Honey Hill Farm Mobile Petting Zoo and Pony Rides

Visit Honey Hill Farm at an upcoming event near you!

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By Megan Powell, Honey Hill Farm Staff
8/13/11

Berry, KY- Cheer up, friends!

While Summer 2011 is winding down, and children all over the tristate shuffled their brand new sneakers back to school this week, Honey Hill farm is excited to announce a fantastic fall line up of public events that the whole family will enjoy!

Saturday, August 20, 2011: Petting zoo at the Farmer's Market in Covington, KY from 11am-5pm and at the Florence Freedom Baseball game from 3-6pm

Petting zoo and pony rides at the Mason Heritage festival in Mason, OH from 1-5pm

Saturday, August 20 and Sunday, August 21, 2011: Petting zoo at the James Ramage Civil War Museum from 1-3pm

Thursday, August 25, 2011: Petting zoo and pony pulled wagon rides at Northgate Mall in Cincinnati, OH

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Honey Hill Farm to Provide Free Petting Zoo at 2011 Beast Bash

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By Megan Adams, Honey Hill Farm News Staff
6/25/11

COVINGTON, KY- Honey Hill Farm Mobile Petting Zoo and Pony rides is excited to announce its upcoming participation in the 2011 Beast Bash, to benefit the Kenton County Animal Shelter and the Kenton Paw Park (on the upper level of Covington’s Pioneer Park). Honey Hill Farm will be providing a free petting zoo, to help attract more people to the charity event.

“It’s common sense really,” says Honey Hill Farm owner and Kenton County native, Sally Powell. “Everyone who works for Honey Hill Farm is an animal lover, and we’re all very excited to be able to participate in such a worthy cause.”

The Beast Bash-“A Celebration of Pets and their People,” is in its second year, and will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Pioneer Park, from 10am-4pm. All of the proceeds will go to the animal shelter and the Paw Park, both of which are non-profit organizations that rely on fundraising to function.

Honey Hill Farm is one of about 50 local organizations that have signed up to participate this year, either through sponsorship, or by setting up an exhibit. The event planning committee is hoping to

Honey Hill Farm celebrates 11th year at Thomas the Tank Engine Festival

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Honey Hill Farm News
6/14/11

Connersville, IN- On behalf of the Whitewater Valley Railroad, Honey Hill Farm would like to invite you to bring the kids to the Day Out With Thomas: Leader of the Track Tour 2011.

This will mark the eleventh year that Honey Hill Farm has provided the pony rides and large petting zoo for the annual event.

"We know all of the Thomas songs by heart," says Honey Hill Farm owner, Sally Powell. "We love the Thomas the Tank Engine festivals. It's a really exciting, family friendly environment, and it's become a traditional event for us."

The Day out with Thomas in Connersville, IN, is one of

Local Woman Makes Dream a Reality

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6/12/11
By Megan Adams, honeyhillfarm.net staff

Covington, KY- “I own a mobile pony ride and petting zoo company.”

This has been Sally Powell's response to the age old question, “what do you do for a living?” for the past 13 years. “It's never what anyone is expecting,” laughs Sally, and “it often requires a lengthy explanation.”

In 1996, when Sally began to get serious about her long time dream of starting a pony ride service, many people in the rural Pendleton County, Kentucky, where she lived, were leery. “It's was an odd concept,” explains Sally. “Especially to people who were raised with access to horses and other farm animals.”

But Sally grew up in the very urban Covington, Kentucky, and her fondest memories from childhood were of a family reunion each year, where a local man brought a pony for the children to ride.

“I always rode over and over, and when it was time for lunch, I would bring my plate out, sit in the grass, and eat with the pony,” she remembers fondly.

When she retired from US Airways in 1998, Sally knew it was time to make her dream of providing the same service that she enjoyed so much as a child, a reality.

“I started Honey Hill Farm with just one pony, a run down horse trailer, and word of mouth advertising,” says Sally.

In March of 1998, a northern Kentucky family hired her to bring a pony to their son's birthday party. Sally didn't know it then, but that was the beginning of something really big.

“At the time that I started the business, I was hoping for a post retirement hobby, that would allow me to justify having so many animals, and maybe bring in a little extra income. The result has been pretty amazing.”

Amazing and overwhelming, she goes onto admit. She wasn't quite prepared for the way the business took off, and even with the help of family and friends, she still struggled to keep up.

Fortunately, help was

Honey Hill Farm Now Offering Bunny Parties!

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By Megan Powell, Honey Hill Farm Staff
Lexington, KY USA

Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way! And just in time for the introduction of Honey Hill Farm's newest service: Bunny Parties!

Honey Hill Farm has been contemplating adding Bunny Parties to its list of services for quite some time. With Easter approaching, the upcoming release of the movie Hop, and the unexpected growth of the farm's bunny population (see Facebook for more details), the time just felt right.

"Over the years I've noticed that, while people really love all of our animals, bunnies just cast a spell over children," says Honey Hill Farm owner, Sally Powell. "I've seen crowds of children gathered around a single bunny for hours."

Bunny Parties will be similar to another recently launched service, Indoor Petting Zoos. Bunny Parties can be done indoors or outdoors, and are expected to be most popular in the winter and spring months, when weather is unpredictable. Both the Indoor Zoo and Bunny Parties will focus on the hands on experience of holding, petting, and feeding small animals, while learning a little more about them.

The basic concept is that about 8-10 bunnies, who will arrive in baskets, will be available for children to hold and feed, either in a yard or in a house. Companion animals, such as...

Honey Hill Farm Launches New Website

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By Megan Powell, Honey Hill Farm Staff
Lexington, KY USA

Honey Hill Farm Mobile Petting Zoos and Pony Rides is excited to announce the launch of a brand new website!

"It was time," says Honey Hill Farm owner Sally Powell. "The company has progressed substantially over the past few years, while the website has stayed pretty much the same."

Honey Hill Farm, a family owned company that provides petting zoos and pony rides for special events in Kentucky, Southern Ohio, and parts of Indiana, was founded in 1999.

"We've always tried to take advantage of the internet as a means of reaching our customers. Having a quality website is very important to us," says Sally.

The old sight, created by Webscapes by Fran, featured great photos and information about Honey Hill Farm, and served the company well for years. However, with the company's recent growth, the staff began to see the need for a site that would help them reach their ambitious goals.

"We want the site to be interactive," says Farm Manager Robby Powell. We want present and future customers to really get to know our animals and our services, and to know what to expect...