Join Gale Woods Farm staff to begin dreaming and preparing for your own backyard garden. This full day, hands-on workshop will offer best practices, helpful advice and tips to help you plan, plant and care for your own gardens. Choose your classes each session to build a personalized experience to fit your needs. SCHEDULE - 9:30–11:30 a.m. session: Introduction to Gardening 12:30–2 p.m. sessions: Planting the Past: Heirloom Gardening -Garden Planning for a Healthy Harvest 2–3:30 p.m. sessions: Backyard Fruit -Garden Q & A

Experience a weekend of cabins and ice fishing! Join instructors from the Outdoor Recreation School to try your luck at one of our regions' favorite winter pastimes with your family or friend group. Instruction, gear and lodging provided. Arrive Friday to settle into the cozy camper cabins and prep for fishing at Cedar Lake Farm Regional Park. Enjoy ample ice time and a community fish fry. Space is limited. Ages 10+. Cost $250 per cabin, with a maximum of four guests per cabin. Check-in is Friday, March 6 from 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Check-out is Sunday, March 8 from 1–2 p.m. All registered participants over the age of 15 must have a valid Minnesota fishing license. A list of cabin amenities and suggested things to bring will be sent out in the weeks leading up to your experience.

Join a Gale Woods farmer and learn best practices to raise your own chickens at home. We'll discuss legal requirements, coop designs, feed, breed selection, biosecurity and more. Take a tour of the chicken coops at Gale Woods and meet the chickens.

With a CSA share, you pay a one-time fee for weekly pickups from mid-June through mid-October (18 weeks). Shareholders select their own items every week at a market-style pick-up at the farm. Your pick-up day is the same each week; either Tuesdays from 3:30–6 p.m. or Saturdays from 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (one hour prior to the Saturday Market public opening). We don't offer partial shares, but you may split shares on your own.

After answering Acer Township’s call for help with a neighboring village attacking their farms, you discovered that the entire village looks to have been poisoned. You suspect you know the culprit but you have no proof. Jump into adventure along the banks of the Mississippi River, gather evidence by testing the river’s health, raft down the river itself and risk the possibility of nature fighting back. This camp will involve the playing of Dungeons and Dragons inside and doing activities outside.

Farm life is full of hidden lessons. With the natural world as our teacher, investigate our link to the land while caring for the animals and gardens, then harvest veggies, eggs and more to prepare your own farm fresh snacks. Foster respect for nature while gaining valuable skills through wilderness challenges like orienteering and fire building, culminating with an overnight camping adventure on Thursday. Pick up on Friday will be 11 a.m.

Venture through the marvels of the farm. Learn about the animals, prepare snacks straight from the gardens, and investigate the farm’s natural areas through insect hunts, art projects and games.

Discover the wonders of Gale Woods Farm! Sample tasty treats straight out of the gardens, meet the animals, explore the pastures and more. Learn through stories, songs and hands-on activities.

Explore the barn and beyond with hands-on activities, hikes and games. Each day we’ll trek to visit the animals, harvest from the gardens and uncover a new secret of life on the farm.

Journey through the farm to examine the connection between people, land and food. Each day a new mission awaits! Quests include farm chores, cooking snacks straight from the garden, farm crafts and exploring beyond the barn.

Experience the behind-the-scenes world of work on the farm. Gain valuable life skills as you learn the tricks of the trade and assist with daily animal and garden chores. Keep the animals, pastures and gardens thriving by working alongside farmers on a variety of farm projects.

Trace the route your food follows from our fields to your fork! Prepare fresh recipes with ingredients harvested directly out of the gardens and from the farm. Become stewards of the land as you learn what it takes to grow fruits and vegetables, and discover how milk, honey and other food make it to your dinner plate.

Join the Outdoor Recreation School to discover the rhythms and techniques of fly fishing. Learn about equipment, casting, shooting the line, fly types and presentation. Equipment and fishing license provided for class only. Please wear closed-toe shoes and if you’d like to get closer to the action shoes that can get wet and muddy or waders. Participants aged 11 and under must be accompanied by a registered adult.

Join us for a unique, in-depth experience that connects livestock care with fiber education from pasture to product. This immersive, four-part series follows the journey of a sheep from birth to adulthood. Participants will explore the life cycle of a lamb, gaining a deeper understanding of its growth, care and the development of its fleece. We'll culminate by attending our shearing event that will include a live demonstration, allowing students to observe and learn what happens to the wool through the steps of processing. Each session combines hands-on activities with guided discussion, weaving together animal husbandry with the science and art of wool. Meets Sundays 4/26, 6/28, 8/30, 10/25, and Saturday 11/21.

Step into the past at the Grimm Farm Historic Site to learn about life on a 19th century farm. Learn about the children of the Grimm family while helping with household chores like laundry and rug beating. Help with farm chores as we grind corn and care for the animals. Churn butter and enjoy homemade ice cream as we discover the Grimm family’s contributions to Minnesota’s dairy industry. Each day of camp meets at the Grimm Farm Historic Site in Carver Park Reserve.

Spring is the beginning of a new cycle on the farm. Work with Gale Woods farmers to care for lambs and chicks and learn what needs they have as the season progresses. Learn about the planning for pasture and crop rotation in our gardens. Create snacks with ingredients from the farm and dive into the food system.

Spring brings new life on the farm! Join us to discover the wonders of spring as we visit the greenhouses, prepare the gardens and welcome baby animals. Help the farmers with chores while you explore the farm through hikes, seasonal activities and games.

Get tips from a Gale Woods farmer and learn what you need to know about raising chickens at home. We'll discuss legal requirements, coop designs, feed, breed selection, biosecurity and more! Take a tour of the chicken coop at Gale Woods to get design ideas of your own.

Let’s get out our seed catalogs—it’s planning time! Dream up ways to enhance your garden by creating a vision board. Choose varieties based on your space, food preferences and providing habitat for our pollinator friends.

Help care for the animals and learn how farmers select, train and groom them. Campers will practice these skills with chickens, calves and sheep.

Minnesota has a long tradition of harvesting maple sap to produce sugar and syrup. Learn how the Dakota and Ojibwe have been harvesting maple sugar long before Europeans arrived. Tap trees, gather and boil sap, and see how to turn sap to syrup and even to sugar. Participants will leave with two bags, two bag holders (used) and two spiles to tap trees at home.

Join Outdoor Recreation School instructors for an exciting week of precision, skill and camaraderie. Discover the world of archery by shooting a compound bow, learning range safety and developing proper techniques. Get tips to shoot proficiently from varying distances. Discover primitive hunting techniques and challenge yourself with shooting games. Equipment provided.

Explore the 19th century wilderness and what life was like for early Minnesota explorers. Learn how to tie knots to build your shelter, start a fire without matches, and search for food and water. Discover advanced skills of map reading and using a bow and arrow.

Explore the 19th century wilderness and discover what life was like for early Minnesota settlers. Find the perfect spot to build a shelter, start a fire using flint and steel and set out in search of food. Practice animal tracking and learn the do's and don'ts of wild edibles.

Learn how to sew with a needle and thread, and make an outdoor fire and cook over it. Help with pioneer chores, games and crafts. Spend your days exploring the big woods and prairies just like Laura. One day will be spent at the historic Grimm Farmhouse in Carver Park Reserve. Extended care available for an additional $48; drop-off begins at 8:30 a.m. and pick-up ends at 5 p.m.

Straight from the beloved "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder and the stories of Minnesota's own Minnie Ellingson Tapping, we'll discover the lives of these two real children. Explore their childhood in the Big Woods, on prairie farms and in small towns. Make new friends as we attend a one room school and help with family chores. Activities include cooking and crafts, all in the 19th century setting and buildings of The Landing.

Walk in the bootsteps of a farmer to experience caring for the animals. Learn how we raise healthy livestock while you assist with chores and participate in hands-on activities to discover what each animal gives back to us.

Uncover the ins and outs of livestock health and management. Explore animal nutrition and husbandry. Investigate a farmer’s tools of the trade as you assist with daily livestock chores and basic care.

Join us to cook delicious treats using farm-fresh ingredients. Engage in a fun farm activity while our goodies bake in the oven. $10/person. Ages: 2-6 plus adult. Under 2 is free, but must register.

Discover the farm with your preschooler through outdoor guided exploration, farm activities, stories and play! $6/person. Ages 2-6 plus adult. Under is free but must register.

Learn how to turn a photo into a beautiful, one of a kind needle felted landscape using Gale Woods Farm's wool. Beginners Welcome!