Our Campus

Pony Power Therapies is a 13-acre, fully accessible farm in Mahwah, New Jersey.

We are located in the beautiful Ramapo Mountains. Pony Power’s original 4-acre footprint was nearly doubled in 2016 when we acquired its adjoining property. In 2017, an additional 6.5 adjacent acres were offered to Pony Power as a free lease in perpetuity. This land is now home to the Farm in the Forest garden and wooded trails. 

All three properties have been integrated and designed to be environmentally regenerative. With the help of specialized consultants, we established regenerative land management practices to improve the stewardship of the land Pony Power occupies.

To unite our 13 acres, we installed ADA-compliant paths made of compacted stone dust, a wheelchair friendly surface. The well-lit paths originate near the main parking lot on the north side of the property and lead families by our goats, pigs and chickens, and over to the main barn.

Most individual participants meet their instructor outside our main barn for lessons where there is a fully paved accessible parking lot and ADA-compliant bathroom. Connected to the main barn is a wheelchair-accessible classroom/waiting area and an indoor arena with a dust-free footing. Most of our herd has individual stalls in the main barn when not turned out in paddocks located around the farm.

The outdoor ring is our largest riding arena and is equipped with overhead lighting. From that ring, participants can access a sensory trail that circles the red barn. Made of compacted stone dust like our paths, the trail gives riders not only a change in surface and view, but a difference in plane that’s achieved through gentle inclines and declines.

The red barn has a classroom space and features an extra-wide aisle, which accommodates some of our school groups and our after-school program, All HANDs In. Another wheelchair-accessible bathroom is located in the nearby farmhouse.

The green farmhouse serves as offices as well as a waiting area for families here for the after-school program and summer programs. The ground floor is wheelchair friendly and accessible using the ramp leading to the front porch. The space is available for rental to community groups and corporations interested in staff development and team-building opportunities at Pony Power.

The centerpiece of our Farm in the Forest is a fully accessible garden where we use regenerative farming practices to grow more than 50 crops. Garden-assisted Learning lessons provide opportunities for our participants to build skills related to all aspects of food production, better understand agricultural cycles, and simply enjoy engaging with nature. We’re proud to donate harvested produce to local nonprofits each year, including Mahwah’s Center for Food Action, Oasis: A Haven for Women and Children, and Table to Table.

The Farm in the Forest garden’s 30 x 72 foot greenhouse allows for an extended growing season as well as additional workforce development programming for adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities. Nearby, the 1,000 pounds of manure generated by our horses every day are processed using the garden's O2 composting system.