On September 10, 1985, Ohlone principal Jim Matthiott conducted an opening ceremony on the new farm – a chain-link fence around a bare patch of dirt. With the vision of teachers, parents and students, the farm grew into the thriving learning environment we know today. Over the past four decades—and through innumerable hours of parent volunteer work—the farm has become the amazing outdoor classroom we’ve inherited in 2025. From the first apple trees planted in memory of the Ch

Dive into the history and wonders of Ohlone's Farm in a video tour.

The Ohlone Pumpkin Patch (2005-2006) View Original Document Kim Prescott and I were approached by farm parents to pursue an Environmental...

The Ohlone Farm: Twenty Years of Outdoor Learning 1984/1985 - 2004/2005

Timeline of Ohlone Farm History by science teacher and Ohlone parent Tanya Buxton.

Proposal to build the Farm from Principal Jim Mathiott to Superintendent Dr. Newman Walker.

March 1990 Ohlone Farm News publication highlighting "Russian Visitors Come to the Farm".

In 1987 teacher Bill Overton organized the planting of seven different varieties of apple trees on the Farm.