Farm Tours & Mead Tastings

Private tours for up to 9 people run May to September. Group and corporate tours for 15 to 80 people run on weekdays (Monday to Friday), May to November: send us a group enquiry. These tours are not geared for children under 7 years old. Dogs on a leash are welcome on the outdoor parts of the farm, but not inside any farm building. If you'd like to give a farm tour as a gift to someone special, buy a tour gift card.

Farm tours and workshops must be booked online. Private tour booking (9 people or fewer) is not available by telephone or while visiting the farm.

Tours are about 80 minutes in duration. Large groups take longer. Protective veils are included. Workshops are guided by our head Apiarist plus John our Mead Maker. Both tours and workshops are geared to adults; however, younger participants over 7 years old are welcomed.

Topics covered include the following:

• Tour of the stable, main bee yard, mating yard, haskap, apple, raspberry & pear orchards
• Introduction to horses, feed the horses apples or carrots
• Discussion of the flowers & trees in bloom and what to plant in your garden to help bees
• A lesson about how honey is made by the bees and then harvisted
• A look in our honey extraction facility
• A look in our wine production facility and a Q & A about how delicious honeywine (mead) is fermented
• We'll open a live hive to see the types of bees and the queen (weather permitting)
• Discussion of the products from the hive
• A honey or mead tasting!

Our kitchen is closed until late June. Honey and bottle shop will always be open. Dogs are welcome outdoors on a leash, but not inside any farm building. Service animals are always welcome.

Free parking, country air, some natural tasty sweet treats, and free entertainment. Tasting room tables & bar stools for bar service are on a first-come, first-served basis. We have outdoor seating for about 100 people and inside for about 8 people. Dogs are welcome on the farm grounds, but not inside any farm building. Please keep your dog on a leash. Service animals are always welcome.

Agritourism

By booking a farm tour you can participate in agritourism, enjoy being on a farm, and learn about agriculture. You might wonder why you might want to bother booking a farm tour? Here are some of the reasons:

• You get so see how food is grown and prepared and you usually can pet and feed our horses and get to see how honeybees live and work together.
• You'd be supporting a local business. Farming at small scale is not an easy business and agritourism provides some additional income for us farmers. We in turn invest this back into our operations and this provides more jobs and food for our community.
• It's environmentally friendly. We minimize the footprint of visitors and only offer tours when it doesn't adversely affect the local environment or farm operations.
• You get to learn about Richmond Hill's past agricultural heritage and what is going on now.
• You get to experience the Oak Ridges Moraine countryside and enjoy its natural beauty
• Taste local products: Sample organic and environmentally-friendly products

Music at the meadery stage performances have concluded for 2026. They'll be back in summer of 2027.

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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.