Educational tours and activities for schools
Learning in nature at Fattoria di Maiano
Love for Nature and for animals is something that you learn since childhood. This is why Fattoria di Maiano is happy to organize educational tours and recreational activities dedicated to schools and families. Thanks to the various realities of the Farm, with its Botanic Garden, its animals breeding and many other attractions in a certified BIO environment, children can immerse themselves in the healthy genuineness of rural life. A joyful and constructive experience to discover the wonders of rural world and get in touch with its elements. Workshops are designed for elementary, middle and high schools and are held by trained guides.
Discovering animals
Guided route around the animals of the farm
Fattoria di Maiano hosts fantastic animals bred even in the wild. Children can observe sheep, horses, Amiatini donkeys, geese, hens, ducks, ostriches and others. Contact with animals is a precious opportunity to develop a direct and conscious relationship with territory. Children live the experience with enthusiasm and curiosity and at the same time they learn the importance of the relationship between man and animals. An essential basis to understand the deep connection between countryside, human work and respect for the environment
Scents and colours of the countryside
Botanic garden guided tour
The Botanic Garden tour is a pleasant experience in the variegated world of plant species. Each plant of the route is an integral part of the vegetation, and it is marked with its own name. Shapes, scents and colours contribute to the development of a multi-sensorial knowledge and an intimate harmony with natural environment. Together with spontaneous herbs that grow in the park, you will find fruits of agriculture, too. In this way children can learn the plants which correspond to the vegetables and fruit they normally consume and the added value of the organic seasonal crop.
How good oil is born
Harvesting and oil mill visit
Sowing and harvesting
Direct experience of seasonal garden activities
The educational activity in the garden is an learning and entertaining experience, dedicated to school or family children. By participating directly in farming activities in the biological vegetable garden of the farm, children learn dynamics and actions that lead to the birth of fruit and vegetables. Accompanied by the guide, the children will personally experience the sowing or harvesting techniques, according to the current season. In addition, they will learn to recognize the aromas and characteristics of medicinal plants in the botanical garden. An extraordinary journey to discover nature.
