Equine & Farm Access Notice
Last updated: April 2026
This Equine & Farm Access Notice explains Honey Tree’s public-facing expectations for property access, farm visits, equine-risk disclosures, hunting and fishing restrictions, outside providers, and related safety and stewardship standards. It carries forward the spirit of Honey Tree’s private agreements, but it does not replace signed waivers, boarding agreements, barn rules, or event-specific paperwork.
1. Private property and private residence
Honey Tree Stables is private property, a working horse farm, and a private residence. Honey Tree is not open to unrestricted public access. Visits are by appointment or other express approval only. Nothing on this website gives any person permission to enter the property, enter barns or rings, use trails or fields, school horses, bring guests, bring vendors, or otherwise access Honey Tree facilities.
2. Equine-risk notice
Horse and farm activities involve inherent risk. Ohio Revised Code Section 2305.321 addresses liability relating to certain equine activities, including hunter and jumper shows, teaching or instructing activities, boarding, trailering, and other equine-related participation. Honey Tree may require signed waivers, releases, health paperwork, helmets, supervision, or other conditions of participation before a lesson, training ride, visit, event, or horse-related activity occurs.
3. Access control and appointment rules
Honey Tree may limit access by hours, area, activity, weather, horse-welfare needs, staffing, maintenance, biosecurity, or other operational needs. Do not share gate codes, keys, access instructions, or permission to enter with any other person. Do not bring guests, invitees, photographers, drone operators, vendors, or service providers onto the property without Honey Tree’s prior approval.
4. Minors and supervision
Minors must remain under the supervision of a parent, legal guardian, or another responsible adult specifically authorized by Honey Tree. Honey Tree does not permit children, guests, or outside providers to be left unattended on the property unless Honey Tree expressly approves that arrangement.
5. Service providers, media, photography, and drones
Routine veterinary, farrier, or related service-provider access must occur through Honey Tree’s approved process except in a genuine emergency. Photographers, videographers, media representatives, and drone operators must have prior written approval before entering the property or capturing images or footage for any commercial, promotional, editorial, or organized purpose.
6. Hunting, trapping, fishing, and wildlife access
This website does not grant any hunting, trapping, shooting, wildlife-pursuit, or fishing rights. Under Ohio Revised Code Section 1533.17, no person may hunt or trap on another person’s lands or private waters, or pursue wild birds or wild animals there, without written permission from the owner or the owner’s authorized agent. Honey Tree prohibits hunting, trapping, shooting at wildlife, fishing, and access to Honey Tree ponds, brooks, waters, and surrounding lands without prior written permission. Where factually applicable to a particular pond, brook, or stocked private water, Ohio Revised Code Section 1533.66 may provide additional protection against trespass for fishing on certain privately controlled waters. Unauthorized entry may also constitute criminal trespass under Ohio Revised Code Section 2911.21.
7. Agritourism and special public events
Honey Tree generally operates on a private, appointment-only basis. If Honey Tree hosts a clinic, camp, open house, educational farm event, or other qualifying farm activity that invites members of the general public, Honey Tree may also rely on Ohio Revised Code Section 901.80, Ohio’s agritourism statute. That statute requires specific warning signs to be posted at or near entrances or the site of the agritourism activity. An online notice alone does not replace those physical sign requirements.
8. Biosecurity, animal welfare, and farm authority
Honey Tree may restrict entry, movement, horse handling, turnout, or activity when Honey Tree believes a safety, horse-welfare, or biosecurity concern exists. No outside horse, dog, or other animal may be brought onto the property without Honey Tree’s prior approval and any documentation Honey Tree requires.
9. How to request permission or schedule a visit
To request a visit, obtain property-access permission, ask about services, or seek approval for a provider, media request, or other visit, contact Honey Tree Stables, LLC at +1 (513) 593-9525 or honeytreestables@gmail.com. Unless Honey Tree expressly approves the request, the answer is no access.
