri Aug 5
OPEN Sat Aug 6 from 10-5
OPEN Sun Aug 7 from 12-5
CLOSED Mon Aug 8
CLOSED Tues Aug 9
OPEN Wed Aug 10 from 10-5
CLOSED Thurs Aug 11
OPEN Fri Aug 12 from 12-5
OPEN Sat Aug 13 from 10-5
CLOSED Sun Aug 14
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Farmer Mary promised a young Birthday girl she could hold all four of our 32 days old baby bunnies today for the daily baby bunny photo. Well, Farmer Mary opened the hutch door to get the baby bunnies out and she found a nest of brand new baby bunnies just about an hour old!
The dad, named CINNABUN, had been present at the birth of the original four and apparently liked being a Dad so much he decided to try for more! Poor ELIZABETH the mom…the original four are now weaned and living in a separate pen while mama gets used to caring for newborns once again. CINNABUN is currently rented out to a family.
The young Birthday girl was very happy to help Farmer Mary with the here-we-go-again DAY 1 baby bunny photo!
Come see the babies at Winterpast Farm petting zoo in Wake Forest NC soon! We have plenty of deep shade for bunny snugglers.
Winterpast Farm schedule:
OPEN Fri July 29 from 10-5
OPEN Sat July 30
from 10-5
CLOSED Sun July 31 for a Birthday
OPEN Mon Aug 1 from 10-5
CLOSED Tues Aug 2
OPEN Wed Aug 3 from 12-5
CLOSED Thurs Aug 4
CLOSED Fri Aug 5
OPEN Sat Aug 6 from 10-5
OPEN Sun Aug 7 from 12-5
CLOSED Mon Aug 8
CLOSED Tues Aug 9
OPEN Wed Aug 10 from 10-5
CLOSED Thurs Aug 11
OPEN Fri Aug 12 from 12-5
OPEN Sat Aug 13 from 10-5
CLOSED Sun Aug 14
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