CHEERS TO ANOTHER SPECTACULAR OPEN FARM DAYS!
From olive oil tastings and pig greetings to beekeeping and gardening workshops, folks spread throughout the county to meet local farmers and learn about the hard work that goes into our groceries and goods. Open Farm Days gets better and better every year and we're so thankful to all of you who came out to TOUR, TASTE, and LEARN along the #slocofarmtrail.
DID YOU KNOW...We swung the gates wide open to hundreds of townies excited to learn what the buzz was all about in Paso Robles' Downtown City Park and to near 30 farms & makers. That’s a huge herd of folks that came together to enjoy showcased groceries, libations and products from the #slocofarmtrail.
THANKS TO THE HANDS THAT HELPED MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN
A very special thank EWE to our Co-Chair Jennifer Tallent Jospeh (@thegroveson41) for volunteering countless hours and contributing to the success of Open Farm Days. So much goes on behind the scenes of a multi-day event like this one and we couldn’t do it without the experience and tenacity of this super special event planning farmer!
Hats off to our OFD Marketplace chair, Gina Hambly (@hambly_farms) for gathering local moo-vers & makers in Paso's City Park for our Friday Night Marketplace kick-off event.
And waaaaay behind the scenes, the emails and the cameras, are these bad-ass trail hands that help us craft our stories through imagery, videos, social media, eblasts, event planning, marketing and so much more! A big huge Thank EWE to our top trail hand, Jessica Sarwine, and Brittany App (@Brittanyapp) Lacie Johns & Julia Meyers (@travelpaso), Stephanie Marden, Jenni Abascal, volunteer extraordinaires, for all you did and do to BRING IT from the trail for all to share & enjoy. And of course our trail sponsors, for which we are so very grateful for their contributions of in-kind and moo-la.For without all of these hands, their labor of love, and the support of our community, Open Farm Days would remain a vision vs the awesome reality that we can share with all of you! Moo-chas gracias to all who planned, participated, supported, sponsored and attended our 4th Annual Open Farm Days.
AND A MAJOR THANK YOU, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU
goes to our farmers and purveyors, who jumped through hoops with planning and promotion, helped spread the word, and received the community with open arms (and gates) by hosting farm tours, workshops, demo’s, tastings and unique agricultural experiences. Guests blazed their own trail learning about our local agricultural life through observing busy bees in their hives, strolling through flower fields, sipping local wines and mocktails, grazing on locally grown groceries, tasting exquisite olive oils, hand-crafting aromatic & creative take-a-ways to remember the day by, touring the very fields their lunches were harvested from, cuddled with newborn lambs, and so much more. Open Farm Day participants included:
@adelaida_botanicals
@ambythestate
@avilavalleybarn
@chaparralgardens
@clearwatercolornursery
@dallidetadobe
@givingtreefamilyfarm
@greenloveelixirbar
@thegroveson41
@hambly_farms
@kilerridge
@leoleogelato
@life.elements
@mightycapmushrooms
@nwe.chefs.garden
@oleafarmoliveoil
@ourglobalfamilyfarm
@revesdemoutons @blackmarketcheeseco
@sierra_honey_farm
@talleyfarmsbox
@templetonvalleyfarmers
@tibercanyon
OUR EVENT HAS ENDED - CHECK OUT BELOW TO GET A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT NEXT YEAR:
TOUR - TASTE - LEARN
Friday, June 21 - Sunday, June 23
JOIN US FOR A WEEKEND OF TOURING THE SLO COUNTY FARM TRAIL
Savoring summer on the SLO Co Farm Trail is what Open Farm Days are all about. Many of our local family farms will be swinging open their gates to welcome ticket holders to tour, taste and learn about our local agriCULTURE.
Demos, tastings and farm tours will be happening along the trail for our ticket holding guests to learn how our food is grown and how products are made here in SLO CAL.
This family-friendly experience is an up-close chance to learn about agriculture through demonstrations, tastings, and farm tours.
Ticket holders will visit local farms, ranches, producers and purveyors setting their own pace as a self guided adventure along the trail.
Local farms will be featuring everything from beekeeping to olive oil production. Local ranchers will introduce you to goats, alpaca, sheep, pigs, and more, while local purveyors will showcase their locally made products using our locally grown.
Relax at picnic spots, shop at pop-up markets, and enjoy tastings of food and potent potables. Places for picnics will be abundant, with local provisions & libations for sale at select locations.
The planning has begun, so follow us along as we will have lots more to share about this fit for foodies, family friendly event featuring our local family farms.
@farmsteaded
OPEN FARM DAYS
Daily Happenings
Use this as a guide to plan your weekend along the trail
See the list below for which Farms are open, which days and when, and what's happening at each. As you plan your weekend, keep in mind the distance and timing between the locations you'd like to visit.
CHECK-IN
Start your day and check in at any of the open farms below to get your wristband for the day, or weekend, if you are joining us both days.
PACK A PICNIC
Bring your own lunch to the following farms noted with "Pack a Picnic!"
FARMS THAT WERE OPEN:
Check out our interactive SLO CO Farm Trail Map here for reference to where farms are located throughout the county.
Please note: not all farms on the interactive map will be open for Open Farm Days. Please use this page to see which farms will be open what days and times.
OFFICIAL OPEN FARM DAYS 2024 MAP!
CLICK THE MAP ON THE LEFT TO CHECK OUT A PDF OF ALL THE OPEN FARM DAYS HAPPENINGS TO PLAN YOUR WEEKEND ADVENTURE!
AmByth Estate
Saturday & Sunday
Only open for set tour times below
Scheduled Activity:
Biodynamic Vineyard and Farm Tour and Wine Tasting
Description:
Tour of their Biodynamic Vineyard and Farm. See what sets them apart and meet their cute, wooly Vineyard crew while sipping clean wine.
Times:
11am, 1pm & 3pm
Adelaida Botanicals
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tour
Description:
Tour their gardens and meet their animals.
Tour Times:
10am and 1pm
Avila Valley Barn
Saturday & Sunday
10am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Offering 1/2 off pony rides for ticket holders.
**NOT a farm you can check in to get your wristband
Chaparral Gardens
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Artisan Vinegar Tasting. Their tasting room is open to try their entire line-up of vinegars all day.
Dallidet Adobe & Gardens
Sunday Only
10am - 3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Historic Garden Tours
Giving Tree Family Farm
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tours
Description:
Tour their farm, meet the goats, alpaca, pigs, chickens & more! Learn what & how they do what they do!
Tour Times:
9am, 11am and 2pm
GreenLove
Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Relax and Unwind: Kava Elixirs, Mocktails with Edible Flowers, and Tea Tasting Event
Description:
Join us for a delightful experience featuring our soothing Kava Elixirs for relaxation, refreshing Mocktails garnished with handpicked edible flowers from our family's organic farm - SLO Creek Farms. Explore a variety of free tea tasting samples as well.
Times:
9am-3pm
The Groves on 41
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tours & Tastings
Description:
Olive Oil Tasting & Grove Tours offered throughout the day. Pre-Order Lunch Spot & Picnic tables available under the shade of the Mulberry trees. Also featuring: Leo Leo Gelato, perfect for drizzling your favorite EVOO & Flavored Oils!
Tour Times:
9am-3pm
Pack a Picnic!
Hambly Lavender Farm
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
PRE-ORDERED LUNCH PICKUP
11am-1pm
Saturday: Clearwater Color Nursery plant pop up
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tours
Description:
Tour their farm, meet the animals and learn more about what they grow and make!
Tour Times:
9am, 11am and 2pm
Pack a Picnic!
Kiler Ridge Olive Farm
Sunday
ONLY
11am-2pm
Scheduled Activity:
Olive Orchard Tour
Description:
Join them in a tour through the orchard, learning about olive oil history and cultivation of olive trees
Tour Times:
11am and 2pm
Pack a Picnic!
Mighty Cap Mushrooms
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tour
Description:
A guided tour of their farm will give you a view of what they do on the daily to grow their gourmet mushrooms in a temperature controlled facility. Fresh Mushrooms, Home Grow Kits, Dried Mushrooms, Tinctures and more will be availble for purchase.
Tour Times, on the hour:
9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Niner Wine Estates Chef's Garden
Saturday & Sunday
10am-5pm
Scheduled Activity:
Garden Tours & Herbal Tea Blending - make and take
Description:
Join their guided tour of the Chef's Garden to see what they are growing for the restaurant! Guests will also mix up a custom organic herbal blend from their garden apothecary to take home.
Tour Times:
10am and 1pm
Pack a Picnic!
Olea Farm
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Olive Farm Tour & Tasting
Description:
Learn how they process olives into liquid gold, taste their most popular olive oils & balsamic vinegars too!
Tour Times:
11am and 2pm Saturday, 10:30am Sunday
Scheduled Activity:
Let's play with popcorn!
Description:
Drizzle olive oil & salt mixes to create your own gourmet popcorn!
Fun for the kiddos!
Activity Times:
10am and 11am Saturday
Our Global Family Farm
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Global Farm Tour
Description:
Get a passport to tour the four corners of the globe to see up close the origin of everyday food crops. Come learn about indigenous food crops from around the world. Some crops will be available to purchase.
Tour Times:
10am, 12pm, 2pm
Rêves de Moutons
Black Market Cheese Co
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tours
Tour Times:
9am and 11am
Sierra Honey Farm
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
They'll be open all day with Honeycomb Tasting and Tipsy Taps will be onsite serving mocktails.
Scheduled Activity:
Honey Extracting Demo
Times, on the hour:
9am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm
Talley Farms
Saturday
ONLY
open at specific farm tour times ONLY
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tour
Description:
Tour Talley Farms and learn more about how your California fruits and vegetables are grown, cooled and packed.
Tour Times:
10am and 1pm
Templeton Valley Farms
Saturday
9am-3pm
Scheduled Activity:
Pilates on the Farm
Description:
Join us on the farm for a 60 minute gentle, beginner friendly pilates class surrounded by our 5 acre organic market farm. Please bring your own mat.
Time:
9am Saturday
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tour
Description:
Tour Templeton Valley Farms and see how we provide our community with organic fruits and vegetables year round.
Time:
9am-3pm Saturday
Scheduled Activity:
Root Elixirs Mixology Workshops
Description:
Join us at Templeton Valley Farms with SLO county's all woman owned business, Root Elixir, where you will learn how to make your own cocktails/mocktails with their craft cocktail mixers, using fresh produce from the farm.
Time:
Demos at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30Samples throughout the day until 3pm.
Tiber Canyon Ranch
Saturday & Sunday
9am-3pm
Olive oil tasting all day
Scheduled Activity:
Self-Watering Raised Garden Bed Demo
Description:
Learn how to construct water-saving and time-efficient raised garden beds made from IBCs (Intermediate Bulk Containers).
Time:
11am Saturday & Sunday
Scheduled Activity:
Farm Tour
Description:
Tour the olive groves
Time:
1pm Saturday & Sunday
Pack a Picnic!
FRIDAY JUNE 21st | 5-8PM
at Downtown City Park, Paso Robles
FREE TO ATTEND
SLO County Farm Trail farmers, makers and friends will gather at this Friday night marketplace to show off their locally grown and made to kick off the 4th annual Open Farm Days weekend.
PARTICIPATING PARTNERS
BENEFITTING
FARMstead ED and the SLO Co Farm Trail work together to support local ag,and agritourism. It all starts with education and getting our hands dirty. Please join us as we raise awareness for our local family farms, agriculture as a whole and those who benefit from it – EVERYONE!
No Farms, No Food, No Clothes – it really is that simple!
This fundraiser will specifically feed moo-la into local agricultural EDucation programs such as FARMstead ED and the SLO Co Farm Trail to broaden awareness of local family farming and the methods in which they produce products for our daily life.
OPEN FARM DAYS SPONSORS
Headliner Sponsor
Herd Boss
Trail Sponsor
Friend of the Trail
Trail Hand
SUPPORT THE HANDS THAT FEED YOU
You are invited to join us as we take the next step down the trail, for our second annual Open Farm Days. We are seeking your support, to help bring folks closer together with our locally grown and made. Your sponsorship will help us boost our promotional efforts, as well as our endeavors to further cross-promote, or as we like to say, “cross-pollinate” with like-minded peeps; Advocates of local growers, makers, moo-vers and shakers.