Burberry Gates Farm

05/01/2024

05/01/2024

One of the best weeks! So many smiles, positive experiences, friendships made and countless hours in the barn! Happiest 2024! Outstanding camp with such sweet kiddos.

31/12/2023

27/12/2023

Besties 💕

27/12/2023

For my planners….. 🥳

24/12/2023

Need a last minute

Have your sweet children join camp! Perfect for the first week of January for coverage with catered lunch! Message me to join! You pick which day/days work for your schedule! No riding experience needed

🐴 Daily horse riding
📒Horse education
🛷Outdoor games
🎱Indoor games
🥙 Catered lunch
🎨Arts n crafts
🐎Horsemanship work

23/12/2023

Makes perfect sense to put on a Christmas horsey movie for the horses to watch to get in the spirit! Kids were too busy playing with the animals to watch. Bourbon loves a good movie! 🍿

22/12/2023

🌟✝️🎄All the Christmas Feels🎄✝️🌟

21/12/2023

Dec 20th and my heart is full

20/12/2023

🐴 Looking for wholesome activities for your kids? 🐓

🌠Fridays on the Farm 6-8pm each week with dinner and great activities
🎆 New Years Week Horse riding camp! Great coverage for kids off school!

📮Pick and choose what works for your families schedule!

Register: https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com

16/12/2023

Dog farm life…..

14/12/2023

We have so many amazing events going on this ❄️winter ❄️so your children are not sitting at home bored and in front of a screen! ⛄️

Perfect for kids to bring a friend (horsey friend or non- horsey friend) or come alone and meet friends!

🍽️ Meals always provided to make it easy for parents! 🏆

📍Located In: Saint Charles, IL 🗺️

Register- https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com

14/12/2023

A quarter of a century ago my parents wrote what I thought was the smartest check they could write. They gave a 2 year old OTTB mare to a horse crazy 11 year old girl. This has been the best journey! This mare has been by my side for everything! Learning to ride, horse shows, horse weddings, college, birth of kids, teaching them to ride and now my life long dream of barn owner. Praying this mare lives to 110 - we are so connected! Adore her. Happy 25 year gotchya day Tootsie 🩷

12/12/2023

💕This week’s theme: Caring for others 💕

🍽️ Dinner together and going around table giving each person compliment
🧼 Grooming horses - will teach proper grooming techniques and giving horses a massage
📬Designing and creating beautiful holiday cards and crafts to be dropped off at nursing home
💌Writing a personal note to someone in our lives that has helped us and encouraging children to hand deliver the following week.
💅 Painting a friends nails so they are fresh and ready for the holidays

Register: https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com/fridays-on-the-farm/dates/Dec-15-2023_at_0600PM

11/12/2023

✨All the fun things✨
🍽️ Lunch catered from kid favorite places
🐴Daily horse riding & care
⛄️Outdoor play
🔥 Heated barn
✂️Super creative daily crafts
💕Friendship building
🍫 Hot Chocolate ☕️ bar with all the toppings
📚 Fun farm education
Register for whichever day/days work for you

https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com/new-year-camp-at-the-barn/details

10/12/2023

03/12/2023

📆 THIS Friday! 📆

❄️Drop your child off at the barn ⛄️
🎁 Have them make a hand created gift for a loved one with professional artist
🎀We will wrap it together and make a nice handmade card
🍽️ We will have dinner together
🍬 Making horse treats & feeding them
🐴 Playing with farm animals
♟️ Board games
🍫 Hot chocolate bar with all the toppings

Register: https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com/fridays-on-the-farm/dates/Dec-08-2023_at_0600PM

01/12/2023

Kenny Dierks will be coming to Burberry Gates Farm for a 2 day winter clinic in a heated barn!!!

This is a fundraiser to help the Erin Dierks family after Kenny was hospitalized!

Kenny is healing and ready to teach, make you laugh, stretch your riding abilities and work through some mind blowing exercises.

Click on link below to pick which group to register

Let's learn from Kenny Dierks! Located in a heated barn on the west side of Saint Charles at Burberry Gates you will have two days of pure horse enjoyment, learning, growing and creative exercises for your mind and horse. Each group will be 3-4 people. Saturday will focus on flat work/dressage. Sund...

01/12/2023

The Elf has arrived and he knows we have so many animals so he kept with the theme…

💩 ❄️🎁💩❄️🎁💩❄️🎁💩❄️🎁💩❄️🎁

Each container had a treat for them to try and pick their favorite! 😂

26/11/2023

⛄️ Winter has arrived! ❄️

21/11/2023

Super fun Friday night! Kids will learn to do trick riding stunts on a barrel! Standing, hanging off the side, creating a routine and practicing balance! The barrel has a saddle and will mimic being on a horse 🐎

🍽️ Dinner together in the barn at a set table
🐱 Playing with farm animals
🐴 Making horse treats and feeding them
🏠 Gingerbread house decorating contest
🎼 Listening to Christmas music

Bring a friend or cousin! No horse riding experience needed. Ages 5+

Registration: https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com/fridays-on-the-farm/dates/Nov-24-2023_at_0600PM

Or PM me to avoid processing fee

20/11/2023

❄️⛄️Winter logo gear here!!!!! ⛄️❄️

https://www.forgetmenotdesignsembroidery.com/collections/burberry-gates

18/11/2023

Celebrated my mom’s birthday tonight! Happiest Birthday to the sweetest mama out there. We love and adore you!

16/11/2023

We have a packed full ❄️ winter ❄️ with so many interactive, educational and wholesome kid activities! Join some! Even if you have no animal experience! Everything is listed on the platform.

https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com

15/11/2023

Come join us for some fun this winter break at Burberry Gates. Join everyday or pick the days that work best for you. We will have:
🏇🏼Daily horseback ride
❄️Fun winter activities
🛷sledding(maybe even with a horse you say!?)
⛸️ice skating
☕️hot chocolate making
🍬making winter treats for the horses
🏆friendly competitive play for the older kids
🌯Lunch included
🐴Fun horse crafts
Don’t miss out this winter! Memories your kids won’t ever forget and friends they won’t either(human or animal!)

Sing up below:
http://burberrygates.ticketleap.com/new-year-camp-at-the-barn/

15/11/2023

At The Barn

Horse people and their families are more than familiar with the phrase "at the barn."

This morning as I drove laps on the tractor, working the arena in the still air at the barn, I got to thinking about how much of my life I have spent "at the barn" and what that phrase insinuates for horse "lifers" like us.

"At the barn" means I can run a tractor and a shovel and a pitchfork. I am familiar with PVC and pipe glue and a sundry tools. It means I can wrestle a hay bale, manage a wheelbarrow full of p**p, and drive a water truck.

"At the barn" says I work in the heat without melting, bundle up against the cold without complaint, and invest hours upon hours in the management of an entire world outside of my house.

I take on great responsibility "at the barn" because there are animals there that depend on me and my work ethic and dedication to their well being, health and fitness.

Because I spend so much time "at the barn", I must be tougher than most and more grounded than some because I work in the elements day in and day out taking care of the animals that feed my soul.

I know that regardless of how hard real life can be, there is always refuge "at the barn" where there are the soft sounds of crunching hay, the smell of shavings, the breath of horses, and responsibilities that create sense of peace, stability, and simplicity.

"At the barn" means that my house isn't always clean and that dinner is sometimes comprised of grilled cheese or cereal.

"At the barn" means I might gone 10 minutes or several hours depending on what chores call out to me or how much quiet time I need to myself.

Often times it is dark "at the barn" because the responsibilities that demand my attention happen before the sun comes up or long after it has fallen below the horizon, but that's ok because we wouldn't have it any other way.

The world "at the barn" doesn't stop because I am tired or sick or would rather be on vacation or because the calendar says it is a holiday.

"At the barn" is a priority that cannot be overlooked because living breathing animals await our arrival and attention.

Some days we cuss "at the barn" because we would like to be at the house or at the lake or even just in front of the TV, but despite those days, we know that we could never live without "at the barn."

Those of us who have spent our lives "at the barn" know that the barn and everything that happens there is an irrevocable part of who we are; it is a special kind of DNA that cannot be denied or altered. Undaunted by heat or cold or damp or dirt or fatigue, we know that the one thing that could actually do us in would be the inability to be "at the barn”

14/11/2023

Such a great boy! He can teach the smallest of kids to ride! Gentle giant and will stand for hours to be perfectly groomed.

12/11/2023

Perfect Friday night for the kids! A night of fun around animals 🐎🐓🐶🐱, delicious 😋 dinner, interactive activities, horse education, and bracelet making! Come join us west side of St Charles near Elburn. Great night to bring a friend!

Register here: https://burberrygates.ticketleap.com/fridays-on-the-farm/details

10/11/2023

Headed to the banquet tonight. Congratulations to all riders! This is not an easy sport and way to be brave!

10/11/2023

This is how they eat dinner…. Sharing a plate on the mounting block.

03/11/2023

Happy 1 year anniversary Burberry Gates!

Dream so big and take action! It’s been a worldwind of a year and so blessed to have had so many amazing people walk thru our barn doors!

01/11/2023

When it’s cold 🥶 we wear plaid

30/10/2023

My boys 💙💙

29/10/2023

This lady has so much talent!

Paige Abbott

26/10/2023

So many happy smiles with Naomi shareboarding Pippa! Congratulations on this opportunity. Naomi is wanting to further her jumping career and Pippa loves to jump the traditional stadium jumps and is extremely brave over anything you point her at! She was honestly “Raised by Wolves” so Pippa will carry you over with ease. We are thrilled to have Naomi and her family at the barn! Her dad redid our arenas so they know their stuff. Such a fantastic family!

25/10/2023

Afternoon nap and loving life! This horse has the life! 💝HIM

25/10/2023

Horsemanship #8 in the books! Learned about all the different riding disciplines and it was such a beautiful night made perfect sense to have a bonfire and s’mores to celebrate 🎉

Love these kids

24/10/2023

Paige Abbott is such an outstanding polo player and has a crew of horses that help her rise to the top!