The Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead is a fun-filled family attraction in Overland Park that features nature trails, farm animals, butterfly gardens, birds of prey, show gardens, a Kanza Native American display, and a full-scale one-room schoolhouse. Founded in 1978 as a petting zoo and later renamed after Deanna Rose, the first Overland Park police officer killed in the line of duty in 1985; the farm also offers an array of activities for children of all ages such as pony rides, playgrounds, horse-drawn wagon rides, and a fishing pond. The Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead also hosts an elaborate Christmas light display around the Christmas Holiday Season.

Designed to depict a turn-of-the-century family farm, the Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead has almost 200 animals and birds of prey, vegetable and flower gardens, a one-room country schoolhouse, an old-time fishing pond, pony rides and more. With the Kansas family farm slowly disappearing, the 12-acre "Children's Farmstead" opened in 1978 and was re-named in 1985 to honor Deanna Rose, the first Overland Park police officer killed in the line of duty. Deanna Rose's legacy was to bring the charm of the farm to children living in the city. Children treasure such memories as bottle feeding baby goats, milking a cow and taking a horse drawn wagon ride through the woods