Educational School Field Trips
Learning is fun on a farm!
Cottle Strawberry Farm offers engaging and educational field trips during both spring and fall seasons, providing students with hands-on agricultural experiences. Students (and teachers!) can take a wagon ride around the farm — and explore the Cottle FunPark’s 45+ things to do (Hopkins location). Allow about 2 hours for the learning experience and play time.
Info for ALL field trips:
All teachers will get access to online teaching resources. In the spring, students can pick one clamshell container of strawberries. Bus drivers are always free. In the Fall, teachers get one large pumpkin for their class. We will be growing fields of flowers this Spring! Zinnias, cosmos and sunflowers in Hopkins, and zinnias at the Florence farm.
Spring Berries & Blooms (Florence)
One teacher free per class.
$7 per student.
$7 per chaperone if they pick berries.
Cup of hand-picked zinnias.
Spring Field Trips: April 10 – June 7, 2026
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm by reservation only!
Spring Berries (Hopkins)
Minimum 15 students. One teacher free per class. $7 per student. $7 per chaperone if they pick berries. Teachers get gallon container to pick their own.
Spring Field Trips: April 10 – June 7, 2026
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm by reservation only!
Spring Berries & FunPark (Hopkins)
Minimum 15 students. One teacher free per 15 students. $18 per student. $13 per chaperone. Teachers get gallon container to pick their own.
Spring Field Trips: April 10 – June 7, 2026
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm by reservation only!
Homeschool Days
We will not be hosting special homeschool group days at the farm this spring or fall. Homeschoolers are welcome to make reservations to come any time during the dates for Spring or Fall field trips.
Pumpkin Fun (Hopkins)
Minimum 15 students. One teacher free per class. $10 per student. Students take a wagon ride, visit pumpkin patch and get a mini pumpkin.
Fall Field Trips: September 18 – November 14, 2026
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm by reservation only!
Fall Festival & FunPark (Hopkins)
Minimum 15 students. One teacher free per 15 students. $18 per student. $13 per chaperone. Students get a mini pumpkin and free ticket.
Fall Field Trips: September 18 – November 14, 2026
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm by reservation only!
A Few Perks for Teachers & Students …
- Each student attending a “Fall Festival & FunPark” or a “Spring Berries & FunPark” field trip in Hopkins will get a free admission ticket to visit the FunPark again during the 2026 season.
- Everyone attending a Fall field trip may download/print a copy of the Pumpkin XPress News with puzzle, did-you-know-facts, word games and more.
- We will be adding a Spring download this year called “Berries, Blooms & Bees” — all about strawberries and our little farm pollinator friends, the bees.
Fall: Classroom in the Corn
Hands-on learning experiences are always best when 1) students have been prepared for what they will encounter, and 2) have the opportunity to discuss what they learned after their visit to the farm. As part of our Fall school field trips, we are pleased to offer the ‘Classroom in the Corn‘ learning series to make your field trip more exciting, memorable and the best experience possible.
Teachers will receive a Teacher Resource Guide broken into separate grade ranges. Each group includes activity goals, National Curriculum Standards, preparation required, materials needed, worksheets, and step-by-step instructions.
WARNING! Under South Carolina law, an agritourism professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant in an agritourism activity resulting from an inherent risk associated with the agritourism activity. (Chapter 53, Title 46, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976).
