WINTERPAST FARM is……..a place to be outdoors with family and friends. The address is 12936 Ghoston Road, Wake Forest NC 27587. Located near Falls Lake at the end of Six Forks Road at Highway 98.
*NOTE: Read “your visit” at www.winterpast.org all about making an appointment to visit the farm. Open dates and times, which vary greatly, are regularly updated at the farm FB page and website. Do not just drop by.
Lots of new birthday pics at the bottom of this post! PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST INSTEAD OF CALLING WITH QUESTIONS THAT ARE ALL ANSWERED HERE. This same information applies to corporate events, neighborhood events, school events etc. Price can occasionally be lowered for churches and schools and for weekday or multi-hour events. FARM BIRTHDAY PARTIES are for all ages at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest, North Carolina. This ten acre fully fenced family...
Did you know you can host a pet from Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo in Wake Forest North Carolina? For $50 you get the animal, cage, feed and everything you need for a week long educational animal experience. (Most bunny and guinea pig hosting opportunities are for a week but it can be fewer days for the same $50 price.) This $50 price is for bunnies, guinea pigs and groups of chicks and ducklings. Goat and lamb and hedgehog hosting is also $50 but by the...
Winterpast Farm has hosted pre-schools, Scout goups, Mom groups, Homeschooler groups and public school groups. One time we had 150 second graders here! Farmer Mary hired a few farmer and a forestor friend to help that time! There is plenty of parking and school buses can get in and out easily.
2017 The animals of Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo drew record crowds tonight (Dec 23) at the second night of Live Nativity at Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh. Tonight Farmer Mary went with an all white theme with sheep CHARLIE BROWN and his pregnant wife, CINDY LOU and goats THOMAS and his pregnant wife, BUTTERCUP. MABEL and CLAIRE the mini donkeys stay all three nights in the barn but Farmer Mary picks a pair of goats and pair of sheep to accompany...
For, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds has come.
Winterpast Farm Petting Zoo closed a few months ago due to a long unwanted land dispute with Farmer Mary’s sister. Farmer Mary very sadly had to rehome CLAIRE donkey , all the goats 🐐 , all the sheep 🐑 ; the emu, and the pigs 🐖
Farmer Mary is VERY busy creating Winterpast2.0. Volunteer help is VERY welcome. Text if you have some time to help. She will update the website very soon.
🐰🦆🐥🐣🐛🦋🐞🐓🦮🐇🦚🦔Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest is OPEN ‼️Same address 12936 Ghoston Road. New entrance is just down the street. Look for VERY visible yellow arrows. 🐖Park at a pig.
👍🏽ALL VISITS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 👍🏽
Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC is currently offering:
👍🏽YOU pick the visit time. Please be on time‼️Farmer Mary will be waiting outside for you at the time YOU scheduled.
💵Cost $10/person cash -only exact change please. 🦮The current litter of Golden Retriever puppies will be 6 weeks old on Wednesday‼️ 💻You may also enjoy watching them daily on Winterpast Farm Facebook Live.
👍🏽For now, YOU bring food snacks like thinly sliced carrots🥕, leafy celery, romaine🥬, parsley, dry oatmeal (to feed 🐓🐥🐥🐥). $10 per person. Cash only, exact change please, hour long sessions.
👍🏽BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 👍🏽
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800. Most days available 8am-8pm. Private Bunny Birthday Parties at the farm and at your home also available!🐰
🥰🦮Golden Retrievers and Doodles breeding, puppy snuggling sessions, puppy parties, puppies visit your office? puppy date nights here, mobile puppy parties, plans for future puppy wine 🍷 evenings with NO painting involved🎨, puppy coffee ☕️ hours and puppy adoptions. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. 📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
‼️🎉OPENING VERY SOON:
🌲🌳Forest Dog Private Dog Playground. 🌲Forest hills, hammocks, agility equipment: off leash safe forest fun. -pay by the hour. Will be listed soon on the Sniffspot app. By appointment only.
🏎️RC Car nature trails-pay by the hour. By appointment only.
🌲👧🏼👦🏾👶Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. $10/ person cash only exact change please. Pay by the hour. By appointment only. Please Volunteer or donate items to help create the new mud kitchen!
📖Animal Story Time with Farmer Mary combined with play time in Forest Child Private Playground. Dates and topics will be advertised. $10/ person cash only exact change please.
🐰🐥🦔We still have 🐰bunnies, guinea pigs, 🐥baby chicks and SONIC 🦔 the hedgehog available to host in YOUR home or classroom for a week. $50 for a week with everything you need included. “Rent for a week and get over it” says Farmer Mary. Help recycle existing pets! Read more at Pet Hosting at winterpast.org
🐐🐑A mini barnyard will be under construction soon for new baby goats and lambs. #winterpastfarm #nebeginning #newchapter #trustinthelord #wakeforest #ncfarm #farmermary
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Farmer Mary is working on updating the farm website: She has been VERY busy the last month sunup to sundown moving 20 years of running a petting zoo to the other side of the farm. A long unwanted legal battle with her older sister has finally ended and the courts “awarded” Farmer Mary the half of the land without a driveway, parking lot, barn, sunny pasture and a well. 🙁She very sadly had to rehome her larger animals including her beloved goats 🐐 , sheep 🐑 , emu, pigs 🐖 and CLAIRE donkey. 👍🏽Volunteer help as she creates Winterpast 2.0 is VERY welcome! Just text her at 9192441800 to offer help.
Winterpast Farm is currently offering:
1. 🥰🦮Hour long Golden Retriever Puppy Snuggling visits. 📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to schedule an exact date and time. Tell her how many people at what ideal time and the approx ages of visitors . NOTE: Puppies are fragile so mature loving laps are preferred and extreme supervision (by YOU) of snuggling by children. 🧸🦴Feel free to bring along toys for the puppies and treats for good Mother PUMPKIN PIE. The babies are too young for treats yet except pigs ears which they love to chew!
👍🏽YOU pick the visit time. Please be on time‼️Farmer Mary will be waiting outside for you at the time YOU scheduled.
💵Cost $10/person cash -only exact change please. 🦮The current litter of Golden Retriever puppies are 5 weeks old‼️💻You may also enjoy watching them daily on Winterpast Farm Facebook Live.
2. 🐇🐰Bunny, guinea pig, 🐥chicks and 🦔hedgehog meeting and feeding. New area that we are still working on. The new farm entrance is just down the road from the old one. The mailbox and road sign aren’t up yet. Look for the gravel driveway with bright yellow arrows.
👍🏽YOU bring food snacks like thinly sliced carrots🥕, leafy celery, romaine🥬, parsley, dry oatmeal. Eventually Farmer Mary will have her usual $5 animal feed buckets available for sale. $10 per person. Cash only, exact change please, hour long sessions. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800. Most days available 8am-8pm. Private Bunny Birthday Parties at the farm and at your home also available!🐰
3. 🌲🌳🦋Nature Walk Mondays 10-12 start Monday June 3. For all ages. Take a calming forest walk with Farmer Mary and her very sweet dogs. Farmer Mary has been planting lots of flowers and she has hidden little surprises all along the way🌲. Fun for all ages. Strollers are fine.
🌲Then stay and play a while in the Forest Child Private Playground with climbing trees, lots of hammocks, big black tubes to roll down hills, and the beginning of a great “mud kitchen”. Come Volunteer to help Farmer Mary build the mud kitchen-donate YOUR excess kitchen items made for little hands…
🧺Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy being outdoors. Plenty of shade.🌲🌳
‼️🎉OPENING SOON- very early June
🌲Forest Dog Private Dog Playground. Forest hills, hammocks, agility equipment: off leash safe forest fun. -pay by the hour. Will be listed on the SniffSpot app with scheduling done online. By appointment only.
🏎️RC Car nature trails-pay by the hour. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
🌲Forest Child Private Playground (mud kitchen, lots of hammocks, climbing ropes, big black tubes to roll down hills) Great for families and groups. Homeschoolers and unschoolers welcome! Pay by the hour. By appointment only. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
🥰🦮Golden Retrievers and Doodles breeding, puppy snuggling sessions, puppy parties, puppy date nights, puppy wine 🍷 evenings with NO painting involved🎨, puppy coffee. ☕️ hours and puppy adoptions. By appointment only.
🐰🐥🦔We still have bunnies, guinea pigs, baby chicks and SONIC the hedgehog available to host in your home or classroom for a week. “Rent for a week and get over it” says Farmer Mary. Help recycle existing pets! Read more at Pet Hosting at winterpast.org
🐐🐑A mini barnyard is under construction now for baby goats and lambs.
👍🏽Farmer Mary is looking forward to seeing fans of Winterpast Farm again soon! Stay tuned for updates! She is working hard to update the website.
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🥰🦮Make some memories with darling 4 week old Golden Retriever puppies at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. 📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to set an exact time.
🥰Sweet puppy selfies‼️There is VERY limited availability. Text Farmer Mary to set up a time slot today and then be on time! Food treats for good Mother PUMPKIN PIE welcome.
🥰🦮We prefer mature calm laps while the puppies are so young. Great date idea! Bring a bottle of wine 🍷 or beer 🍺 and enjoy spending some special time with PUMPKIN PIE and her pups. Cost will be $10 per person cash only. Exact change please. 📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to set up a time slot today and then be on time! 🦴Food treats for good Mother PUMPKIN PIE welcome.
👍🏽There is a brand new gravel drievway entrance to Winterpast Farm behind Farmer Mary’s house and closer to the Puppy Play Yard. The mailbox and road sign have not been moved yet(volunteer to help with that project?!) Check for 12936 Ghoston Road on a map and plan to use the new entrance closest to Waterline Road which adjoins Winterpast Farm. Farmer Mary will be there to greet you at the time you selected and let you through the gate.
🦮You can also walk PUMPKIN PIE around the back yard and down the new forest path leading to what will be 🌲Forest Dog Private Playground. Also 🌲Forest Child Private Playground, a camping spot, a RC Car nature trail and more.
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to set up YOUR hour long visit with the Golden Retriever puppies starting today! Any time 8-8. 🎁Great (late) Mothers Day idea if YOUR Mom loves puppies🥰🦮. #winterpastfarm #ncgoldens #goldenpuppy #puppiesofinstagram #goldenretriever #goldenretrievers #goldenretrieversofinstagram #dog #dogsofinstagram #goodmom #goldenlife #farmermary #farmher #puppies #mothersdaygift #puppysnuggling #goldens @everyone
🥰🦮This weekend Farmer Mary has begun offering Puppy Snuggling opportunities. We prefer mature calm laps while the puppies are so young. Todays Mothers Day Snuggling was a big success!. Great date idea! Bring a bottle of wine 🍷 or beer 🍺 and enjoy spending some special time with PUMPKIN PIE and her pups. Cost will be $10 per person cash only. Exact change please. Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to set up a time slot today and then be on time! Food treats for good Mother PUMPKIN PIE welcome.
👍🏽There is a brand new gravel drievway entrance to Winterpast Farm behind Farmer Mary’s house and closer to the Puppy Play Yard. The mailbox and road sign have not been loved yet(volunteer to help with that project?!) Check for 12936 Ghoston Road on a map and plan to use the new entrance closest to Waterline Road which adjoins Winterpast Farm. Farmer Mary will be there to greet you at the time you selected and let you through the gate.
🦮You can also walk good Golden Retriever Mother PUMPKIN PIE around the back yard and down the new forest path leading to what will be 🌲Forest Dog Private Playground. Also 🌲Forest Child Private Playground, a camping spot, a RC Car nature trail and more.
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to set up YOUR hour long visit with the Golden Retriever puppies starting today! Any time 8-8. 🥰🦮. #winterpastfarm #ncgoldens #goldenpuppy #puppiesofinstagram #goldenretriever #goldenretrievers #goldenretrieversofinstagram #dog #dogsofinstagram #goodmom #goldenlife #farmermary #farmher #puppies #mothersdaygift #puppysnuggling #goldens @everyone
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BIG THANKS to Farmer Mary’s sons and daughters (and a great Daughter-in-Law🥰) and all their friends who volunteered today at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. ROSIE the Great Dane was the unappointed project manager and she advised everyone on everything. 😂
🛻🛠️Amazing work was done but there is still ALOT more to do. Please come on Sunday after 10 or weekdays from 9 to help. There is a deadline of Friday for Farmer Mary to have everything removed that she wants to keep. Come help her transition to Winterpast 2.0
Highlights:
🌲Forest Dog Private Playground for dog owners who have reactive dogs or don’t like public dog parks. (Similar to Sniffspot App)
🏎️RC Car nature trails
🐕Dog owners and friends with dogs can enjoy evenings with hammocks and tree lights,BYOB.
🏕️Camping with your dog?
Vintage trailer AirBnB option for overnights
👧🏼👦🏽🧒🏾Possible nature based preschool some weekday mornings (to be determined-Farmer Mary has been talking with a possible teacher)
🌲Forest Child Private Playground parents and parent groups rent by the hour. Mud kitchen, hammocks, big tubes to roll down hills, plenty of shade. Welcome all local homeschoolers and unschoolers‼️
📖Scheduled Story Times and meet the animals with Farmer Mary. Also scheduled bunny 🐰 time. Hedgehog 🦔 time and times to meet and help socialize the Golden Retriever puppies we will be breeding.🥰🦮
🐕🦺Dog trainers, dog owners training their dogs, training class field trip, space for dog trainers to train, litter mate or dog training class meetups….
🤔Farmer Mary is seeking input for more ideas how to use the half of the land the courts recently “awarded” her after a lengthy unwanted legal battle.
🛻🪚Volunteer help dismantling the existing petting zoo needed ASAP. Text 919-244-1800 if you have time. #winterpastfarm #ncfarm #workday #volunteers #comehelp #wakeforestnc #blessedmom #farmersdaughter #farmerssons #thankyou
😥The historic tobacco barn at Winterpast Farm has been home to many animals over the past 20 years that Farmer Mary has run her popular petting zoo animal rescue in Wake Forest NC.
🫣A lengthy unwanted land battle with her sister has resulted in plans for the old barn to be taken down next Friday.
Farmer May welcomes people who want to salvage the barn wood and metal roofing. She would like help removing a piece of the lower metal roofing to re-use as she tries to create Winterpast 2.0 on the other side of the farm land which the courts “awarded” her.
Please SHARE with any friends who care about old wood and would be able to come ASAP to salvage some of this historic old barn. Tell them to text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800.
🛻Farmer Mary is also looking for volunteer help as she is moving twenty years of her petting zoo to the other side of the farm.
🚜Someone with a tractor with a blade to scrape up gravel to move from the existing parking lot to the new entrance is top of the list. Maybe in exchange for barn wood? Nice barn sink and water heater also available.
EVERY day is a Volunteer Workday at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC‼️ Ladders, wheelbarrows, drills, loppers, shovels, pickups 🛻and trailers are all needed.
👍🏽Please SHARE with anyone you know who has enjoyed visiting Winterpast Farm. Facebook wants Farmer Mary to pay to promote her posts to her own followers and there is zero advertising budget at Winterpast Farm.
🥰🦮The Golden Retriever puppies turn 3 weeks old today at Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC! Farmer Mary attempted individual photos but some were very sleepy. 🥱😴Please comment YOUR favorite pup at Winterpast Farm on Facebook ‼️ We use collar colors to identify here.
❤️Red Girl
💙Blue Boy
💗Pink Girl
🧡Orange Girl
Did you know you can watch the puppies grow (and nurse and sleep and eat) most days and some nights at the Winterpast Farm Facebook Live? Tune in‼️ In just another week or so they will be Live from their adjoining outdoor Puppy Play Yard‼️
🥰🦮Surprise YOUR favorite Mom on Mothers Day with a home visit from 4 darling three week old Golden Retriever puppies from Winterpast Farm in Wake Forest NC. 🥰Sweet puppy selfies‼️There is VERY limited availability. Farmer Mary will stay to supervise. 15 minute visit $200.
🥰🦮This weekend Farmer Mary will begin offering Puppy Snuggling opportunities. We prefer mature calm laps while the puppies are so young. Great date idea! Bring a bottle of wine 🍷 or beer 🍺 and enjoy spending some special time with PUMPKIN PIE and her pups. Cost will be $10 per person cash only.
👍🏽There is a new entrance to Winterpast Farm behind Farmer Mary’s house and closer to the Puppy Play Yard. Check for 12936 Ghoston Road on a map and plan to use the new entrance closest to Waterline Road which adjoins Winterpast Farm. Farmer Mary will be there to greet you and let you through the gate.
🦮You can also walk PUMPKIN PIE around the back yard and down the new forest path leading to what will be 🌲Forest Dog Private Playground. Also 🌲Forest Child Private Playground, a camping spot, a RC Car nature trail and more.
📲Text Farmer Mary at 919-244-1800 to set up YOUR hour long visit with the Golden Retriever puppies starting Saturday May 11th. Any time 8-8. 🎁Great Mothers Day idea if YOUR Mom loves puppies🥰🦮. #winterpastfarm #ncgoldens #goldenpuppy #puppiesofinstagram #goldenretriever #goldenretrievers #goldenretrieversofinstagram #dog #dogsofinstagram #nursing #goodmom #goldenlife #farmermary #farmher #puppies #mothersdaygift #puppysnuggling #goldens @everyone
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