Visitor and Volunteer Guidelines

Visitor Guidelines

Visitor Guide

All visitors must have on file a signed liability release .. Regulations and safety rules are conspicuously posted and should be read fully before starting any activity.
To prevent the spread of disease, all visitors will be given disposable boots to wear while on the property. (or shown how to sanitize by other means). Please do not exit your vehicle until someone has provided you with your “booties” or directed you to the footbath mat. Sound your horn for attention.. If using the foot bath you must repeat this sanitation when leaving.
Our liability insurance prohibits anyone except our staff or our vets, to be on foot in the animal occupied fields. Visitors are restricted to the farm utility or golf cart to be conveyed around the property. They may not physically interact with the pigs in the pastures at any time. Enjoy the guided tour on wheels. You may visit with the yard pigs as well as some of the crippled and elder pigs at the end of the tour.
No smoking or alcohol on the premises. No food or gum or other edibles should be carried in your pockets.
Avoid the use of colognes, hair sprays, or other fragrance containing cosmetics as these disturb the animals and attract bee and wasp stings.
Cameras, cell phones and car keys should be left at the house or in your car as they frequently get lost during the tour, posing health and environmental hazards.

Shepherd’s Green Sanctuary is not open to the public.

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Our visitors will be one of the following:

Accrediting association

Federal/State/County officials on official business

Former guardian

Intern or other individual receiving special training

Our Insurance Underwriters

Press (by appointment )

Shepherd's Green Staff, Board of Directors and Foster home managers

Supporter / Foundation representative

Veterinarians providing medical care or inspection services

Veterinarians/students receiving CEU or other educational credits.

Directions to the Sanctuary 931-498-5540

From Interstate 40 at Cookeville Tennessee you will take exit 288 and travel North on Rt 111.about 13 miles. You will pass the Welcome to Overton County sign, a saw mill and a Chevron station. Watch for some huge greenhouses and Ragland and Riley Veterinary clinic on the right. It is a brick complex with green roofs. Once you pass the clinic take the next left. It will be Sulphur Road. Travel 2 miles on Sulphur road to Shiloh

Methodist Church . Turn left at the church onto Hardy’s Chapel Road. Travel 3.5 miles to the end of Hardy’s Chapel . At the stop sign you will be in the tiny community of Hardy’s Chapel. Just to your right is Joe Allen Market. Turn right towards the market and then left just in front of it. This will put you on Poplar Springs Road. Travel a mile to Copeland Lane. It is a right hand turn. It is a gravel road and has a dead end sign on the right. We are on the left. You will see the Shepherd’s Green sign.

alternate route is shorter but requires you travel through town

Exit I-40 at exit 287 and go north into Cookeville. About 1 mile into town you will arrive at the Square, the courthouse sitting in the center. Turn right before or after the square and go one block to Washington St which is also route 136. Turn left onto Washington St (Rte 136) and proceed north for about 12 miles. When you reach the Hardy’s Chapel community, follow the directions above from Jo Allen’s store. (Left before the store onto Poplar Springs, then right on Copeland)