Charles L. Bowers School Farm

The countdown is on as our 4-H members excitedly anticipate the Oakland County 4-H Fair, July 6-15 at the Oakland County Fairgrounds in Davisburg, Michigan. Members of our 4-H Club have studied agriculture and livestock rearing year-round in addition to spending the entirety of the spring training and preparing livestock members such as piglets, calves, llama, goats, and lambs to show at the fair. They hosted a very successful practice fair in order to prepare for the real thing! We commend all members of the Bowers Farm 4-H club for their hard work and dedication in preparing for this long anticipated event. Take a look at some photos from their practice fair and be sure to wish them luck as they head to the fairgounds in July! 

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Bowers School Farm is pleased to announce the arrival of our seven Summer Camp Leaders who have already demonstrated their impressive leadership and excellent instruction abilities through a successful first week spent hosting our Dairy Discovery camp and first week of Barnyard Buddies! See below for a dynamic photo of each of them in action! Make sure to check out our Summer Camp blog, experiencebowers.com, for a shout out from each of our leaders detailing their backgrounds and specific agriculture passions.

The Friends of Bowers Farm (FOF) will be launching their inaugural Community Horse Program with a beta trial group for the month of July. This program, two years in the making, replaces the BSF horse leasing program in order to offer much enhanced horsemanship opportunity, instruction, and accessibility for equestrians of wide levels of experience, and for community members generally interested in horses and horsemanship. First time riders, to experienced recreational ones will be accommodated by the various levels of participation available, and diverse array of riding and horsemanship instructors supporting the Community Horse program. The program will be open to the public shortly following the beta group’s experience. Residents of Bloomfield Hills as well as non-residents are welcome to participate. Interested participants are encouraged to visit https://friendsofbowersfarm.org/ to learn more about the FOF organization and their offerings. Horse Program information can be found under the Programs tab; select “read more” next to the beautiful horse photo under the “Community Horse Program” header. 

The Bowers School Farm is ecstatic to welcome our 2018 Farm Camp and Barnyard Buddies participants! Both programs commenced on Monday June 25 with much fun and excitement for staff and campers alike. Dairy Discovery was the topic of the first week of camp where students focused their inquiry and activities on the BSF milk producers, our mother goats! Camp participants also enjoyed interacting with additional livestock types, made tasty treats twice a day in our Learning Center’s Garden Kitchen classroom, and gardened for treat toppings right on site within the BSF learning garden! It was a bustling beginning for Barnyard Buddies as our youngest campers started off the summer right! They helped with chores, harvested in the garden and made new friends...many two legged and many four! Wagon rides and picnics and investigations, oh my! All of us here at Bowers are so looking forward to the rest of the summer with these amazing kids! Visit experiencebowers.com, the summer camp blog, for daily updates and a photo chronicle of campers’ adventures! 

ATTENTION FUTURE VETS!

Bowers School Farm will be running a Veterinary Science Camp for ages 14-16 from July 30th through August 3rd 2018!!!!

You must fill out an application, which is due June 29th, 2018. Space is limited to 12 campers in order to make the experience as immersive and hands on as possible.

This Camp is a Monday - Friday program, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Youth will explore career fields relating to animal and veterinary medicine as well as participate in numerous hands-on learning activities. Participants will gain animal handling experience, learn how to use certain veterinary tools & technology, practice physical exams, and have the opportunity to visit a local veterinary hospital to see how a clinic works!

You can find the PDF application here

Download the application, complete and scan, mail, or deliver to the farm by June 29.

     Email completed applications to NTimmer@bloomfield.org AND JLynn@bloomfield.org

     Mail or delivery completed applications to:
     ATTN Jessica Lynn
     1219 E. Square Lake Rd
     Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304
 

If you have any questions, please contact the farm at (248) 341-6476 or email NTimmer@bloomfield.org 

Thank you!

Interested in a class at Bowers Farm? Register Here!