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Beacon Hill Children's Farm

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Beacon Hill Children's Farm

www.beaconhillchildrensfarm.ca Our goal is to help children develop a respect for animals that will remain with them for life. Enjoy your visit!

The Beacon Hill Children’s Farm, located within beautiful Beacon Hill Park of Victoria, B.C., is pleased to bring the farm animal experience into the city. Operated since 1985 by the Koenders family in conjunction with the Beacon Hill Farm Society, the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm takes pride in providing both an educational and economical form of entertainment for the whole family. The hands-on ex

perience, particularly with the most popular feature that is the goat petting area, encourages children be compassionate toward living creatures.

11/01/2024

Witching everyone a happy and safe Halloween!

Please keep in mind that we get really scared of the fireworks.

10/14/2024

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving from our barns into your homes. ❤️🍁❤️

Today is the last day of our farm season 2024 - and there is lots to be grateful for.
We are saying THANK YOU
- for having the privilege of sharing our lives and work with these precious animals, for their patience, their kindness, their trust, their unique personalities and for everything they teach us every single day ❤️
- for so many helping hands from our divers pool of volunteers: such a unique group of people with so many different skills, abilities and talents ❤️
- for the supportive community surrounding us and the beautiful park we work in ❤️
- for all the regular and new farm visitors and animal enthusiasts, their interest in the animals, their care and life at the farm ❤️
- for every smile and kind word shared (especially on some of the more difficult and sad days) ❤️
- for a strong, passionate and dedicated farm team (new and old members) as well as for all the many little tasks that are taken care of in the background, seemingly unseen but never overlooked ❤️
- for the many memories made together. Let’s keep them in our heart forever and we are looking forward to making many more next season ❤️

Thank you

10/12/2024

The countdown is on:
These are the last days of this season to get some animal visits in.
Goat stampede tonight at 4:10pm.

And then there are just 2 more days to visit.
Last days of farm season 2024 is Thanksgiving Monday, October 14th.

10/10/2024

On an adventure 🦆

10/09/2024

Goat cuddles on a rainy day ❤️

09/26/2024

At the end of yesterday’s rainy day was this beautiful bright and colourful rainbow.

The farm is open again today!

09/25/2024

Rainy day and the farm is closed for the rest of the day.
Everyone is hunkered down in side, cuddled up and cozy.
Our “guard cat” Elsie is manning the front gate for now.

09/25/2024

Due to the rain we are closing today, hopefully we will see you tomorrow 😩

09/24/2024

Misty morning at the farm while the animals had their breakfast.

09/22/2024

Today would have been the 25th birthday of our oldest goat ever, our sweet girl Peggy.

Peggy lived from 1999 till 2017 here at the farm and during those 18 years she had made many two and four legged friends. She was a very special goat, a great mother, good friend, always loyal, with a truly big heart and gentle soul.
Even though we got to spent a lot of time with Peg - more than with any other goat before - it still seemed too short and she will be missed forever.

We are holding the many memories we’ve made together so very dearly and Peggy will always have a special place in our hearts.
And Peg has also left her legacy in our goat herd as her offsprings are living here with us and through all of them Peggy’s spirit lives on.

09/12/2024

What a beautiful fall day to be out and about!
Everyone just enjoys these sunny warm days at the farm.

09/06/2024

Just chilling together ❤️

09/03/2024

It’s fall at the farm 🍃🍁🍂
From today on we are open daily (weather permitting) from 10am to 4pm.
Daily goat stampedes at 10:10am and 4:10pm.

The last day for this season will be Thanksgiving Monday- that still leaves several more weeks to visit the farm and have a goat time with the animals.

08/29/2024

There are still a few days of summer ahead of us and for those the farm will be open to visitors every day from 10am to 5pm (including through the long weekend).
Daily goat stampedes 10:10am and 5:10pm.

After Labour Day (starting Tuesday September 3rd) the farm will go back to our shorter fall hours -which means that we’ll be closing at 4pm every day then.

08/08/2024

„Mama Hen‘s“ little chicks are growing up so quickly.
And they are turning into some really fancy chickens!

08/03/2024

Our gentleman Osmond 🦙 is hoping for a second breakfast - or a stroll through the farm.

The farm is open every day though the long weekend from 10 am to 5 pm.
Enjoy the long weekend with this gorgeous weather.

08/01/2024

Don’t they just look like siblings- but in reality they are not related at all!?

Do you know who is who???
Waiting for the right guess.

07/18/2024

Tinkerbell gave us a little surprise Monday night.
Great job mum ❤️
Welcome little one ❤️

07/07/2024

Happy Pride

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍

07/01/2024

Happy Long Weekend!

06/26/2024

To our special lady Peanut Butter:

„Happy Birthday in horse heaven, old friend. In our memory you are still here- and in our hearts this will be forever your home! ❤️
Run free, wild and happy, little great lady.“

06/22/2024

Exactly one week ago first time goat mum Lemon Sorbet gave birth to two precious little boys.

And then on Sunday night we could welcome another new arrival as our goat Cookies&Cream gave birth to a beautiful little girl. We are still getting to know them , and trying to find the right name for them all.

Mums and kids are all doing well and while the babies are very bravely exploring this big new world, both mums need time to grow into their new role as mother and learn to deal with the responsibility. They are both very loving and attentive mothers and especially Lemon has “her hooves full” watching over those two very courageous boys.

For now the new families just stay each in their stall to have time to learn each others smells and voices and through that form a strong bond. During opening hours visitors can observe and admire them through the fence. And in the mornings and evenings while the staff is working the little ones can actively explore the quiet petting area - closely supervised by their very attentive mothers. ❤️

06/20/2024

Lot’s of little things happening at the farm:
New arrivals Mama hen with her 10 adopted chicks!
And while she didn’t let these eggs and the chicks are a smaller breed of chickens than she is (they are just so tiny!) she is just a really great mum to all of them.

❤️🐔🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥❤️

06/19/2024

Osmond and Lacy got their summer haircuts a while ago and now it’s finally getting warmer! 🌞

06/16/2024

Wishing everyone a happy Father’s Day ❤️

Address

815 Circle Drive, Beacon Hill Park
Victoria, BC
V8V4Z8

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 4pm
Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm
Sunday	10am - 4pm

Website

http://www.beaconhillchildrensfarm.ca/

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Our little lady Spice is enjoying her throne of hay with some extra treats! ❤️ #beaconhillchildrensfarm #guineapigsofinstagram

To our sweet girl Peg Forever in our hearts ❤️ #beaconhillchildrensfarm #foreverinourhearts

Our new mum Tinkerbell is really enjoying her evening snack! #beaconhillchildrensfarm

With the heavy rains yesterday, the trees were hanging so low that it allowed our two donkey ladies Opal and Taffy a chance to snatch an extra treat - just a very small one because of their sensitive diet. And they were so excited about it. 🤩 #beaconhillchildrensfarm #donkeysofinstagram

Our little „Mango“ 🦜was so impatient that he tried a morning shower 🚿but it appears he is rather in favour ❤️ of his regular morning bath 🛁 #beaconhillchildrensfarm #mangotheconure

One of those mornings when you just like to press the „snooze button“ again. ❤️❤️❤️ #beaconhillchildrensfarm #pigsofinstagram

Our two elderly alpacas Osmond aka Ozzie and Lacy just love their warm soft mash which they are getting three times a day. It even motivates them to hurry back into their yard (or rather herd their staff there to get the food faster 🤣) after a happy morning of roaming and grazing. #beaconhillchildrensfarm #alpacasofinstagram

Good morning from the piggy barn. 🐷🐷🐷 Our three little piggies are not early risers- they just make an exception for breakfast and then it’s straight back to their cozy bed where they like to spend at least the rest of the morning. Cute Punk is the biggest morning grouch in the group: she just snuggles back deeply in the hay again and pretends the world around her isn’t getting up yet. Poppy just happily keeps on munching and it sounds so tasty. While little Petunia is nosing around for extra little treasures in the hay- curious about everything. ❤️❤️❤️ #beaconhillchildrensfarm #pigsofinstagram #morning #morninggrouch

Bedtime treat for Mango Little Mango has pretty selective taste - he really knows what he likes to eat or what he just drops. 🦜🥭❤️🍌🍎🥜 #beaconhillchildrensfarm #mangotheconure #conure

Happy sunny Thanksgiving weekend from our family to yours! The goat stampede this morning was great fun and everyone just enjoys these “summery” fall days - two legged and four legged. Our farm season 2023 will end very soon, Thanksgiving Monday October 9th is our last day. Come by to visit the animals before the winter break, we are open from 10 am to 4 pm with goat stampedes at 10:10 am a d 4:10 pm. #beaconhillchildrensfarm #goatsofinstagram #goatstampede

A couple of weeks ago we got a new little piano 🎹donated - THANK YOU so much - and now our little piggies 🐷🐷🐷can once again explore their musical 🎶talents. They clearly have so much potential - and all of us are having great fun with it! 🤩 #beaconhillchildrensfarm #pigsofinstagram #music #littlepiano

Sunflower and her 9 chicks are enjoying their breakfast! 🐓🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥

Our little conure Mango is such a picky eater: he didn’t want to try the watermelon but nibbled all the peanut butter off that was on top of it. 🤣🦜🥰

Our guinea pig ladies are sharing their breakfast ❤️

Our goaties are heading back to their barn for dinner and a good nights sleep after a sunny and busy day full of sunshine and cuddles. Thank you all for coming by to meet the animals and catch up. Our apologies again for the mishap during the morning stampede that resulted in some visitors not being able to see it. Despite us trying to channel the goats along a specific route down to the petting area, they really have a mind of their own. 🤣 Our goat Aurora just decided to push open a section of fencing and the entire herd followed along her chosen route. And typical Aurora she still arrived last - she usually takes another detour somewhere. 😎 Even after all this time being and working with the animals - they still manage to surprise us! It never gets boring with them. 🥰 Hopefully tomorrow morning will go smoothly again. Come by watch a “proper” 🤞 goat stampede: every day at 10:10am and 4:10pm.