The Journey
Kim Stoney began working towards building this childcare service in 2008, while pregnant with her third child. She already had Tilly and Jack to enjoy life with, and then Bella and Sam also joined the family.
With a strong background in sheep and cattle farming, it was while she was raising her four small children on the farm that she realised how so many children miss out on this wonderful life – purely by circumstance.
And so The Farmhouse was born.
With families in the Mansfield district desperate for adequate childcare solutions, building The Farmhouse was a way to provide these much-needed services…and bring the farm to town!
Prior to The Farmhouse, Kim was in partnership running one of Victoria’s largest lamb operations and is still involved in agriculture today.
In her earlier years she completed her Bachelor of Business and spent more than a decade in tourism and destination marketing. While having children Kim also completed her Advanced Diploma in Rural Business Management and Advanced Diploma in Agriculture. To be current in the early childhood industry, Kim has pursued her Advanced Diploma in Community Sector Management.
