The Ontario College of Veterinary Medicine and the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, Laurier, and McMaster are all approx. 30 minutes away.

Children attend the elementary and secondary schools within the The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board.

The public elementary school for our area is called, "Seaton Road Public School"

There are two public secondary school options which are:
1. Highland Secondary School
2. Parkside Secondary School (which prides itself on its academic record)

All three of these schools have a school bus service that will stop at the entrance to the farm.

There are also private schools that serve the region as well. They are:
1. Hillfield-Strathallen K-12 (located on the Hamilton West Mountain)
2. Hitherfield K-8 (Rockwood)
3. Fern Hill K-8

All of these schools have web sites that can provide additional details on their curriculum and mission statements.

Structured activities for children are superb in this area.

In Hamilton the Royal Botanical Gardens offers a variety of courses and programmes exploring the relationship between people, plants and nature. They also have year round festivals and during the summer months have a Tulip celebration in the Rock Garden, a Lilac celebration in the Arboretum and an Iris and Peony celebration in the Laking Garden.
http://www.rbg.ca/

The Dundas Valley School of Art has numerous programmes for adults and children.
www.dvsa.ca/

Mountsberg Wildlife Centre has all the facilities required to fixate a childs eyes in permanent wonder. Live snowy owls, falcons eagles and vultures. They have walking and biking trails for the whole family, cross country skiing and a skating pond and at Christmas have horse drawn sleigh rides - all about 20 mins from our farm. We love it there.They also have summer day camps for ages 6 -14 called Ways of the Woods (WOW) and also have special overnight camping for kids on a Thursday night - their nature programmes have received rave reviews.
http://www.conservationhalton.on.ca/

The area of Cambridge down alongside the Grande River has recently been beautifully developed. The Ontario School of Architecture ( with faculty from The University of Waterloo) is located there and has spawned an artistic and bistro community in downtown Galt There are art courses available to the community.

The Burlington Arts Centre has numerous exhibitions and courses available. It is a Centre with many opportunities for children interested in the arts and there are constant ongoing activities.
www.burlingtonartcentre.on.ca/

There are numerous other local opportunities for children - among them are Westfield Heritage Village, Rockton Lion Safari, The Wings of Paradise butterfly conservatory, Webster's Falls, Elora Gorge, and Crawford Lake.