Beyond The Gate
Restoring the broken, equipping today’s youth, and stewarding a community
becoming more capable, compassionate, and courageous
Our horses, regardless of their ride-ability, provide inspiration and connection. Their stories of triumph, healing and redemption serve as our main mission at HNH: partnering with rescued livestock to create cultural change. They are the attraction and catalyst to help the next generation and the community around them to become more equipped to handle their emotions, trials, successes and understand they have value to bring to the table. We hope every child walks away from our programs believing they are capable, compassionate and courageous, with the ability to grow with and impact the people around them for good.
Horsemanship Programs
Our horsemanship program is made to engage and equip the next generation as future stewards of the planet and contributors to society. It’s an 8 lesson curriculum tackling equine sciences to emotional regulation to the basics of riding. Our hope is that each child walks away feeling more capable, compassionate, confident and understands the value they bring to the communities they participate in.
Stable Stewards (6-12)
Resilience Rangers (13-18)
Both age groups explore the full curriculum in our workbook with online bonus resources. All classes at 1 on 1 and 1.5 hours long.
NEW - Saddle Sprouts (2-6)
Early exposure classes to prevent fear of horses. It follows the same 8 lesson curriculum, modified by developmental appropriateness, plus more crafts. All lessons are roughly 45 minutes. Will have 1 on 1 and ½ day group lessons available.
Events and Demonstrations
We try to keep our schedule full at the sanctuary in order to fully embrace a community of belonging in the barnyard. March - November you can usually find at least one workshop per month or a quarterly meet & greet event in the form of an open house or a teaching demonstration.
Barnyard Blossoms
Come spring of 2027, we are launching our Barnyard Blossoms classes where children, along side their parents, can explore nature, farming, and animals in a safe environment with loads of crafts, tactile engagement through learning, and play-based-nature-focused curriculum.
These classes will be held once a week for a half day in a group setting. The lessons will range from equine science to wildlife, farming to nutrition, butterfly hatching to chicken-egg hatching.
We are working out details and would love your feedback!