Farm-based field trips!

A visit to the Sauvie Island Center is always a memorable event. We offer elementary school students a guided exploration of the 130 acre Topaz Farm site, which includes our Grow Lunch Garden, farmland, and many other amazing features of the site.

For the Spring 2021 field trip season, we are so excited to be delivering digital field trip programming as well as hosting 8 Family Field Trips onsite. 

Family field trips run from 10am-12pm at our site on Topaz Farm and will be held every Wednesday starting April 21st and ending June 9th.

Field trip leaders will lead family units through an exploration of our typical spring field trip modules: Seed to Harvest, Plant Parts, and Pollination. This will involve tending to SIC’s very own Grow Lunch Garden, learning about pollinators, a dynamic farm tour and more.

Registration & Details

Family field trips are offered at a sliding scale of $10-$25

• This fee covers up to six students with one adult at a minimum
• If you would like to bring more than six students, there is an additional charge of $5/student and we require that you bring at least two adult chaperones
• Participants will be divided into groups of 10-12 children (keeping family units and pods together)

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Click the link below to register today!

If you have any questions or concerns about mini field trips, please check in with our Program Director Aliesje King.

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Below is the information pertaining to our typical field trip seasons, which does not apply to Spring 2021:

Our small group, hands-on activities include:

• Compost/Soil Investigation and Seed Planting
• Plant Parts Investigation
• Food Web: The interconnectedness of forest and farm food chains
• Seed to Harvest:  Students plant, tend and harvest vegetables from their own field, the Grow Lunch Garden
• Pollinator Investigation

Field trips are for students in grades K-5 and are offered to groups of up to 35 students. The cost per trip is $200. Scholarship funds are available for those who qualify.  Additional programs for both younger and older students are available on a limited basis.

If you are an educator and would like more information, or to request a field trip, visit our Educator Resource page which was developed with support from West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District.