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.
Please comment name ideas for this sweet pair of male Guinea pigs who moved to Winterpast Farm this week. Leave comment under same post at Winterpast Farm on FaceBook or winterpast_farm on Instagram.
🥰A great new farm volunteer gave them some cuddles this morning.
👍🏽Winterpast Farm currently offers:
1️⃣🐰🐓🐥🦚Meet/feed/pet former pet guinea pigs, bunnies, ducks, and all age chickens. Deep shade, bring dry oatmeal, cheerios, thinly sliced apples and carrots, greenbeans, romaine and parsley. $10/person cash only exact change please. We do not have animal food for sale currently. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time and how many people. Generally available 9-6 most nice days.
2️⃣🌲Forest Dog Private Dog Playground. 🐶Enjoy unleashed private play time with your dogs, family and friends in fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake. Forest hills, splash pad , toys, hammocks, agility equipment. $10/person. $10/dog. Second dog half price. Second hour half price. 🐶By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time and how many people, how many dogs.
3️⃣🏎️RC Car nature trails. $10/hr/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
4️⃣🌲Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, splashpad, zipline, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! $10/hour/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
5️⃣🥰🦮Golden Retrievers and Doodles breeding, puppy snuggling sessions, puppy parties, puppy date nights, puppy 🍷 evenings with NO painting 🎨involved, puppy ☕️ hours, puppy adoptions. We have NO puppies currently. Hoping for a litter of Goldens this Fall. Maybe Doodles too🤞🏽.
6️⃣🐰🐥🦔We have bunnies, guinea pigs, baby chicks and SONIC the hedgehog available to host in your home or classroom for a week. “Rent for a week and get over it” says Farmer Mary. Recycle existing pets!
👍🏽Farmer Mary has made ALOT of changes at Winterpast Farm after her sister decided to sell her half of the farm. 🙁We do NOT have goats or sheep or pigs or CLAIRE donkey or emu any more. BTW: Not a happy conversation topic here😥. Read old posts to learn more. #wintetpastfarm #guineapig #needsaname #newguys
All ages enjoy feeding the birds at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. Chickens 🐓 , ducks 🦆 and peacocks 🦚 will all eat nicely from your hands. They enjoy dry oatmeal, romaine lettuce 🥬 , blueberries 🫐 , raisins, plain cheerios, whole wheat ritz crackers. Bring some along next time you schedule a farm visit at Winterpast Farm.
👍🏽Winterpast Farm currently offers:
1️⃣🐰🐓🐥🦚Meet/feed/pet former pet guinea pigs, bunnies, ducks, 🐓🐥🐥🐥. 🌳Deep shade, bring dry oatmeal, cheerios, thinly sliced at🍎🥕, greenbeans, 🥬 and parsley. $10/person cash only exact change please. We do not have animal food for sale currently. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, time, how many people. Generally available 9-6 most nice days. By appointment only.
2️⃣🌲Forest Dog Private Dog Playground. 🐶Enjoy unleashed private play time with your dogs, family/friends in fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake. Forest hills, splash pad , toys, hammocks, agility equipment. $10/person. $10/dog. 2nd dog 1/2 price. 2nd hour 1/2 price. 🐶By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 ideal day, ideal time, how many people/dogs.
3️⃣🏎️RC Car nature trails. $10/hr/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
4️⃣🌲Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, splashpad, zipline, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! $10/hour/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
5️⃣🥰🦮Golden Retrievers and Doodles breeding, puppy snuggling sessions, puppy parties, puppy date nights, puppy 🍷 evenings with NO painting 🎨involved, puppy ☕️ hours, puppy adoptions. We have NO puppies currently. Hoping for a litter of Goldens this Fall.
6️⃣🐰🐥🦔Bunnies, guinea pigs, baby chicks and SONIC the hedgehog available to host in your home/classroom for a week.
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Bring YOUR dog on a “Snifari” soon at 🌲Forest Dog Private Playground at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC.
🐶Sniffing helps dogs interpret the world. It also activates and exercises the brain, similar to studying.
🐶They will greatly enjoy picking up information left by other dogs including Farmer Mary’s 5 dogs. (checking their wee-mails!).
🐶Great place for training without the usual distractions.
🐶Sniffing can be very calming for dogs. A meandering, sniff session releases mood-boosting chemicals in their brain. Like a yoga or meditation session for your pup.🧘🏽♂️
🐶Unleashed time and slower walks, where a dog can “stop and smell the flowers” can be more pleasurable for your dog. Generally humans are more about the destination, dogs more about the journey. Let your dog to take the lead and explore at their own pace.
🐶It can be frustrating when your dog wants to stop and sniff while going for walks. Dogs rushed along on walks without the opportunity to stop and sniff would be like you going to an art museum blindfolded with a friend who tugs you along.
🐶Did you know dogs have a highly developed sense of smell, with up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their nose, compared to only 6 million in humans?
🐶🐶Come and enjoy unleashed play time with your dogs, family and friends in our fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake.
🌲Forest Dog Private Playground is located at 12936 Ghoston Road. We have a private parking lot. You will enjoy full private access to the property for you, your dogs and your guests during your visit.
🎾INCLUDED: Tennis balls, tug toys in trees, dog agility equipment, hammocks, 🧺picnic tables, seating areas, variety of sunscreen & bug spray, clean bathroom in the parking lot and more. 💧Hose, water bowls, wading pool and 💦Splash pad‼️Suggestions very welcome as we hope to become a favorite dog destination🥰
📲TEXT Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to schedule your visit. OPEN most days 8-8. $10/person. $10/dog. 2nd dog 1/2price. 2nd hour 1/2 price. 🐕 🐶Exact change cash.
🦴Get your dog a name bone on our Forest Dog Friends display. #winterpastfarm #dog #forestdogprivateplayground
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🐐🐐The Farmer’s Daughter and Farmer Mary greatly enjoy providing service to their community along with the animals at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC.
☀️This morning they took two bunnies to Hilltop Home in Raleigh.🐰🐰This is sweet MARSHMALLOW and TUCEDO who are the children of OREO the lop eared bunny who was donated to Winterpast Farm along with her children. These two were adopted together and are much loved pets. They have been on a FarmStay vacation at Winterpast Farm while their humans are vacationing.
🏠🧑🦼➡️👩🏾🦽➡️🧑🏿🦽➡️This residential intermediate care facility is home for medically fragile kids with significant motor and cognitive disabilities.
🐐🦮🐰Farmer Mary and the Farmers Daughter have taken baby goats, Golden Retriever puppies, guinea pigs and bunnies visits to Hilltop Home. Maybe next time we will take some quacky ducks!
👍🏽If YOU have any sweet animals and would like to volunteer to take them for a brief visit with these children who really need some outside enrichment please Farmer Mary who will put you in touch with the Director. A visit like that sure puts things in perspective.
🥰Seeing the really serious lifelong disabilites these children live with and meeting the very kind caring staff was a great way for Farmer Mary to spend the morning away from her own current troubles at Winterpast Farm.
👩🏼🌾And a great chance to remind the Farmer’s Daughter, who was living in a special needs orphanage in Russia 🇷🇺before Farmer Mary adopted her at age 7, that there are children with MUCH more serious disabilities than her own. #blessedlife #winterpastfarm #hilltophouse #volunteer #bunnies
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🍩Doughnut 🍩Selfies🍩 at 🌳Forest Child Private Playground at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC🍩‼️Come get one soon‼️
🌲Forest Child Private Playground is open now at Winterpast Farm‼️
🌳⏲️We have a great mud kitchen still under construction, lots of hammocks, 🧺picnic tables, climbing ropes, splashpad💦, zipline (parental involvement with this activity please!) , big black tubes to roll up and down the hills. Try being a hamster and make it roll‼️
🌲🌳Four acres of deeply shaded hills to run and play outdoors. Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! $10/hour/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to schedule your visit.
🐶Bring your dog/s along‼️🐶Enjoy unleashed private play time with your dogs, family and friends in our fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake. Forest hills, splash pad , toys, hammocks, agility equipment. $10/one dog. Half price for second. Or, Farmer Mary’s VERY sweet dogs can join you there‼️
🥰Thank you for supporting a small local farm family animal rescue. #winterpastfarm #wakeforestnc #privateplayground #forestchildprivateplayground #forestdogprivateplayground #ncoutdoors #raleighmoms #trianglefamily #trianglekids #trianglemoms #durhammoms #raleighdogs #raleighfamilyadventure #raleighdurham #wakeforestmoms #wakeforestfamily #triangleoutdoors #nature #trees #farmermary #naturewalk #triangleoutdoors #doughnut #selfies #mudkitchen #raleighfamilyadventure
🌧️🐰Farmer Mary is getting the bunnies and guinea pigs moved into her garage at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. This will protect them from Tropical Storm Debby. Do you see any of YOUR favorites?
🌧️Usually with rain the outdoor hutches are covered with tarps and if it’s windy Farmer Mary adds bungee cords, but super heavy rain plus wind means moving everyone to safety. We always have empty clean cages ready in the garage for the number of small caged animals we have living outdoors. These garage cages are also used during the coldest nights in winter.
🐰Right now quite a few bunnies and guinea pigs are being hosted in local homes so there weren’t many to move. 🐰🐰🐰Three bunnies who have been adopted from Winterpast are here on their Farmstay vacation while their humans are traveling. 🐇FERGUS is here and OREO Lop’s two children 🐰🐰are also here for a week. 🤞🏽Fingers crossed the storm passes by and doesn’t cause major damage at Winterpast.
Winterpast Farm is CLOSED TODAY and probably closed for the next few very rainy days. Farmer Mary will post updates.
🌈On a sad note sweet beloved MR BROWN the guinea pig has crossed the rainbow bridge last night. He will be buried on blueberry hill just past the pond at Winterpast. MR BROWN has many fans and we will miss him dearly. #rip
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🌲Forest Child Private Playground is open now at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC‼️ Farmer Mary is constructing a Mud Kitchen. Please feel free to donate excess children sized kitchen items. Ideas welcome.
🌳⏲️We have a great mud kitchen under construction, lots of hammocks, 🧺picnic tables, climbing ropes, splashpad💦, zipline (parental involvement with this activity please!) , big black tubes to roll up and down the hills. Try being a hamster and make it roll!
🌲🌳Four acres of deeply shaded hills to run and play outdoors. Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome!
🐶Bring your dog/s along‼️🐶Enjoy unleashed private play time with your dogs, family and friends in our fully fenced 4 acres near Falls Lake. Forest hills, splash pad , toys, hammocks, agility equipment. $10/one dog. Half price for second. Or, Farmer Mary’s VERY sweet dogs can join you there‼️
$10/hour/person. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to schedule your visit. Thank you for supporting a small local farm family animal rescue. #winterpastfarm #wakeforest #privateplayground #getoutdoors #forestchildprivateplayground #forestdogprivateplayground #dogs #ncoutdoors #raleighmoms #trianglefamily #trianglekids #trianglemoms #durhammoms #raleighdogs #raleighfamilyadventure #raleighdurham #wakeforestmoms #wakeforestfamily #triangleoutdoors
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