A Guide to Farms and Petting Zoos in Hampton Roads, VA

It’s time for another installment of Mom Explores Book Club! This week we read “The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash” by Trinka Hakes Noble. This story describes an adventurous (read: disastrous!) class field trip to a farm. This inspired all of the Mom Explores to create local guides to farms/petting zoos in their own area. Though, we hope your trips are more fun and productive than the one described in the book!

Check out the story here:

So here is a non-exhaustive list of farms, farmers markets, and petting zoos (travelling and not) local to Hampton Roads, VA. Click on each one to head to their website and find out more information.

Farms:

Cullipher Farm (Virginia Beach, VA)

New Earth Farm (Virginia Beach, VA)

Brookdale Farm (Virginia Beach, VA – seasonal)

Taylor Farms (Virginia Beach, VA)

Hickory Ridge Farm (Chesapeake, VA)

Petting zoos:

Hunt Club (Virginia Beach, VA)

Bluebird Gap Farm (Hampton, VA)

Travelling petting zoos:

The Teeny Tiny Farm

Beach Party Ponies & Barnyard Petting Zoo

Pony to Go

Farmers Markets:

Virginia Beach Farmers Market (Virginia Beach, VA)

Suffolk Farmers’ Market (Suffolk, VA)

Chesapeake Farmers’ Market (Chesapeake, VA)

Five Points Community Farm Market (Norfolk, VA)

Interested in the other Mom Explorers Book Club posts? Read them here:

Mom Explores the Smokies:

Kid Friendly Smokies: Farms and Petting Zoos

Mom Explores Orlando:

Kid-Friendly Farms and Zoos in Central Florida

Mom Explores Southwest Florida:

Southwest Florida Petting Zoo & Farm Guide