Queens County Farm offers a weekend of ‘Foraging,
Fibers & Food’ for children and families in Floral Park
BY JENNA BAGCAL
The Queens County Farm
Museum is offering kids the
opportunity to “create, imagine
and explore” during a
fun-filled long weekend.
From Feb. 19 to 21, kids
can participate in Junior
Makers Staycation: Foraging,
Fibers & Food, which incorporates
science, technology,
engineering and math
(STEM) learning objectives.
The three-day program runs
each day from noon to 3 p.m.
for kids ages 2 to 12.
“Junior Makers” will get
the opportunity to churn
fresh butter, create pieces
from natural materials, learn
to spin sheep’s wool into yarn
and even get the chance to
play with their food. Each
day of the program offers
a unique schedule, which
includes a farm-wide scavenger
hunt (foraging), connecting
to the farm’s natural
resources (fibers) and creating
fruit and vegetable sculptures
(food).
Kids and their families can
also meet and feed the farm’s
menagerie of alpacas, sheep,
goats and steer. Afterward,
visitors can stop by the farm
store and purchase games,
toys and unique Queens-made
items like Queens Farm herbal
teas and woven scarves and
yarn from the farm’s flock of
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heritage Cotswold sheep.
Parents can sign their kids
up for one day or all three.
Advance tickets for Foraging,
Fibers & Food are $10 at
queensfarm.org and adults
are free with a participating
child ages 2 and up. Those
interested can also purchase
door tickets for $15 each.
Photos courtesy of Queens County Farm Museum
Group visits require advance
registration and group
admission fees apply.
The event takes place at
the Queens County Farm
Museum at 73-50 Little Neck
Pkwy. in Floral Park. There
is neighborhood parking for
those traveling via car and
bicycle racks are available on
site. The venue’s grounds are
ADA accessible.
For more information,
visit queensfarm.org or call
718-347-3276.
Reach reporter Jenna Bagcal
by e-mail at jbagcal@qns.
com or by phone at (718) 260-
2583.
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