Forester's Farm facilitates the rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming of St Louis area farm animals while providing animal care educational experiences and therapeutic activities for seniors and school-aged children.
We would like to hear from you
- Through the support of our wonderful sponsors and friends, Forester’s Farm is able to offer these enriching services to schools and senior living communities at no cost to the recipient organizations. If your nonprofit organization is interested in bringing Forester’s Farm to your site and do not fit into one of those two categories, please contact Erika Beeler to discuss your idea and potential mission alignment. If you are interested in bringing Forester’s Farm to your site – and do not fit into a nonprofit category – please contact Erika Beeler to request information regarding a fee for the visit.
- +1-6363686940 - Erika
- ForestersFarm@outlook.com
- Call/email to book a visit
Forester’s Farm is a 501c3 nonprofit private foundation in the state of Missouri.
You can mail a check to Forester's Farm at 3801 Tamara Trail, Wildwood, MO 63069 or click the DONATE button below. Thank you!
Events
Celebrating Earth Day at Lift for Life Academy
Pursuit Week for students interested in pursing animal related careers
*Canceled - to be rescheduled* Becky did great during her first inside visit last month so we're coming back in December to bring more smiles to the residents
As temperatures drop, we are going to bring our therapy donkey for an inside visit with the Skilled Care residents and staff.
Our first visit to Gateway Science Academy, we can't wait to share the Littles with a new group of students!
Returning monthly with the Littles while weather permits visits with residents and staff in the Skilled Care courtyard
Canceled due to rain
Bringing the farm Littles (2 goats and mini-donkey) back to school to visit with students
We are returning to Friendship Village Skilled Care in Chesterfield where we have enjoyed bringing the Littles (mini donkey and 2 goats) to interact with the residents and staff.
Skilled Care residents of Friendship Village Chesterfield will have the opportunity to visit with select farm animals. The Farm recognizes the healing power of animals and understands that seniors living in assisted living, nursing homes, or other care facilities may no longer be able to travel to visit the farms of their youth. By bringing the animals to the seniors, memories may be unlocked and new experiences can be shared.
Farm managers transport select rescued animals to retirement communities providing participants with a unique and enriching opportunity to interact with the animals–brushing, feeding, and petting them. For seniors, interacting with the farm animals is often both soothing and entertaining and frequently brings back childhood memories.
Enjoy your yoga practice in our hayloft overlooking the pasture and chicken run. Stick around for chair massages, animal snuggles, snacks, and beverages while listening to live music. Becky says namaste. Becky the mini donkey in lotus pose thanks to our friend Kelly Kodner
Forester's Farm semi-annual visit to Lift for Life Academy
Forester's Farm has partnered with True Gospel Temple Church to host a fall festival for Old North St. Louis City resdients. Families were able to engage, brush, feed and learn about farm animals while celebrating in a safe space.
Forester's Farm visiting the Kindergarten students at Lift For Life. Students were reading about farm animals and how to care for them. After participating in the read aloud students were able to brush, feed and care for the animals themselves.
While visiting Lift For Life Elementary, there were middle school students that were interested in learning more about farm life and the importance of animals visiting the veterinarian. Forester's Farm volunteers had the oppurtunity to share important information that really sparked the students interest and learning more about the farm life.
Forester's Farm first visit at Lift For Life Academy, Elementary. The students were thrilled to see and touch live animals for the first time in some of their lives. This visit was a true testament of why it is important to expose all to the love of farm animals.
Meet the Animals
Crockett
Spotted Saddle Horse
Our first horse and the reason we moved to our little farm
Smokey
Barn Cat
A farm isn't legit without a barn cat, fortunately our barn came with its own
Forester
Polled Hereford
Named after the Subaru which brought him home, our bottle baby
Pearl
American Alpine
We adopted Pearl to be a companion animal for Forester allowing me to return to my own bed
Bullet
French Alpine
Bullet came with Pearl, a complete set
Honey
Solid Paint-Bred
The perfect horse for my dad, we are so grateful to Patty's Mini Acres for re-homing Honey with us
Becky
Miniature Donkey
When we learned Becky needed a new home how could we say no?
Wednesday
Retriever Mix
This little girl was meant to live on a farm, a natural
Daisy
Shepherd Mix
We didn't expect to adopt another dog the day after Wednesday but look at those ears!
The Ladies
Chickens
Last but not least, the chickens to make our farm complete
Pam Parrot - wife, mother, friend
Parrot, Pamela “Pam” (nee Thompson) 83, passed away, Monday, February 24, 2025. Pam was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of Mildred Haury and Windell Thompson. Pam loved her family fiercely, cherished her friendships deeply, and touched so many through her volunteer endeavors over the years.
Pam made friends everywhere she went and in each of the communities that she and Ted called “home,” including Ohio, Connecticut, Kansas, Utah, New Hampshire, and even overseas in Holland. Her zest for life showed up in her volunteer work for multiple museums, a school for children with visual impairments, and various Newcomers affiliations. More recently she was a constant volunteer for Forester’s Farm, a St. Louis nonprofit organization started by her daughter.
Pam was happiest at the family vacation home in Stoddard, New Hampshire, where she and Ted spent their summers and weekends, often with their girls and just as often with friends. She loved to host dinner parties and cook while sipping chardonnay. She adored winters and playing in the snow, skiing and sledding with her girls. In the summer, she could be found paddling in the lake or playing golf. She loved animals, particularly Kama’s cats and her grand animals on Erika’s farm.
Regardless of where she and Ted lived, Pam would find the museums and could walk their halls for hours, easily outlasting anyone who dared venture out with her.
Pam was warmth, she was joy, and she was a quiet and steady force in the lives of so many. She will be deeply missed by those she spent her life loving, most closely her best friend and husband Ted Louis Parrot and her two daughters Erika (Ryan) Beeler and Kama (Devin) Giedra.
Services: Memorial parties will be held at Friendship Village Chesterfield in May and at Point Parrot in August. Presently, in lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Currier Museum (https://currier.org/) or Forester’s Farm (https://www.forestersfarm.org/).
