🌾 Welcome to The Shire: Farm Adventures & Private Animal Experiences 🌾
Trade the busy outside world for a touch of farm magic! Whether you’re joining us for our festive holiday event or booking an exclusive bottle-feeding session, bring your little hobbits out to meet our animals and create unforgettable memories close to home. 🧙♂️
🎟️ Choose Your Experience
1. Mini Shire’s Autumn Harvest & Pumpkin Paint with our Famous Petting Zoo.
A few weekends in October. Intimate, stress-free fall weekends with the animals. Limited to just 6 families per hour.
Come Paint a Pumpkin at the Farm. Includes paint and 1 pumpkin. Additional available for purchase.
Full Petting Zoo Access Included: Cuddle and brush Dolly & Posey (fluffy Mini Highlands!) and other fluffy cows, Mac our baby Yak, Casper, new babies Scotty and Spock (Nigerian Dwarf goats), and Marco (Babydoll Southdown sheep). 🐮🐐🐑
Fence-Line Herd Tour: Feed Mini Herefords, Angora Goats, the Babydoll flock, dairy Jerseys, and Rooty (our Jersey/Brahman star!). 🌟
Pass Details: Covers 2 Adults + up to 3 Kids (under 2 FREE). Additional guests are $10 each.
Parking: Includes 1 vehicle per pass due to limited farm space ($10 per extra vehicle).
Farm Stand Add-On: $5 Cow or Goat/Sheep Treat Buckets available at arrival!
2. Exclusive VIP Bottle-Feedings
Choose from: Mac, the baby Yak, Cheese, the Jersey calf , or a Nigerian Dwarf Goats.
(Available through October | Only 1 Slot Daily per animal! 🍼
20-Minute Private Session: Just your family hand-feeding baby Mac and/or Cheese his daily bottle, snapping photos, and getting exclusive snuggle time! 🦬
Want double the fun? Book back to back sessions with different animals!!
Private Focus: This focused experience is strictly a 1-on-1 bottle session with one of our babies (does not include general petting zoo access).
Pass Details: Covers 2 Adults + up to 3 Kids (under 2 FREE). Additional guests are $10 each. No extra parking fees!
(Note: This focused experience is strictly a private bottle feeding & cuddle session with the chosen animal, and does not include general petting zoo access).
3. VIP Mini Highland Cuddle Session
Available Daily | Only 2 Slot Available Per Day! 🐮
Step into the pasture for the ultimate Shire photo & cuddle experience! Spend 30 private, uninterrupted minutes with one of our famous fluffy Mini Highland, Dolly or Posey. Brushes are provided so your family can pamper, hug, and cuddle the fluffiest cow in the realm!
Private 1-on-1 Access: Just your family inside the cuddle pen for 30 minutes of brushing, hugs, and photo ops. No professional photographers please.
Pass Details: Covers 2 Adults + up to 3 Children (2+). Kids under 2 are FREE. Additional guests are $10 each (no extra parking fees!).
Special Add-On: Double the Fluff (+ $40): Want both Dolly & Posey in your session? Select the two-cow option at checkout to bring our pair of fluffy best friends into the pen together for double the cuddles and photos! 🐮🐮
Farm Stand Add-On: Grab a $5 Cow Treat Bucket at arrival for hand-feeding during your session!
(Note: This focused experience is strictly a private cuddle session with the Mini Highlands and does not include general petting zoo access).
The Shire Pantry & Provisions 🛒
Stock your homestead kitchen while you're here! We offer local, ethically raised farm goods for call-ahead pickup or fresh off the shelf at our Farm Stand:
🥩 Locker Meats (Call-Ahead Pickup): Pasture-raised chicken, locker beef, and specialty milk-fed Meishan heritage pork.
🧺 The Farm Stand: Fresh farm eggs, artisan bread, raw honey, local wool, and hand-crafted farm goodies.
🥛 A2/A2 Herdshare: Ask us about signing up for our fresh A2/A2 dairy herdshare program! Farm Pickup, or possible Ashland Drop Point coming soon!!
🧭 Important Journey Notes
Timing: Your booking time marks the exact start of your private appointment with Mac. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your slot!
Crowd-Free Guarantee: All bookings are strictly scheduled to keep the farm peaceful, intimate, and safe for both your family and our animals.
Visits Are Strictly By Appointment Only — No Walk-Ups Permitted
To keep the farm calm for our animals and ensure every guest gets a peaceful, crowd-free experience, all visits must be booked in advance. Our events are seasonal and limited based on farm workflow. If a date or time slot is not visible on the calendar below, we are fully booked or closed for the season. Thank you for respecting our working farm!
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Are strollers and wheelchairs allowed? Yes! Farm pathways consist of packed gravel and bark chips, so all-terrain or jogger strollers work best. Please note that entering the Farm Stand requires stepping up one small step.
Are there bathrooms on site? We do not have public restrooms on farm grounds, so we strongly recommend taking a quick bathroom break with the kids before leaving home!
What about weather, heat, and shade? Our open pastures offer limited shade, so we encourage bringing sun hats, umbrellas, and cold water! We continuously monitor summer temperatures to ensure our guests and animals remain safe. If extreme heat requires us to adjust hours, we will contact you directly to reschedule.
Can we bring our dog or other pets? Please leave all outside animals at home. To keep our mini herds and your pets safe and calm, outside animals are strictly prohibited on farm grounds.
Can we reschedule or cancel our booking? Yes! You can reschedule or cancel your time slot up to 48 hours in advancedirectly through your Acuity confirmation email. Cancellations made within 48 hours of your scheduled time are non-refundable.