Bluebird Gap Farm
Bluebird Gap Farm is a public city park and petting zoo located in Hampton, Virginia, at 60 Pine Chapel Road. It is designed to resemble a working farm, and features farm animals and fowl of all types, and wild animals native to Virginia.
| Bluebird Gap Farm | |
|---|---|
 The livestock barn at the farm | |
| 37.0337°N 76.3877°W | |
| Date opened | 1966[1] |
| Location | Hampton, Virginia, United States |
| Land area | 60 acres (24 ha)[2] |
| No. of animals | 250[2] |
| No. of species | 25[2] |
| Website | www |
It is also home to the city's volunteer master gardeners' demonstration garden.[3]
History
Opening in 1966 under the name Old MacDonald's Farm, it is one of the city's oldest parks. It was then home to 105 donated and "loaned" domestic animals. Originally located on the site of the nearby Hampton Coliseum, the Farm moved to its current location on Pine Chapel Road in 1969, and sought to show animals in a farm setting to children from a city environment.[1]
Events
Each year in late October the park hosts Boobird Spooktacular, a one-day event connected with Halloween.[4] Starting in 2010, the Bluebird Gap Farm sponsors a 4-H Club for youths 5–18 years old.[5]
Notes
- "Parks and Recreation History". hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- "Bluebird Gap Farm". hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- "About Bluebird Gap Farm". hampton.gov. City of Hampton. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- Boobird Spooktacular on official website of Hampton, Virginia
- "4-H Coming to Bluebird Gap Farm". eventsetter.com. EventSetter Hampton Roads. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.