The Farm Field Trip Experience
Plan your New Jersey farm field trip to Johnson’s Locust Hall Farm for educational fun and a hands on farm experience! All tours include a hayride, picking of the seasonal crops and containers to take them home, use of our picnic area, animal feeding and play time in the Animal Farm & education farming lesson.
Current Farm Field Trip Seasons
We are currently planning our spring field trip schedule for local schools. Spots fill up fast, so sign up today to secure your classroom’s trip!
We also offer a wide variety of activities in the summer, fall, and winter seasons. Teachers, parents, and children alike love visiting Johnson’s Locust Hall Farm for a class trip.
Below, you will find a chart of farm tour field trips and dates that are available this season. Further down the page is the explanation of each tour.
Apple Picking Hayride
Our apple orchard yields thousands of ripe delicious apples each fall, with several varieties. This fall field trip tour includes a hayride to the apple orchard where the apples await you. A farmer will share with you how we care for our apple trees and how to properly pick apples in New Jersey. Each person will get to pick a ¼ peck bag of apples to take home.
Pumpkin Picking
Our fields burst with pumpkins in the middle of September until October 31st. This is our longest running and most popular farm field trip. You enter into a bountiful beauty of color as you pick pumpkins right from the vine.
Deluxe Apple & Pumpkin Picking Hayride
Combine these two crops for a full FALL on the farm experience. If one crop is not enough for your group why not do both? Learn how both grow and how to harvest while everyone enjoys the scenic hayride around the farm.
Strawberry Picking Hayride
Our first big crop of the season, mouth watering strawberries. This farm field trip tour includes a hayride to the strawberry patch where a farmer will share with you how we care for our berries and how to properly pick them. Each person will get to pick 1 quart of strawberries to take home.
Summer Picking Hayride
Our summer harvest offers an assortment of picking options. Select one crop or two for a deluxe picking experience. Blackberries, peaches, and cherry tomatoes are available throughout the warmer months. Picking quantities depend on which crop and whether single or deluxe.
Deluxe Apple & Pumpkin Picking Hayride
Combine these two crops for a full FALL on the farm experience. If one crop is not enough for your group why not do both? Learn how both grow and how to harvest while everyone enjoys the scenic hayride around the farm.
Below you will find a chart of Farm tours and dates that are available this season. Further down the page is the explanation of each tour.
| Picking Options | Dates |
| Strawberry Picking Hayride (1 quart per person) |
Mid May to Mid June |
| Summer Picking Hayride (Select Single Crop, or Deluxe 2 Crop if available. 1 pint of Blackberries / 1 pint of Tomatoes/ 1/4 peck of peaches) |
Mid June to Late Aug. |
| Apple OR Pumpkin Picking Hayride (1/4 peck bag /4 apples per person OR 1 small pumpkin per person) Deluxe Apple/Pumpkin Picking Hayride |
Mid Sept. to Late Oct. |
| Deluxe Late Fall Picking Hayride (4 ears of popcorn) & Indian Corn, broccoli, OR kale |
Nov 1. to Late Nov. |
Costs:
- $15.00 per person for the Single Picking Hayride Field Trip
- $17.00 per person for the Deluxe 2 Crop Picking Hayride Field Trip
- There is a minimum of 25 people to make a reservation & available Weekdays ONLY