A Visit to Marley Farms

On our day off today, I found the perfect place to take the kids... Marley Farms. This awesome farm is only a few miles away from us and I can't believe that I did not find out about it until recently.


According to their website... Marley Farms was founded in May of 2007 by Shea and Jessica Hillenbrand. The 25-acre farm has 135 stalls for indoor or outdoor boarding, four well-maintained arenas and new pasture turnouts.

There is also a petting zoo that the Hillenbrands make available to local youth groups that includes a variety of animals, including goats, camels, kangaroos, tortoises, llamas, as well as several other rescued animals. Shea and Jessica opened their hearts and farm to include this petting zoo for their non-profit organization, Against All Odds.

What is really cool too is that Shea Hillenbrand is a professional baseball player. Kman met him and another player who was also there today working on the farm. They will be holding a baseball camp there over spring break that I think we will have him participate in. For Cater, they have an animal rescue that adopts out dogs and all the animals there are rescued from across the country and so she was in her element as she loves animals and wants to have her own animal rescue someday. They will have a camp for kids that want to learn about the animals over break that I think we will have her do. And of course, Selina and Kwame had a good time with the animals. Kwame was a little nervous of some of them at first but came around quickly. So fun.

I just can't believe what a fabulous place exists so close to us. We spent a few hours just hanging out with the animals and talking to wonderful people there. A great day!