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Hello Parents! We had such a fun time with your kiddos at Farm Science Camp this Summer that due to popular demand…Teaching Tuesdays will return to our Historic Farm this Fall!🌻 Back to school we go BUT the work on a Regenerative Farm continues! Come join us after school for more learning, gathering, preserving andContinue reading “FALL FRUIT FARM FUN! 🍁”

🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 —————————————————— Hello Friends!  Our environmental science son Will, has been learning how to grow Microgreens for the past 6 months as part of a cohort with the Make a Difference Foundation.  The program has now come to a close, so he has decided to launch a small Ag business to help fund his finalContinue reading “Welcome To: Willard’s Greens”

KATHLEEN is the owner/operator of WillaBella Farm, LLC. She holds a Bachelor of Science clinical degree from the University of Washington & recently retired (along with her first responder husband) from a 16 year career in clinical diagnostics/medical research sales focused primarily on microbiology & immunochemistry. She is a beekeeper & certified master gardener andContinue reading “Our STEM Instructors:”

Hello Parents, We had such a fun time with your kiddos at Farm Science Camp this Summer that due to popular demand…Teaching Tuesdays will return to our Historic Farm this Fall!🌻 Back to school we go BUT the work on a Regenerative Farm continues! Come join us after school for more learning, gathering, preserving andContinue reading “FALL, FOOD, FARM, FUN!🍁”

Thankfully the rainy days of Fall lend themselves to rest and regeneration. So here I sit compelled to write, coffee & fingertips at hand. I turned 57 during election week. Like many older ladies my age, I have lived a full complex life with many experiences. When you reach this stage of life, most ofContinue reading “I VOTED..A MESSAGE TO MY CHILDREN”

Welcome to our Farm! We are excited to announce our official new licensed name WillaBella Farm, LLC. We will be extending our season this year from June through Fall! 🌸 Now that Scott & Kathleen are happily retired Yay! He, 32 years as a Captain & first responder. She, 16 years in clinical laboratory sales.Continue reading “WillaBella Farm Summer Season 2025”

When you live on ten acres, farmhouse set back off the road, surrounded by woods, you don’t see a lot of action. Both of us with public health careers, the gated entrance & peaceful solace is a therapeutic necessity. Never in a million years expecting this… “Grab Kellee hurry..get her inside..hurry!” A calm but urgentContinue reading “Get my Goat”

Thank you Rylea Foehl photography & Pierce County Fresh for choosing us to help tell our farming story & support our regenerative outreach mission!…More of Rylea’s photos at https://ryleafoehl.com/🌻 Hello Friends, I am Kathleen, welcome to my small farming journey! This is not my life story, but rather a brief glimpse of my 50 somethingContinue reading “My Journey in Small Farming”

Welcome Friends! We are excited to relaunch our Summer Youth Farm Science Program for 7-12 year olds, located on our Historic Farm in Gig Harbor! See below for schedule & registration. Looking forward to immersing ourselves in nature with your kiddos! 🌱🌻🥕 OVERVIEW: Our summer schedule begins July 1st. Each camp is 2 half daysContinue reading “WillaBella Farm Science Camps Summer 2021”

Springtime is for rebirth. Bulbs begin to emerge, fruit buds swell, my favorite time of year. As the days grow longer, I spend more time slogging around the muddy property with my two very dirty labradors in tow. I stop to marvel at plum tree blooms starting to open, soft yellow daffodils peeking through theContinue reading “Here Piggy Piggy”