WINTERPAST FARM is……..a place to be outdoors with family and friends. The address is 12936 Ghoston Road, Wake Forest NC 27587. Located near Falls Lake at the end of Six Forks Road at Highway 98.
*NOTE: Read “your visit” at www.winterpast.org all about making an appointment to visit the farm. Open dates and times, which vary greatly, are regularly updated at the farm FB page and website. Do not just drop by.
Lots of new birthday pics at the bottom of this post! PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST INSTEAD OF CALLING WITH QUESTIONS THAT ARE ALL ANSWERED HERE. This same information applies to corporate events, neighborhood events, school events etc. Price can occasionally be lowered for churches and schools and for weekday or multi-hour events. FARM BIRTHDAY PARTIES are for all ages at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest, North Carolina. This ten acre fully fenced family...
Did you know you can host a pet from Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest North Carolina? For $50 you get the animal, cage, feed and everything you need for a week long educational animal experience. (Most bunny and guinea pig hosting opportunities are for a week but it can be fewer days for the same $50 price.) This $50 price is for bunnies, guinea pigs and groups of chicks and ducklings. Goat and lamb and hedgehog hosting is also $50 but by the...
Winterpast Farm has hosted pre-schools, Scout goups, Mom groups, Homeschooler groups and public school groups. One time we had 150 second graders here! Farmer Mary hired a few farmer and a forestor friend to help that time! There is plenty of parking and school buses can get in and out easily.
2017 The animals of Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo drew record crowds tonight (Dec 23) at the second night of Live Nativity at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh. Tonight Farmer Mary went with an all white theme with sheep CHARLIE BROWN and his pregnant wife, CINDY LOU and goats THOMAS and his pregnant wife, BUTTERCUP. MABEL and CLAIRE the mini donkeys stay all three nights in the barn but Farmer Mary picks a pair of goats and pair of sheep to accompany...
For, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds has come.
How to cut a carrot for feeding the animals at Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC.🥕🔪
🐑🐖Winterpast Farm will be OPEN FRIDAY for visits 10-5.🐷Please text Farmer Mary how many people to expect at what time. Please look at the posted schedule before asking to visit. On Farmer Mary’s days posted closed she gets a huge number of requests to visit. Just check the posted open days and hours before making a request.
👍🏽PLEASE read the entire “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org to learn how to schedule a farm visit, admission price (cash only) and list of food you can bring to feed all the animals. We also usually have animal food for sale($5)
🐥Help (for free‼️) by commenting on or sharing Farmer Mary’s posts on Instagram and at Winterpast Farm on Facebook. Farmer Mary CANNOT afford to pay to promote her posts to her own followers‼️
👍🏽Volunteer at Winterpast Farm. Read more at the Volunteer pages at winterpast.org.
Winterpast Farm Schedule:
Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar 24 OPEN 10-5
Sat Mar 25 OPEN 10-5(if no rain-check 8am posted weather update)
Sun Mar 26 OPEN 12-5
Mon Mar 27 OPEN 10-5
Tie/Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar 31 OPEN 10-5
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🐐🍺Baby goats and Beer at Trophy on Maywood today in downtown Raleigh! Farmer Mary took all five baby goats along from 12-4.
👍🏽Thank you for supporting our small local farm family animal rescue. And for supporting a great local brewery.🍺
📸Those who got a baby goat 🐐selfie WITH Farmer Mary today can show it at the gate of Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC for a half price admission the next time you visit the farm‼️
🐷PLEASE read the entire “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org to learn how to schedule a farm visit, admission price (cash only) and list of food you can bring to feed all the animals. We also usually have animal food for sale($5)
🐥Help (for free‼️) by commenting on or sharing Farmer Mary’s posts on Instagram and at Winterpast Farm on Facebook. Farmer Mary CANNOT afford to pay to promote her posts to her own followers‼️
👍🏽Volunteer at Winterpast Farm. Read more at the Volunteer pages at winterpast.org.
Winterpast Farm Schedule:
Sat Mar 18 CLOSED-🐐Farmer Mary and her baby goats will be at Trophy on Maywood (656 Maywood Avenue, Raleigh)12-3. Join us!🐐🍺
Sun Mar 19 OPEN 12-5
Mon Mar 20 OPEN 10-5
Tues/Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar 24 OPEN 10-5
🌧Rain is closing Winterpast Farm today. Come visit on a nicer day. We were lucky to have. Bog Field Trip group of over 100 First Graders enjoy the farm this morning before it began to rain .🌳Get outside soon and enjoy the company of nice animals. Help support your local small family farm animal rescue.
Regular farm admission applies. 🐖Please read the “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org. 🐑🐐Make plans to come and get a fun selfie with our cute baby goats and lambs.
👍🏽Please SHARE with all your animal loving friends.
🎁For animal lovers, Here’s a link to Farmer Mary’s Amazon Wish:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3WR1X7DPUAW6?ref_=wl_share
🐷PLEASE read the entire “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org to learn how to schedule a farm visit, admission price (cash only) and list of food you can bring to feed all the animals. We also usually have animal food for sale($5)
🐥Help (for free‼️) by commenting on or sharing Farmer Mary’s posts on Instagram and at Winterpast Farm on Facebook. Farmer Mary CANNOT afford to pay to promote her posts to her own followers‼️
❤️Thank you for supporting our small local farm family animal rescue.
👍🏽Volunteer at Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC. Read more at the Volunteer pages at winterpast.org.
Winterpast Farm Schedule:
Fri Mar 17 CLOSED/RAIN🙁🌧
Sat Mar 18 CLOSED-🐐Farmer Mary and her baby goats will be at Trophy on Maywood (656 Maywood Avenue, Raleigh)12-3. Join us!🐐🍺
Sun Mar 19 OPEN 12-5
Mon Mar 20 OPEN 10-5
Tues/Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar 24 OPEN 10-5
🍀🐐Wear green and snuggle baby goats and lambs this Friday on Saint Patrick’s Day ☘️at Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC‼️ OPEN for visits 1-5 after a private morning field trip. Wear green✅ Bring green food to feed the animals🍀🍉🥝🥦🥗🥒🍏🥬🍐🫑
🌳Get outside and enjoy the company of nice animals. Help support your locsl smal family farm animal rescue.
Regular farm admission applies. 🐖Please read the “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org. 🐑🐐Make plans to come and get a fun selfie with our cute baby goats and lambs.
👍🏽Please SHARE with all your animal loving friends.
🎁For animal lovers, Here’s a link to Farmer Mary’s Amazon Wish:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3WR1X7DPUAW6?ref_=wl_share
🦚Please DO NOT turn down Farmer neighbors private road when your GPS says to‼️
🐷PLEASE read the entire “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org to learn how to schedule a farm visit, admission price (cash only) and list of food you can bring to feed all the animals. We also usually have animal food for sale($5)
🐥Help (for free‼️) by commenting on or sharing Farmer Mary’s posts on Instagram and at Winterpast Farm on Facebook. Farmer Mary CANNOT afford to pay to promote her posts to her own followers‼️
❤️Thank you for supporting our small local farm family animal rescue.
👧🏿👨🏽🦱👵🏼 We need volunteers year round. Teens can earn Community Service hours here. Please read the “Volunteer” section at winterpast.org.
Winterpast Farm Schedule:
Thur Mar 16 CLOSED
Fri Mar 17 🍀OPEN 1-5 after a morning school Field Trip
Sat Mar 18 CLOSED-🐐Farmer Mary and her baby goats will be at Trophy on Maywood (656 Maywood Avenue, Raleigh)12-3. Join us!🐐
Sun Mar 19 OPEN 12-5
Mon Mar 20 OPEN 10-5
Tues/Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar OPEN 10-5
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🥕🍎Farmer Mary’s tutorial on cutting food small enough to feed animals at Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC. Some cages have very small openings and it is annoying to have food that won’t fit. This frenchfry size also won’t choke any of the animals.
Favorite foods:
🥬Romaine lettuce
🍇grapes
Whole wheat saltines or ritz
Plain cheerios
Old fashioned dry oatmeal
🍌bananas-even chickens will peck at the soft part. The goats and bunnies love the skins.The riper the better!
🍎The animals prefer all the yellow or pink softer apples rather than harder Red Delicious or Granny Smith.
🫑Bell peppers-animals seem to prefer the yellow, orange or red over green. Smaller peppers can be cut into very thin strips.
🍠🍐🥦Frenchfry size or matchstick for sweet potatoes, pears, brocolli (especially the harder stems). Some chickens will happily peck at the broccoli florets if held firmly.
🌽Corn on the cob is popular. The outer husk can be offered to goats, sheep, bunnies and guinea pigs. No one eats the “silk”. The corn cob can be held out firmly for birds to peck at. The cob can be offered (while held tightly) to the donkey or pigs to bite a piece. Some guinea pigs may be interested if you hold the cob close enough to their cage for them to nibble.
🍉cut small strips or hold out a half to an emu. Smash a whole one over the fence‼️
🔴⚫️🔵🟣Please don’t cut any food into circles which are choking hazards.
🌱Bring fresh grass clippings, glop left over from juicing, ivy clippings,vines or produce from home gardens, dandelion plants, chickweed, clover.☘️
In the Fall donate any uncut pumpkins and gourds. All the animals love to eat them ‼️
🍂🍁We love donated bags of dry leaves in the Fall which some of the animals eat and Farmer Mary also uses as bedding in cages and out in the barn.
🍞🫓A small amount of bread, preferably whole wheat, can be brought or donated. Please cut bread slices into thin strips and tortillas or other items into very thin strips. Please don’t feed bread (or crackers) to the dogs‼️
❤️Thank you for supporting a small local farm family animal rescue.❤️
A new baby lamb for SUGAR the Shetland sheep at Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC‼️Farmer Mary was out in the old barn tobacco barn earlier checking to see if the change in weather had brought on any births. The sheep were all missing and Farmer Mary wondered if SUGAR was out in the forest giving birth. Two of the teen volunteers who are hanging around hoping to watch LIZZIE LOU the Goldendoodle give birth went out to go look around the pasture and forest. They discovered a freshly birthed lamb.❤️🐑 Farmer Mary took some food out for SUGAR.
🌧Rain (and snow!)has closed Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC today. Please schedule a visit on a nicer day.
🐐🐖🐑Please read “Your Visit” at winterpast.org. Come get a fun selfie with our baby goats and lambs.🦚🦔🐖🐏🦃🐇🐐🐓
👍🏽Please SHARE with all your animal loving friends.
🎁For animal lovers, Here’s a link to Farmer Mary’s Amazon Wish:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3WR1X7DPUAW6?ref_=wl_share
🦚Please DO NOT turn down Farmer neighbors private road when your GPS says to‼️
🐷PLEASE read the entire “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org to learn how to schedule a farm visit, admission price (cash only) and list of food you can bring to feed all the animals. We also usually have animal food for sale($5)
🐥Help (for free‼️) by commenting on or sharing Farmer Mary’s posts on Instagram and at Winterpast Farm on Facebook. Farmer Mary CANNOT afford to pay to promote her posts to her own followers‼️
❤️Thank you for supporting our small local farm family animal rescue.
👧🏿👨🏽🦱👵🏼 We need volunteers year round. Teens can earn Community Service hours here. Please read the “Volunteer” section at winterpast.org.
Winterpast Farm Schedule:
Sun Mar 12 CLOSED🌧❄️
Mon Mar 13 CLOSED/School Field Trip
Tues/Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar 17 OPEN 1-5 after a morning school Field Trip
Sat Mar 18 CLOSED-🐐Farmer Mary and her baby goats will be at Trophy on Maywood (656 Maywood Avenue, Raleigh)12-3. Join us!🐐
#winterpastfarm #wakeforestnc #pettingzoo #animalrescue #animals #farm #getoutside #raleighmoms #durhammoms #carymoms #wakeforestmoms #trianglefamily #farmermary #farmher #ncagritourism
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🌧Rain (and snow!) has closed Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest NC today. Please schedule a visit on a nicer day.
🐐🐖🐑Please read “Your Visit” at winterpast.org. Come get a fun selfie with our baby goats and lambs.🦚🦔🐖🐏🦃🐇🐐🐓
👍🏽Please SHARE with all your animal loving friends.
🎁For animal lovers, Here’s a link to Farmer Mary’s Amazon Wish:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3WR1X7DPUAW6?ref_=wl_share
🦚Please DO NOT turn down Farmer neighbors private road when your GPS says to‼️
🐷PLEASE read the entire “Your Visit” section at winterpast.org to learn how to schedule a farm visit, admission price (cash only) and list of food you can bring to feed all the animals. We also usually have animal food for sale($5)
🐥Help (for free‼️) by commenting on or sharing Farmer Mary’s posts on Instagram and at Winterpast Farm on Facebook. Farmer Mary CANNOT afford to pay to promote her posts to her own followers‼️
❤️Thank you for supporting our small local farm family animal rescue.
👧🏿👨🏽🦱👵🏼 We need volunteers year round. Teens can earn Community Service hours here. Please read the “Volunteer” section at winterpast.org.
Winterpast Farm Schedule:
Sun Mar 12 CLOSED🌧❄️
Mon Mar 13 CLOSED/School Field Trip
Tues/Wed/Thu CLOSED
Fri Mar 17 OPEN 1-5 after a morning school Field Trip
Sat Mar 18 CLOSED-🐐Farmer Mary and her baby goats will be at Trophy on Maywood (656 Maywood Avenue, Raleigh)12-3. Join us!🐐
#winterpastfarm #wakeforestnc #pettingzoo #animalrescue #animals #farm #getoutside #raleighmoms #durhammoms #carymoms #wakeforestmoms #trianglefamily #farmermary #farmher #ncagritourism
#comevisit
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