About
WELCOME to Barnyard Adventure, the award-winning agriculture education experience, visited by nearly 133,000 guests attending the annual Walworth County Fair.
Established in 2000, join us August 27-September 1, 2025 as we celebrate 25 years of Barnyard Adventure!
The Barnyard Adventure team is looking forward to your visit, showcasing an area of the Fair where families and folks of all ages can make themselves at home; rest, regroup, relax, and enjoy the country hospitality offered throughout Barnyard Adventure's two acres of agricultural wonders.
The Barnyard Adventure area remains proud to emphasize the diversity of agriculture with numerous learning and relaxation areas.
Features in Barnyard Adventure include:
The Barnyard Adventure Barn has been honored to welcome Barnyard Barn hosts from the Walworth County Beekeepers Club and Michelle's Monarchs. Visit with incredibly knowledgeable beekeepers and butterfly experts, take part in free activities, and view their displays, including an enclosed working beehive and Monarch hatching presentation.
Flourishing gardens, featuring a bumper crop of vegetables, herbs, and flowers, including beautiful pollinators for our bees and butterflies. Displays included traditional and non-traditional gardening techniques. NEW in 2025 will highlight "Color My World," featuring color-specific gardens (think red, yellow, green, orange, etc.), as well as the "Freshly Picked" produce of the day spotlight, "Kids Can Compost" garden, as well as the return of the sensory garden bench, the pumpkin patch, magnificent mint, cops, the beautiful sunflowers and more!
The Barnyard Adventure garden is an official Monarch Way Station.
The Barnyard Adventure Barn is an observation building designed by local high school students.
Recognizing the threat placed on the Monarch Butterfly species, the Walworth County Fair is sensitive and respectful to butterfly care. An outdoor butterfly observation tent will return in 2025 in the Barnyard Adventure Garden and will feature the ever-popular daily butterfly release.
The Learning Coop will be hopping with interest and feature its diverse topics that cover agriculture and home-based interests; including cooking, beekeeping, horticulture, old-world crafts, and so much more! It was a do-not-miss opportunity for all Fair guests!
THANK YOU to our donors and supporters! The Barnyard Adventure Agriculture Education area is free with your paid general fair guest admission and operates through the generosity of donations, grants, volunteers, and year-round fundraisers.
The Walworth County Fair Barnyard Adventure Agriculture Education area has won numerous awards from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE), the umbrella fair organization of all fairs around the globe, including the "Best Agricultural Event" and “Best of Division,” competing against fairs in the nation and worldwide.
The friendly team of volunteers in Barnyard Adventure are "ag-cited" to welcome you! Be sure to visit while enjoying the Great Walworth County Fair! See you soon!
LEARNING COOP TENT
This is a great educational tent for all ages, recognized as an award winner by the International Association of Fairs & Expositions. A wide variety of topics are led by the area's finest experts in agriculture, farm-to-table cooking, gardening, beekeeping, crafts and much more. All fair guests are welcome to participate and enjoy. Be sure to check out what classes are featured throughout each day of the six-day Walworth County Fair!
BARNYARD ADVENTURE BARN - A SALUTE TO POLLINATORS
The Barnyard Adventure Barn, formerly the Butterfly Barn, welcomes you to a fun educational environment, learning more about nature's star pollinators.
The Barn was designed by local high school students in 2010. Learn what's new in the barn in 2024 as the beekeepers return to provide their expert advice, along with other knowledgeable leaders in their field!
Just outside the Barnyard Adventure Barn is the rainwater recycling patio, made with permeable pavers. You will notice on the bricks surrounding the patio the names of the generous donors and supporters that helped bring this special patio dream a reality. The permeable paver bricks allow rainwater to run through them. Beneath the patio is a reservoir to collect rainwater from the ground and gutters of the barn. Reservoir water is pumped to the plants that support the butterflies and to a stream that flows through raised gardens. By keeping it moving, the water will remain fresh and aerated.
Planting our agricultural future, one seed at a time!
THE GARDENS
Glorious gardening! The bountiful Barnyard Adventure Garden is home to flourishing vegetables, herbs, crops, and flowers.
Observe the variety of garden displays, showcasing traditional and non-traditional gardening techniques. Be sure to check out which of these gardening features can easily be implemented at your home base.
Here, we grow!
THE "NEW" BARNYARD BINZEBO
Be sure to visit the Barnyard Binzebo in the center of Barnyard Adventure ... see what's new to explore in 2025!
THE BARNYARD POND, Donated In Memory of Nana & Bubba
Showcasing aquaculture, the new pond at Barnyard Adventure is a welcome oasis for you and your family to relax and enjoy while viewing a peaceful waterfall and gorgeous aquatic plants.
2025 BARNYARD ADVENTURE STAGE
Fun for the whole family, the Barnyard Adventure - Kiddieland Stage features NICK'S KIDS SHOW, NICK'S BARNYARD ADVENTURE SHOW and CONTESTS galore! See the Official Fair Schedule for all showtimes.