The guided tour will take visitors around the active farm and historic property, showcasing our sustainable agriculture and regenerative land care practices. Our integrated system features local plants, livestock, and people working together to sequester carbon, clean stormwater, build soil, and produce food and fiber.
80% of ocean pollution comes from land. Whether we’re trying to make our lawns green or our gardens pest-free, chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides run off into our storm drains, creeks and bays, eventually making their way into the ocean. This creates persistent problems like red tides, beach closures, and stinky seas.
Each visitor will learn how to make choices about their lawns and gardens that build healthy soils, which in turn lead to healthy seas.
We want to empower more people to make choices about their lawns and gardens that build healthy soils, which leads to healthy seas. This tour will feature Ocean Hour Farm’s work through the lens of how individuals can support our overall mission to make Narragansett Bay and the ocean cleaner and healthier. Examples include rain gardens, meadows, composting and companion planting.
Each tour will walk across the 43-acre property, viewing our different land units, from pasture to wetlands to a food forest. You’ll get a chance to see our ‘flerd,’ a mixed-species grazing group that at our farm is comprised of sheep, chickens, cows, pigs, and our guardian llama, Nyx. The animals rotate through our pasture system to graze on grass and regenerate the soil.
Our team will share how everyone plays a role in slowing and cleaning water before it reaches the ocean and how compost is critical in this process. The tour will be information-packed and best suited for ages 12 and over. An adult must accompany anyone under 18.
The two-hour tours are free but require registration on Eventbrite. Due to limited parking and the interactive format, attendance is capped at 25 participants.
Tour 1: Friday, June 27, 2025, 2 to 4 p.m.
Tour 2: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 3 to 5 p.m.
Tour 3: Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, 3 to 5 p.m.
Tour 4: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, 2 to 4 p.m.
Please view our Eventbrite page for a list of frequently asked questions. If you still have questions, please contact us at info@oceanhourfarm.org or (401) 846-1814.
Ocean Hour Farm is a center for education, research, and demonstration of regenerative practices, highlighting the critical connection between land and ocean health. The Farm provides a living example of sustainable agriculture and land stewardship as an integrated system where plants, animals, and people sequester carbon, clean stormwater, build soil and produce food and fiber.
