Corporate & Community Animal Experiences in North Texas
Give Your Guests Something Different
Another bounce house?
Another photo booth?
Or... a Highland cow.
The Barnyard at 2R Ranch brings professionally staffed animal experiences directly to corporate events, cities, HOAs, country clubs, churches, festivals, and community celebrations throughout North Texas.
From a few show-stopping specialty animals to a full mobile petting zoo, we'll help create an experience designed around your event, attendance, location, and goals.
Built for More Than Birthday Parties
Large events need more than a few cute animals.
They need an experience that can handle the crowd.
Our team works with organizations to plan animal selection, event duration, setup, staffing, guest interaction, and flow based on the size and type of event you're hosting.
Whether you're entertaining employees, families, residents, clients, or an entire community, we'll help you determine the right Barnyard experience.
Corporate Events
Make the Company Event a Little Less Corporate
Give employees and guests something they actually want to walk over and see.
Our corporate animal experiences are perfect for:
• Employee family days
• Company picnics
• Client appreciation events
• Western-themed events
• Holiday celebrations
• Brand activations
• Grand openings
• Employee appreciation events
• Company retreats
• Private corporate gatherings
Choose a full mobile petting zoo or feature specialty animals like a Highland cow, Beer Burro, Pony Keg, or The Highland Pour™.
HOA & Neighborhood Events
Bring the Barnyard to the Neighborhood
From spring celebrations and summer events to fall festivals and Christmas gatherings, animal experiences give residents something different to look forward to.
Our HOA experiences can be designed for neighborhood events of different sizes and may include mobile petting zoos, Highland cows, specialty animals, or seasonal experiences.
Planning several events throughout the year?
Ask us about creating an annual Barnyard experience plan for your community.
City & Municipal Events
An Attraction Built for Community Events
The Barnyard partners with cities and community organizations to bring interactive animal experiences to public events throughout North Texas.
Perfect for:
• City festivals
• Parks & recreation events
• National Night Out
• Holiday celebrations
• Fall festivals
• Community days
• Western-themed events
• Family festivals
• Seasonal celebrations
For larger events, we'll work with your team to determine appropriate staffing, setup, event duration, and guest-flow needs.
Planning multiple city events throughout the year?
Ask about annual partnership options and preferred-date scheduling.
Festivals & Large Events
Give Them a Reason to Stop
A great festival attraction needs to do more than look good from across the grounds.
It needs to pull people in.
Our mobile Barnyard experiences create an interactive attraction where guests can slow down, meet the animals, take photos, and enjoy something completely different from the typical vendor booth.
Experiences can be designed around event attendance, duration, available space, and expected guest flow.
Country Clubs & Private Communities
Something the Whole Family Will Remember
Our animal experiences are a natural fit for country clubs, private communities, member events, and family programming.
Bring in the full Barnyard for a family celebration or create a more elevated experience featuring Highlands and specialty animals.
We can also work with clubs planning multiple seasonal events throughout the year.
Churches & Nonprofit Events
From fall festivals and family nights to outreach events and holiday celebrations, The Barnyard can bring an interactive animal experience directly to your organization.
We'll help determine an experience based on your expected attendance, event duration, location, and available space.
PLAN A CHURCH OR ORGANIZATION EVENT
Choose Your Barnyard Experience
Mobile Petting Zoo
Bring the full Barnyard experience to your event with a rotating selection of friendly farm animals and professional handlers.
Ideal for family events, festivals, employee events, HOAs, schools, and community celebrations.
Highland Cow Experience
Sometimes one animal is all it takes to get everyone's attention.
Our signature Highland experiences create an incredible centerpiece, interaction area, and photo opportunity.
The Highland Pour™
One of our signature Barnyard experiences combines a Highland cow, beverage presentation, and a photo opportunity your guests won't see coming.
Perfect for corporate parties, VIP events, upscale gatherings, and adult-focused celebrations.
Beer Burro & Pony Keg
Add an interactive beverage animal to Western-themed events, corporate gatherings, country clubs, and private celebrations.
Beverages and alcohol are supplied and controlled by the event host.
Chicken Sh*t Bingo
Yes.
It's exactly what it sounds like.
Our Chicken Sh*t Bingo experience brings a little Barnyard chaos to breweries, community events, fundraisers, corporate gatherings, and adult events.
It's interactive, ridiculous, and extremely hard to walk past without watching.
Need More Than One Experience?
Even better.
Our team can combine multiple Barnyard experiences to create a larger attraction for your event.
Depending on availability and event requirements, your experience may include a mobile petting zoo, Highland cow, miniature donkey, pony, beverage animal, or other specialty Barnyard features.
Tell us about your event and we'll recommend a setup based on your crowd, space, timeline, and goals.
Planning More Than One Event This Year?
Let's Make It a Partnership
Organizations planning multiple events don't have to start from scratch every time.
The Barnyard offers annual and multi-event opportunities for select:
• Cities and municipalities
• HOAs and community associations
• Country clubs
• Corporate organizations
• Churches
• Schools and childcare groups
• Event venues
Annual partnerships can simplify planning, help secure preferred dates, and create a consistent experience across multiple events.
Tell us what your event calendar looks like and we'll help determine whether a multi-event partnership makes sense.
Professional From Arrival to Cleanup
Bringing animals into a large event requires planning.
Our team handles the animal side of the experience so your team doesn't have to.
Depending on the experience, we provide:
• Animal transportation
• Professional handlers
• Portable enclosures and necessary setup equipment
• Setup and breakdown
• Guest interaction and supervision
• Animal care throughout the event
• Event-specific setup planning
We'll work with your event contact to review access, surface type, available space, attendance, timing, and other relevant logistics before the event.
Working With Event Planners
Planning events for multiple clients?
We'd love to be the animal-experience company you already know who to call.
The Barnyard works with professional event planners throughout North Texas for corporate events, community celebrations, weddings, private parties, and large gatherings.
Ask us about becoming a preferred Barnyard planning partner.
Animal Welfare Comes First
Large crowds don't change our standards.
Every event is evaluated based on weather, temperature, transportation time, setup conditions, animal temperament, event duration, appropriate rest, and expected guest interaction.
Animal selections or event plans may be adjusted when necessary to protect the health and wellbeing of our animals.
Corporate & Community Event FAQ
Can you handle large crowds?
Yes.
Our team works with events ranging from private gatherings to large community celebrations.
For higher-attendance events, we'll recommend an appropriate setup, duration, staffing plan, and guest-flow approach based on the details you provide.
How many animals do you bring?
That depends on the experience, expected attendance, duration, available space, and event type.
Our team will recommend an appropriate experience rather than using the same setup for every event.
Can you provide insurance documentation?
If your venue or organization has specific insurance or vendor requirements, include those details with your inquiry so our team can review them.
Can you set up on concrete?
Select experiences may be set up on concrete or pavement depending on the animals, weather, surface, event duration, and setup requirements.
Tell us about your event space when requesting a quote.
Can you provide more than one attraction?
Yes, depending on availability.
Many larger events benefit from combining a mobile petting zoo with a Highland or another specialty Barnyard experience.
Do you offer annual contracts?
We offer multi-event and annual partnership opportunities for select organizations planning recurring events.
Tell us how many events you're planning and approximately when they occur, and we'll recommend options.
How much does it cost?
Every corporate and community event is different.
Pricing is based on event type, attendance, duration, location, date, experience, staffing requirements, and travel.
Submit your event details and we'll recommend appropriate options.
Do you travel?
Yes.
We serve organizations throughout North Texas, the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, and select Southern Oklahoma locations.
Extended travel may be available depending on the event.
Serving Organizations Across North Texas
The Barnyard at 2R Ranch provides corporate and community animal experiences throughout Sherman, Denison, Gainesville, McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, Celina, Denton, Aubrey, Anna, Melissa, Allen, Little Elm, and surrounding North Texas communities.
Select events are available throughout Dallas-Fort Worth and Southern Oklahoma.
Let's Create Something They'll Remember
Whether you're planning an employee family day for 50 people or a community festival for thousands, we'll help you determine the Barnyard experience that makes sense for your event.
Tell us your date, location, expected attendance, and what you're planning.
We'll take it from there.
