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Welcome to The Animal Acre! Attached to the play park and family area of The Walled Garden, this space is home to diverse range of friendly faces who aren’t just here to look cute for our visitors, they all allow for enriching learning opportunities for our students who attend EMA.
Animals have always had a place here since we reopened in 2015, and since then, the family has grown, and we’ve welcomed a herd of Pygmy Goats (who also gave birth to kids!), three new chicken families, ferrets, more rabbits, quails, and even two Kunekune pigs – not to mention a special group of exotic animals, our reptiles and bugs!
Throughout the year, we put on events that allow visitors the chance to meet the animals such as our Bug and Reptile Experiences, Goat Walks, our Children’s Birthday Party offering and more.
In 2025 we launched out Animal Adoption Scheme! Find out more here!
Meet Chrissy!
Chrissy works here at The Walled Garden and has been overseeing the care of all our animal residents for over 4 years now. She is experienced and knowledgeable of all kinds of animals, from the goats, to the bugs, and she has been a positive driving force behind the development of Animal Acre, always wanting to make sure we’re providing the best possible environment for them, along with learning opportunities for our students, and ways for visiting members of the public to engage with them.
If you see her on site, she’ll probably be doting over her goats, checking in with the chickens, or even hosting one of our special animal events. She’ll always be happy to answer any questions about the animals, so do say hello when you next visit!
Who lives on the Animal Acre?
Pygmy Goats
Our Pygmy Goats have been a very welcome and entertaining part of our animal family at the Walled Garden since 2023. Since their arrival, Chrissy has worked hard to get them settled in and familiar with their surroundings.
Roo, Bounty, Babybel, Toga, Willow, Kanga and Leicester are a very playful family who love playing hide-and seek with Chrissy!
But on rainy days you’ll see the herd relaxing indoors because they really don’t like the rain!
Our goats love to eat goat food and lots of hay, but their favourite snacks are hazel, apple branches, Christmas trees and brambles.
Kunekune Pigs
Our newest residents here at The Walled Garden arrived at the end of March 2025! This happy pair are very vocal, but we strongly recommend not putting your hands inside their enclosure to keep your fingers safe in case they confuse them for a snack!
Carrot and Swede are young sisters with very different personalities. Carrot loves a sunbathe while Swede is often walking around and exploring their enclosure.
Chickens
Our chickens arrived at The Walled Garden in 2025 and have been settling in very well! Their main purpose here is to teach our EMA students the daily care and lifecycle of the chicken. The various sizes and colours of the different breeds and the different egg type and sizes.
We have various flocks in our animal family, including the Lavender Araucanas, Golden Bantams and Polish Chicken!
Rabbits
There are currently two rabbit enclosures in our animal area. Once which is home to Woody and Smudge, a 2 year old boy and 4 year old girl. The other is home to our younger pair, Waffle and Honey who moved into their first outdoor enclosure in February 2025.
You’ll often find them all digging around their patch, if they aren’t munching on carrots or their favourite snack – apple branches!
They absolutely love watching out visitors here at The Walled Garden, but be careful with your fingers, or they’ll think you’re offering them a carrot!
Ferrets
This group of ferrets really mean business! They have an age range of 1 through to 9 years old!
Blizzard is our eldest, and keeps a watch over his cage mates, while Lightning and Thunder are the mums of the group.
Tornado, Hurricane, Rain, Mist, Snowy and Sunny are our 1-year-old babies. Most of the group have been bred on-site here in Moreton!
The ferrets are a really playful bunch. They love playing with their tunnels and boxes but can get a bit carried away. Once, a brand-new ball pit lasted just over an hour before it was destroyed!
You’ll often see them munching away on their ferret biscuits or maybe some meat as a treat.
Guinea Pigs
This little herd are a popular bunch. They are all approximately 3-years-old and have some tasty names!
Rolo, Crunch, Cookie, Biscoff, Caramel and Cream absolutely love playing in their tunnels, and if they see someone arrive with some grass to eat, they’ll start to squeak excitedly, but their favourite foods are carrots and herbs!
You’ll know which one is Rolo as he often gets comments about his really fluffy fur. He gets the most haircuts of them all which always draws attention!
Crunch is also easy to spot – as he is a teddy breed, her coat looks just like a cosy fleecy teddy bear and always needs to be taken care of.
Quails – details soon!
Geese
Our geese, Iceman and Maverick hatched here at The Walled Garden. They have been very popular with our visitors. Growing from tiny balls of yellow fluffy cuteness to two beautiful and chatty birds!
They are often out for walks with Chrissy around the grounds of the animal area and sometimes stop to say hello to the public!
Bosc Monitor
The Bosc Monitor is a spectacular creature. This 2-year-old is called The Boss!
The Boss may look scary and like a dragon, but he really is a big softy and loves a good neck stroke. Sudden movements tend to spook him so we keep his environment as calm as we can.
The Boss’s favourite foods are locusts, cockroaches, snails, eggs, chicks and mice and can eat a lot!
In the summertime, Chrissy takes The Boss out for walks with a lead and harness to explore the grounds and always piques the interest of visitors who spot him.
Bearded Dragons
Mushu and Sisu love their bathtimes but not as much as they love basking under their heat lamp. They spend a lot of their time sat in the warm as they watch Chrissy and the EMA students hard at work in the bug shed with the other insects and reptiles!
Their favourite foods are locusts and salad – but they’ll eat whatever food is on offer if they are offered it.
It’s easy to spot these two are excited as they’ll nod their heads as soon as they see something they like!
Tortoises – details soon!
Bugs and Insects – details soon!