Visiting a farm and learning about life on a farm and having animal encounters is a very educational and fun experience for kids! We have rounded up a list of farms in Middle Tennessee to add to your lists of adventures.
8 Farms to Visit in Middle Tennessee
Lucky Ladd Farms
4374 Rocky Glade Rd
Eagleville, TN 37060
Tickets start at $17, Season Passes Available
*Times vary, check calendar for specific times and opening dates
Lucky Ladd Farms is home to Tennessee’s largest petting farm, with hundreds of friendly animals and exotic livestock. There are 60-acres of fun activities including playgrounds, mega slides, wagon rides and more. You can saddle up for a pony ride or enjoy the free-flight aviary. They also have seasonal celebrations such as tulip and sunflower fields, and holiday themed events.
Harmony Lane Farm & Creamery
285 Harmony Lane
Smithville, TN 37166
*Reservations required via website for tours and goat cuddling
Harmon Lane Farm & Creamery is a grade “A” dairy and farm store selling goat’s milk products, and other farm goods. They also raise and sell their own meats. The farm store is open to the public every day but Sunday. Also now open, is their grille, Wednesday- Saturday 11A-4:45P. They do offer farm tours and goat cuddling, and reservations are required.
Nash Family Creamery
4019 Hwy 41A N.
Chapel Hill, TN 37034
Nash Family Creamery offers some of the best ice cream you will find! But they will also start farm tours! Come tour the farm for a family friendly experience. See the farm, cows and their milking process! $12 for Adults (Ages 13 and up), $8 for Kids (Ages 3-12). Be sure and schedule online.
Piccolo Farms Animal Sanctuary
PICCOLO FARMS:
4371 Dry Fork Road, NASHVILLE, TN
PICCOLO FARMS PARADISE VALLEY:
4208 Burton Hollow Road, Nashville, TN
Piccolo Farms Animal Sanctuary is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Our mission is to provide a loving forever home for discarded livestock. Farm visits scheduled by appointment only. They will also announce “Open Farm Days” (most Saturday’s) via their social media pages @Piccolofarms (Instagram and FaceBook). You can also book them for private events, birthday parties, corporate parties, and team building events! Text Bonnie at 615-428-4551 for scheduling, pricing and details!
*If you have an animal in need of rescue, call or text us at (615) 428-4551
Hatcher Family Dairy
6545 Arno Road
College Grove, Tennessee 37046
The Hatcher Family is very proud of their heritage. Since 1819, six consecutive generations have continued the farming in the small community of Arno, Tennessee. They have always been dairy farmers and were faced with a choice in 2007 to sell out or start to bottle our own milk. So as a family, they decided to stick together and build their own creamery and bottling plant on their farm. In 2024, they installed two robotic milkers on the farm. You can now visit the farm and see the robots in action, visit the tours page for more info.
Tours include visits to:
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Abe Hatcher Creamery
Our creamery opened in 2009 and is named after Charlie and Jim Hatcher’s father, Abe Hatcher. Step inside our viewing area to learn all about how we process our milk.
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Milk Barn Museum
Our milk barn has been the heart of our farm for the past 75 years. We may not use the old milk barn anymore but we have preserved it to show the next generation how a milk barn looks. In the museum you wil find Hatcher family history, milk history and local history.
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Robot Viewing Room
In our robot viewing room you will get to see our two robots at work and learn all about our farm practices.
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Barn Loft Viewing and Play Area
We renovated our hay loft in to a play area for kids! Kids can “play” milk a cow, bottle their milk and sell at the store! We also have viewing windows looking down on our cows and calves.
*Tours are self-guided, unless otherwise noted. This gives guests time to spend at each stop and learn!
Noble Springs Dairy
3144 Blazer Road, Franklin, TN 37064
Noble Springs Dairy is a family owned Grade A Goat Dairy and Artisanal Goat Cheese making operation that was licensed in 2009. The dairy farm is just 6 miles from downtown Franklin, TN.
You can book an educational farm tour to come to our farm to interact and enjoy the animals. The tour is filled with farm facts and fun. The tour is suited for visitors of all ages. They can accommodate any size group, group size for private tours is a 25 person minimum. The farm tour spotlights the goats, but there are so many other farm animals to see and learn about too. Visitors are educated about all of the animals living on our farm.
During the tour you will learn about various farm animals, see the milking parlor, see our cheese making facility, and learn about the cheese making process. The tour includes many hands on opportunities. At the conclusion of the tour visitors will have the opportunity to purchase some of our delicious products. For people wanting to attend a farm tour but their group doesn’t meet the 25 person minimum, we have scheduled farm tour dates listed below that people can sign up to attend. Or there is a $250 minimum for a private tour of the farm. Please call to book.
Tour Dates are as follows:
2025 Dates: 10am to 1pm- guided tour is at 11am
March: Friday 14- Saturday 15; Saturday 22; Saturday 29
Every Saturday April-October
COST: Admission to the Farm and to Cuddle Baby Goats is: $12 per person
FREE for children 2 and under
Follow the link to get tickets: https://noble-springs.com/shop-now/ols/products/kidd-cuddling
The Gentle Barn
9295 Christiana Fosterville Rd, Christiana, TN 37037
Open To Public Sundays. Tickets must be reserved in advance. It is the goal to open Gentle Barns in every state so that everyone in America can hug cows, cuddle turkeys, give pigs tummy rubs, and look into the eyes of these animals and know for certain that we are all the same, and deserving of the same rights, respects, and freedoms. Since its inception, The Gentle Barn has saved thousands of animals and been host to over 500,000 people.
Donation: Adults $20, Kids (2-12y) $10, Under 2y Free
Timed Entry: 10:00a-12:00p, 11:00a-1:00p, 12:00p-2:00p
Our program is at your own pace, so feel free to arrive anytime but understand that we close promptly at 2pm.
Please note that tickets are non-refundable. The barn is located in Christiana, Tennessee. Additional information about barn location will be provided with your reservation. Regarding Financial Hardships for Sunday Visits If you are unable to afford the requested donation amount, please contact us. The Gentle Barn is a non-profit organization and no one will ever be turned away for an inability to donate
FairyTales Petting Zoo
1856 Bear Creek Pike , Columbia, TN
FairyTails Petting Farm is a family oriented USDA & TWRA licensed exotic petting farm focused on education and conservation. We currently feature scheduled tours of our facility featuring ringtail lemurs, red kangaroo, Bennett’s wallaby, raccoon, coatimundi, groundhog, chinchilla, hedgehog, Alpacas, Llama, Nubian Goats, Greater Rhea Birds, Miniature Donkeys, Miniature Horses, Patagonian Cavies, Miniature Pigs, Cows, Guinea Pigs, Flemish Giant Rabbits and a myriad of interesting insects, arachnids and reptiles. We are not open to the general public for admission, farm visits and tours are only available via online ticket purchase. Located at 1856 Bear Creek Pike Columbia, Tn. Tours only on specific prescheduled dates. Tickets must be purchased in advance. See ticket link below for dates.
$25 for adults & $15 for kids
https://buytickets.at/fairytailsfarm
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