Class Trip/School Field Trips & Educational Farm Tours
Take learning outdoors at Bonnieheath Estate! Our working vineyard and lavender farm in Waterford, Norfolk County, offers a fun and educational field trip for schools, youth groups, homeschool families and community organizations.
Discover how lavender and grapes grow, why healthy soil matters, and how regenerative agriculture helps us care for the land.
What Will We Learn?
Our guided farm tour explores:
- Lavender & Pollinators: How lavender grows, why bees and butterflies matter, and how we use lavender from our fields.
- Grapes & Vineyards: How we grow wine grapes in Ontario and care for our vines throughout the seasons.
- Soil Health: The hidden world of beneficial bacteria, fungi and living organisms beneath our feet.
- Regenerative Agriculture: How we use compost teas, cover crops and natural farming practices to build healthier soil and avoid relying on pesticide sprays.
- Biodiversity: How plants, insects, birds and wildlife work together to create a healthy farm ecosystem.
How Your Visit Works
Your 75-minute visit begins at outside our Lavender Distillery, where one if our hosts will welcome your group.
We will lead a 15 to 30-minute educational tour. After that we provide everyone with a refreshing glass of our farm-grown lavender lemonade. The remaining time is yours to enjoy the property, explore with your group, take photographs or plan your own outdoor activities.
We have a standard visit schedule that works well for most groups, but we're happy to be flexible!
Make It Your Own
Would you like to spend more time on the farm? Is your class studying something specific, such as pollination, ecosystems, soil science, plant life cycles or sustainable farming?
Contact us before booking. We'll do our best to adjust the visit to suit your group's interests and learning goals.
Visit Details
- Total Visit: typically 75 minutes, including a 15 to 30-minute guided tour and free time.
- Group Size: Minimum 20 participants.
- Included: Educational farm tour, access to the designated visitor areas and one glass of lavender lemonade per person.
- Location: Bonnieheath Estate, Waterford, Norfolk County, Ontario.
We're a countryside school field trip destination for groups from Simcoe, Brantford, Woodstock, Tillsonburg, London, St. Thomas, Cambridge, Hamilton, Haldimand County and surrounding areas.
Booking Your Class Trip
Please contact us before booking to confirm staff availability. We offer a special $5 per-person rate to support outdoor learning for schools, youth organizations and community groups with an educational focus. Adult learning groups, including horticultural societies and seniors' organizations, are also welcome to request this rate.
This special rate is intended for organized educational visits rather than private social outings or general sightseeing. Please contact us before booking so we can confirm your group's eligibility, preferred date and staff availability.
Our online calendar lets you select your preferred visit date, but this date is tentative until our team confirms availability. We welcome special requests and will do our best to accommodate your group.
Click here for our policy on rescheduling your event.
WARNING: under Ontario law, an agritourism provider is not liable for the death or injury or illness of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if that injury or death or illness results from the inherent risks of that agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, but are not limited to, the risk of injury inherent to land, equipment and animals as well as the potential for you as a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity.