Classes and Special Events
See our current, upcoming, and past classes or special events below.
Learning About and Plant a Pollinator Garden
May 7 or 13
Pollinators are crucial to our environment. They travel from plant to plant spreading genetic material that is necessary for most flowering plants to reproduce. These same plants that pollinators visit are responsible for providing us with fruits, vegetables, and nuts and they also help to prevent soil erosion and so much more. Between 75% and 90% of all flowering plants on earth need help with pollination. Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals are pollinators, and they are threatened by a loss in their feeding and nesting habitats.
Kyra Etter from Franklinton, NC is working on her Gold Award Project for Girl Scouts and has put together a program for children to learn about pollinators while becoming a part of the solution to saving these important insects. Your 5 to 12 year olds are invited to attend a two-hour event at Two Dachshund Farm. They will learn about pollinators and their environment through fun games and activities. Then they will help create a new pollinator garden by planting some pollinator friendly plants. They will leave with a special patch recognizing their role in helping pollinators. They will also get their own seed packets and the knowledge to start a pollinator garden in their own backyard. Cost is $12 per child but donations for this Girl Scout project will also be greatly appreciated.
Two Dachshund Farm is a Fiber and Lavender Farm in Franklinton, NC with fiber animals such as llamas, Angora goats, sheep, and alpacas. Tours lasting approximately 45 minutes to meet the animals and learn about fiber farming will also be available before the Pollinator Events at $6 per person for anyone 3 years of age and older.
There are a few picnic tables available first come/first serve or you can bring your own blanket & chairs if you’d like to bring lunch.
Pollinator Event #1
Sunday May 7
2:00 to 4:00 (Limit 12 children)
(Tours of Two Dachshund Farm available before the event from 11:00 to noon and 1:00 to 2:00.)
Pollinator Event #2
Saturday May 13
10:00 to 12:00 (Limit 12 children)
(Tours of Two Dachshund Farm available after the event from 1:00 to 2:00 and 2:00 to 3:00.)
Pollinator Event #3
Saturday May 13
3:00 to 5:00 (Limit 12 children)
(Tours of Two Dachshund Farm available before the event from 1:00 to 2:00 and 2:00 to 3:00.)
Music with Miss Kasie
Tuesday, June 6
10:00 am
Toddlers and preschoolers are invited to join Miss Kasie on the farm for an exciting music and movement class! We will sing, dance, play instruments and read a story about different animals on the farm!
For additional fees you can register to visit the animals of Two Dachshund Farm and do a craft activity (paint your own egg shaker like you use in class).
Bring a picnic blanket, water, snacks, bug spray, and sunscreen.
Kasie Brooks received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education in 2009 from Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey. She began teaching music classes at neighborhood playgrounds in 2021 during the pandemic. She wanted to bring the community together safely through song and dance during such a difficult time! Before the start of Music with Miss Kasie, she was the director and founder of multiple community choirs based out of Wake Forest and previously served as the general music teacher and middle school choir director at Franklin Academy. Miss Kasie has two young children that love to sing all day long! She is so excited to sing, dance and make fun music with you on Two Dachshund Farm!
Music with Miss Kasie
Tuesday, June 6
10:00 to 10:30 (Limit 15 families)
$10.00 per family
(ages 2-5 but younger/older siblings welcome to join)
Optional:
1) Craft Activity: Paint an egg shaker
10:30 -10:45
$5.00 per child
Optional:
2) Meet the animals of Two Dachshund Farm
10:45 - 11:30
ages 3+ = $6 per person
