Get Ready For the Holidays!

It’s the holiday season once again, and we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm feel this year has just flown by! We hope that everyone has an amazing Thanksgiving celebration, but its important to remember Christmas is right around the corner!

That being said, we will be taking the farmstand on the road, first stopping at the Koehler Winery Holiday Market on November 18th. Next, we’ll be stopping at Sunstone Wineries’ Holiday Market on December 2nd and 3rd, and finally we'll be at the Enchanted Lights at SYV Botanic Garden on December 8th- 10th and the following week from the 15th- 17th.

The Enchanted Lights at the SYV Botanical Garden is especially popular amongst the Santa Barbara County community, why not stop by and do your holiday shopping before it’s too late!

New Tools Make Us Smile! 😃

It's been a busy week here at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, we just got in the mail our new Besel Lavender Processing Machine, all I can say is it's gonna make work around the farmstand go even faster!

This piece of equipment takes the lavender buds straight off the bundle while removing dust and sorting out any of the debris to give you just the bud itself, don’t take my word for it, watch it do its thing!

Once it finishes, this is the result that we are left with! Now we'll take the bud and use it in all the great local Santa Barbara County products you know and love!

Here's another look at how the machine sorts and separates, truly an amazing piece of equipment!

See You In Los Olivos!

Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm is taking the farmstand on the road yet again, setting up shop at Day In The Country in Los Olivos on October 21st!

It's sure to be blast, stop by and see us to show your support! If you can't make it though, no worries, we will be open Fiday October 20th and Sunday October 22 d, be sure to come by and check out what's happening at Santa Barbara Counties premier lavender farm!

Lavender Cocktails?!! Yes, Please!

Today we had one of our new friends stop by Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm to pick up some culinary lavender from the farmstand, Justine from The Tipsy Wagon!

Justine is a wonderful lady who runs a mobile bar out of a converted horse trailer, its pretty amazing, and so are the cocktails she makes!

If you've got an event to do in the Santa Barbara area, be sure to check them out they do some amazing work!

Always Fun Meeting A New Friend!

Now that we are in the offseason here at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, we’ve been hard at work harvesting, processing, and distilling all our lavender while cleaning up the upper field, ain’t no rest for the wicked, as it were!

While we've been working around the farmstand, we happened to be contacted by a local wildlife photographer named Deborah Kalas, and the photos she has been taking are simply stunning! Here's a sampling from the first day she came to take pictures.

This first smattering of Goldfinch photos was amazing but Deborah came a little later in the day and around this part of Santa Barbara County the birds start to head home, so she came back again and got these photos! Simply breathtaking the one of the two finches with the seed!

If you would like to see more of Deborah's beautiful shots, check out her instagram at dkalas_art or just go to her website! We've been enjoying the heck our of the shots she's done, be sure to check out our Instagram as well as we get new shots!

We’re Moving Into The Offseason!

Now that Labor Day has come and gone, we're moving to our off-season hours here at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm!

If you want to come by the farmstand for your seasonal bouquets or the farmstand give us a shout too, we'll be happy to help! 😊

Now our hours of business have moved to just Saturday and Sunday from 11am-4pm, but worry not! If you're in the Santa Barbara County Area and can't make it during our business hours, give us a call or contact us here and we'll see what we can do about letting you have the field to yourself!

New Things This September!

Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm is set to keep the fun going, even as we begin to head into the offseason here in Santa Barbara County. To start with, we have partnered with our good friend and local winemaker Amber Hogan to show off some of her creations at For the Love Of Wine at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm!

This will be our first local winemaker showing off their wine here by the farmstand and its sure to be an amazing time, be sure to RSVP soon!

Amber’s message to those who wish to come, “Enjoy some wine and nibbles in the most amazing lavender field the Santa Rita Hills has to offer! Please wear comfortable shoes. Contact me for questions by phone at (805)734-7197 or by email at hoganamber@ymail.com.”

What An Amazing Moment!

WOW, look at who decided to take a load off and snooze on a pomegranate branch at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm!

This little Hummingbird took the opportunity to relax at the most serene little lavender farm in Santa Barbara County, and we certainly appreciate the chance to snap some great video!

When you get the chance be sure to stop by the farmstand and snap your perfect pic, open everyday except Tuesday from 10am - 5pm until August 31st then we will be switching to offseason hours, and will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11am - 4pm.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

The fun doesn’t stop at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, we’ve been adding to the property one step at a time!

Suffice it to say, new things are happening around the farm all the time, like the new Seed Saver 101 class taught by owner and Master Gardener Denise is coming up on August 20th, be sure to sign up now before spots fill up!

The biggest change this month has to be the new chicks we just received in the mail, we got a dozen New Jersey Giants and half a dozen Lavender Orbingtons, so cute!

I mean, listen to them peep away! Adorable, truly a great addition to the farm , soon enough we'll have more eggs to sell in the Santa Barbara County area!

New Class Now Available!

With the Living the Lavender Lifestyle Month at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm officially coming to a close, all of our energy has been restored and its now time for another class!

Finally take home your own little of bounty of seeds that you harvested during the class to have a little something to remember us by, with still plenty of time to stop by the farmstand before we close for the night!

Join owner/ master gardener Denise as she teaches our first ever Seed Saver Class! Learn how to properly identify, catalogue and harvest a variety of different seeds from around the farm. While hunting for seeds, learn more about the special condintions we have in this little patch of Santa Barbara County and learn all about the different plants and their life cycles.

Be sure to get your tickets here on the site, we are looking forward to seeing you on August 20th for the first ever Seed Saver 101!

Sabrina's Shots From The Farm To Table Dinner!

Now that the afterglow from Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm’s first annual Farm to Table Dinner is starting to wear off, Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm is in the process of doing some routine chores when Sabrina Chavez, our friend and a local professional photographer, sent over the photos she did while we were busy entertaining during the Farm to Table Dinner. Here’s a look at all the people who helped make the night special Nuh from Nuh Bartending, Grady DiPietro our musical accompaniment for the night, and of course Denise the owner with executive chef of SY Kitchen and Nella Luca who was onsite baking his signature Pinzas, so delicious!!

Everyone had a wonderful time, how could they not? It was amazing food and an amazing time, a true highlight of Santa Barbara County!

We received a ton of feed back after the event, all of it positive, which means we will be turning the Farm To Table Dinner into an annual event! It’s sure to be a blast yet again, be sure to keep your eyes peeled here and on social media, we will let everyone know when we have new and exciting things to do around the farmstand!

Missed Our Events? Plan Your Own!

With all of the spots sold out for our Photo Sessions In The Field and The Honey Tastings all sold out, this first annual Living The Lavender Lifestyle Month at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm has been everything we planned for and more!

That being said, having all those events can really put a strain on you, so we've decided why not work with all the other lavender farms in the area and coordinate events on each of our farms? So, we've begun the works on a new project to put a fresh face on the Central Coast! Stay tuned, you never know how things will change around the farmstand!

Stay Tuned for the Central Coast Lavender Trail!

It's been a herculean effort on the part of this mother/son team; what other farm in the Santa Barbara County area had so many events in one month?

Yoga + High Tea July 8th

Everyone in the middle of the Yoga class!

Lavender Wreathmaking Class, July 15th

Look at The Beautiful Wreaths everyone made with teacher Amber Hogan!

Watercolor In The Lavender Field

What a great class put on by Artspot On Wheels!

Farm To Table Dinner July 22nd

Executive Chef Luca of SY Kitchen and Nella addressing guests at Farm To Table Dinner!

If you missed out on being apart of our events, don't worry, we have our private events that we can set up for any size occasion, whether it be a party of 10 or just you wanting to experience a personal class, be sure to check out our private classes here. Be advised one week of lead time is necessary to prepare a private instruction, so message us if you are interested!

They loved the private wreathmaking class, so will you!

The Farm To Table Dinner Was A Smash Hit!

Today at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm we had our first ever Farm To Table Dinner and all that can be said is that everyone LOVED IT!

We are so grateful to all those who we partnered with to put on this event, with a special thanks to the chef and his crew from SY Kitchen and Nella’s Kitchen, the food was spectacular! Grady the guitarist did an impressive act on his acoustic Flamingo guitar, and of course Melville for sponsoring the wine, everyone did a phenomenal job!

Santa Barbara may have been jam packed this weekend but everyone had plenty of space to relax and stretch out after a long week.

Finally the event wouldn’t be possible without the support of the Allan Hancock Rodeo Team, an amazing group of people working with a great cause! The farmstand has never been so crowded, can’t wait to do it all over again!

Tomorrow's The Farm to Table Dinner!

Even though we will be busy setting up things for one of the many big events going on in Santa Barbara County this weekend, we will still have the farmstand open tomorrow from 10am - 2pm, but will be closing early so that the chefs from SY Kitchen and Nella can start prep, so plan accordingly!

They didn’t plan very well, look at them scrambling!

As the sun sets on the last day before Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm's first Farm to Table Dinner, the activity had been buzzing, we’ve been setting up tables, the oven, and the bar, it's been a super busy day!

Thanks Elite Events For the help!

We are so grateful once again to everyone who will be coming and participating in the dinner it has been a dream of ours to put on a Farm to Table Dinner and its so exciting that so many people wanted to be apart of our dream come true!

Farm To Table Dinner Right Around The Corner!

Its an exciting time around Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, we are just a couple days away from out first annual Farm to Table Dinner!

It’s been a really busy time around here, so with everything on the cusp of going forward, the farmstand is humming with excitement! That might be the bees though, not sure.

Listen To That BUZZ of excitement!

The Farm To Table Dinner is sure to be an amazing event in Santa Barbara County, we’ve opened up more tickets so there are still seats available, get your tickets here.

It’s going to be an amazing event, food by the executive chefs of Sy Kitchen and Nella’s Bar & Restaurant and wine the Santa Rita Hills, the Farm to Table Dinner Sponsored by Melville Winery is working with the Allan Hancock College Rodeo Team,we are so blessed for all the amazing people helping us put on our first dinner!