Building with our Community
Creating events that focus on bringing together friends and family, helping to Strengthen the bonds that build a better Community for all of us!
Schell Family Farm – Who are we? Why are we doing this?
Building a Family Legacy around Farming, and Community.
Owners Chris & Dea Schell have big plans to transform their 250-acre property in Putnam Township and Pinckney into an agricultural tourism and entertainment destination. Opened to the public in August 2019, they had an inspiring opening season. As with all new businesses the farm experienced several trials and tribulations throughout the year. Using these lessons from their inaugural season, they are launching into 2020 with an increased vision of what it takes to make the farm even more successful. Their vision is as brilliant as the annual sunflower bloom, focusing on turning the farm into a hub of year round activities. These activities currently span from July to November starting with the Sunflower season, and ending after Halloween when Ghostly Grove the Haunted Attraction closes. The Schell Family farm places a great deal of emphasis on our impact within the Community. Creating events that focus on bringing together friends and family, strengthening the bonds that build a better Community for all of us!
Schell Family Farm Overview
Here’s a look at our 250 acre property and activities
Christmas Trees
Over 40 Acres of Christmas Trees (~50,000) coming in 2020
Sunflowers & Wildflowers
Starting around August we have over 7 acres of a beautiful Sunflower bloom. PLUS newly added 3 acres of Wildflowers. This is a perfect time to stop by and wander through our maze, take pictures, and pick flowers to share with loved ones!
Apples
Around late summer into fall we’ve got several acres of apples for sale. Come try our Honey Crisps!
Schell Family Farm Syrup
We harvest and process syrup completely in-house. Flavors include, Walnut, Maple, Hickory and the Schell Farm Exclusive, “Mickory“. Try our new Apple flavored syrup coming this season!
Pumpkins
Come late summer we’ve got thousands of pumpkins in all shapes and sizes. Last year we had over 6,000 and expect even more this season!
Fruit Orchard
2 Acres of Plum and Pear Trees, as well as 350 Sweet Cherry Trees and a Peach Orchard!! When we are done we’ll have over 15 Acres of fruit roughly 11,000 trees!
School tours
We have several areas of our farm that are perfect for school trips of all ages. Including our Syrup processing tour, fruit orchard tour, and Christmas tree trail. Click >> CONTACT US to discuss any tour inquiries you may have.
Wagon Rides
Having such a HUGE piece of property has allowed us the ability to create some amazing trails that you’re sure to LOVE! Click here for Pictures
Photography Sessions
We love to share all this beautiful scenery. Feel free to contact us to setup private photo sessions! Professional Photographer available Questions?Click >> CONTACT US
What’s New?
Here is where you’ll find out the most up to date information regarding the Farm and Our Events.
Our Family
Life @ The Schell Family Farm
Events at The Schell Family Farm
We LOVE hosting ANY event!
Schell Family Farm Special Occasions is now booking for 2021 (and beyond) for weddings and special events up to 300 guests. Here are some pictures of different events we have already hosted. Here are some pictures of events we’ve hosted!
Wedding
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Anniversary Party
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Birthday
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Party Ann Arbor
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Banquet
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Wedding
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Party
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Todds Service
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
300 Guests
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Outdoor Area
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Huge Barn
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
Full Bar
We can host up to 300 people in Livingston country and Ann Arbor for weddings, and banquets, and graduations, and birthday parties.
2019 Season
Reflecting on Our First Season
Our first year at Schell Family Farm was an adventure! From sunflowers to ghostly ghouls we fit a lot into 5 months. Here is a look back at some of our events and accomplishments.
Open to the Public
August 16, 2019. We opened the doors to the public! Exciting day with a wonderful turnout from our area. 
Free Easter Egg Hunt
April 13th, 2019. We partnered up with Adiska Dental for a FREE Easter Egg Hunt. We had a fantastic group of people show up! 
Loads of Press!
They say good news travels fast, and not long after opening we had several news outlets, tv stations and bloggers sharing information about our Farm! Here are some of the articles.
- WXYZ – Sunflowers in Bloom
- Livingston Daily – Tourist Destination
- The Livingston Post Calling Families and Photographers
- Photographer and Travel Blogger – elATLboy – Pure Michigan Sunflowers
- Karly Blaszkowski Gives the Scoop on SFF
- WHMI – Agritourism – Ordinance
- Livingston Daily – Opening of Ghostly Grove
Our Own Maple Syrup
We harvested and bottled our first season of Maple Syrup to a huge following! This was a rewarding experience as we had loads of positive feedback from our customers!
Wagon Rides
With all this property we’ve created some amazing trails for our guests to enjoy. Contact us to setup Wagon rides any time of year. Here are some pictures!
Sunflower Bloom
Mid August we celebrated the first season of Sunflowers!
Free Kids Trick or Treat
October 13th, 2019 Schell Family Farm’s Ghostly Grove FREE kids’ event Local businesses handed out candy to thousands of guests who showed up. This was our biggest event to date!
The Opening of the "Ghostly Grove"
September 27th, 2019 We officially opened up the “Ghostly Grove” at Schell Family Farm. For more information visit, ghostlygrove.com
Party Time!
August 5th, 2019. Our first HUGE event! Congratulations to Todd’s Services for reaching 40 years as a community business! Thank you for trusting us to host your celebration!
Parade Time
March 16th, 2019. We did our first community parade! Celebrating St. Patricks day
Schell Family Farm Opens August 1st, 2020
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Our Vision
Plans / Dreams for Our Farm
We are always planning for the future here are a few items that we hope to someday bring to Schell Family Farm
Our Partners & Friends
We Can’t do it alone
Our Guests Pictures
We love to see people sharing the experience they have with us, here are a few of our favorite pictures.
From elatlboy.com
elATLboy.com took so many amazing pictures here are a couple!
Another from Blogger elatlboy.com
elATLboy.com took so many amazing pictures here are a couple!
Michelle T Photography
A perfect picture from http://www.michelletphotography.com/
Corey and Deena
Corey and Deena pose for a picture!
The Cookes
Thanks for Stopping by!
The Marsh Family!
What a great family photo of these Pinckney Pirates!
The MacDonalds
Thanks for Participating in our Free Halloween Kid’s Haunt
Chris Schell
Chris looking as adorable as ever! What a guy!
Contact Us
The Schell Family Farm
10055 Dexter-Pinckney Rd
Pinckney, MI 48169
Telephone
(989) 954-9978
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Schell Family Farm
1 day ago
The wildflowers are about ready for photographers! We are hoping to have the calendar ready on the website by the end of the week to reserve times for wildflower sessions. Continue to follow us and we will update as soon as it's available.
Sunflowers are starting to grow, but still have about a month until they are blooming.
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Lisa MacZink
Josie Ollis
Trey Hechlik
Ashley Macklin
Lisa Freeman Bolsley
Do we have to pay or reserve a time for photos with sunflowers? We have our own photographer and wanted to come August 6th
Schell Family Farm. I did a few photo shoots here last year. Let me know if you need a photographer to help out with some of your guests.
Will it be open to the public as well?
Beautiful!
So excited!!!
So excited! Already have people ready to book! 🙂
Yay! So exciting!
Yay!
I can not WAIT to shoot more beautiful photos there!
Oooo! Can’t wait to book!
So excited!
Can’t wait to visit this year!!
Hope Pickens Nancy Marie Maccagnone when are we going?!?!?!
Taylor Raye
they are so beautiful ❤️
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Can’t wait!!
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Schell Family Farm
1 day ago
If you're looking for a super fun summer/fall job, Schell Family Farm is hiring for seasonal employees! Duties include, but not limited to - working the market with concessions and cash register, picking fruit and pumpkins, processing flowers, and checking in photo sessions. Hours are flexible and will vary depending on the season. For summer - evenings and weekends will be most of the hours. You must be dependable and comfortable interacting with customers. If you would like to apply or get more details, please email us at schellfamilyfarm@gmail.com. Thank you! ... See MoreSee Less
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Schell Family Farm
1 week ago
Up and at it nice and early this morning. Dea is out in the fields helping Farmer Chris get the second round of sunflowers and pumpkins planted.
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I miss this beautiful faces Wonder Woman!!! Have a great Saturday!!!
Is this good weather to plant seeds?
Schell Family Farm
4 weeks ago
We have honey bees! (The friendly kind 😁)
Hopefully all of our crops will benefit from these hives. We have a total of 5 hives on the property - 2 of our own and 3 that belong to Mike, our bee mentor.
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My cousin has 3 hives and it's a fascinating process to spin the honey. It will be great fun for your kids to see the process!
That’s great 🙌
How exciting!
Awesome 👏
Great
Ahhhhh so exciting!! 🐝
I can't 🐝 believe it.
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