Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm is super excited, tomorrow is the second Orcutt Monthly Farmers Market!
Last month's market was insane, over 3000 people showed up, be sure to get there early so you can check out all our great flowers and products straight from the farmstand!
Yesterday at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, we just got some new workers! Thanks to Bee Wild Collective, for bringing out a Kona Queen and her for us to start selling Lavender Honey From the farmstand!
Today at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm we are having our 2nd annual Lavender Wreathmaking Class! It should be a ton of fun, tickets will be available at the farmstand or on our shop here.
While we will be closing the field at 2 for the class, you can still take pictures from behind our fence or check out all the great goods in our farmstand, but if you find yourself compelled to take part in the fun, no worries we still have plenty of tickets available! This is not our only class we are hosting this month however, please be sure to sign up for our Lavender Distillation Class August 27th, where we will teach you how to make essential oil from recently harvested Lavender and will get to take home some of the hydrosol and essential oil you will make, be sure to sign up here now before tickets sell out!
Today is the last day to sign up for Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm's 2nd annual Lavender Wreathmaking Class! Be sure to sign up for our class here, enjoy a pleasant afternoon by the farmstand with materials and refreshments included with your ticket price.
Also be sure not to miss out on signing up for our distillation class on August 27th, where we teach you how to make lavender essential oil from bloom to boil, taking home some hydrosol and essential oil you help make yourself! Sign up now while tickets last!
Wow so exciting today at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, instead of doing the usual chores around the farmstand, we took the time today to be apart of am interview with KTLA 5!
It was alot of fun, we talked about the Lavender Wreathmaking class we had coming up in August 6th, unfortunately forgot to talk about our Distillation class we are doing on August 27th, oh well next time!
A special thanks to Explore Lompoc for reaching out and facilitating this interview, check out their site to see all the events and fun things to do around Lompoc!
While out picking on Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm, sometimes you get the chance to see some great sights, like this AC130 with silent engines.
You would think a big plane flying overhead like that would rattle the farmstand, but those engines were really quiet, could barely hear them as it flew by.
Doubtless he got a great view of the field, so can you when you sign up for one of our upcoming classes like our Harvest to Wreath class August 6th. Be sure to sign up soon, spots are filling up fast!
Yesterday evening we had a very special pair of guests come to Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm. Yesterday evening, our new friends Brent and Lolita came by to take a private tour, little did Lolita know we had set up a little something special for her as Brent got out into the field and proposed to her!
Lolita couldn't have been happier, and once she said yes they took a little picnic out in the field with a charcuterie plate and champagne we prepared and just basked in their new found engaged bliss! We were so happy that we at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm could be a part of their special day, we hope you too can think of using our field for your wedding/ engagement plans! And congrats once again to the happy couple Brent and Lolita, we wish them all the best in this next stage in their relationship!
Yesterday we closed early at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm to set up our portable farmstand at old Orcutts new Farmers Market, open every 3rd Wesnesday of the month from 4- 7:30pm.
It was amazing, the market manager told us at the end of the day they tallied over 3000 people attended, needless to say it was a ton of fun!
Tons of people stopped by to check out the flowers, with many people signing up for our Lavender Wreathmaking class on August 6th.
As well as our Distillation Class on August 23rd, be sure to get your tickets soon, spots are filling up fast!
Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm has some exciting news for everyone in the Orcutt area, we will be closing the farmstand early on Wednesday to take part in the brand new Farmers Market in Old Town Orcutt!
Come check out our stall when the market opens every third Wednesday of the month starting tomorrow! We also have started to sell our products at A Little Something Special and More, a gift and flower shop located right off of H Street and Ocean Avenue in Lompoc, the address is 109 S. H Street, Lompoc CA 93436.
Be sure to stop by the shop to check out our selection of lavender goods and great chachkies!
Please note that in order to prepare for the Farmers Market we will be closing at 2 instead of 4 to make sure all is perfect for market, sorry for the inconvenience!
Wow, we’re we busy at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm over the weekend! On Saturday we hosted out first ever class taught by local winemaker and floral designer Amber Hogan, a Lavender Wreathmaking class!
First we gave a tour of the property, then let the students out onto the field to harvest for their wreath.
After they harvested a bucket of lavender, the students began to make tiny bundles of the lavender in order to fill out the wreath
Everyone enjoyed the continental breakfast we had set up, and loved the wine that was made hy Amber for the class
We set up the tables so that everyone could enjoy a great view of the lavender field while they worked!
Everyone had a blast harvesting their lavender.and making their wreaths, so much so we've decided to host another wreathmaking class soon! Check in on our event page soon for updates to our class schedule and to get your ticket. We hope to see you next time ☺️.
A quick heads up to everyone about Saturday July 16th, Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm will be closed until 1230 for our first ever class of the season, a Lavender Wreathmaking class taught by local floral designer and winemaker Amber Hogan! Don’t worry though, our farmstand will still be open, so you won’t miss out on getting lavender products!
There is still one more day to sign up for the Lavender Wreathmaking class, come sign up here before it's too late!
Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm has had a few busy weeks and we felt we needed to give people some helpful advice about where to go to when you are coming to visit the farmstand.
As you pull into the driveway you will see a tiny oak tree, parking available anywhere here.
Once you have parked here, you will see the open metal door, come on in and enjoy the field!
Be sure to sign up before this weekend for our Lavender Wreathmaking class, we will have a local floral designer and winemaker Amber Hogan, 12” Wreath and continental breakfast included with ticket.
Today at Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm we decided it was the right to set up a fresh flower distillation outside by the farmstand, here’s how we get started!
The first thing that we do is set up the Still in such a way as to keep the wind from putting out the hotplate.
Next we pack in fresh lavender into the column of the Still.
The buds need to packed tightly in, so we use a giant pestle to really squish the buds in there!
Once you have filled the column till you can't fit anymore lavender in, you reattach the column to the pot of the still.
Now, we put on the hat, and use rye flour mixed with water to seal the connections between the column and the pot and the column and the hat.
Finally we turn on the electric pump that we use to recirculate the water into the condenser and turn on the propane burner to start heating up the pot. Once the hat says 100°C oil will begin to come out of the condenser!
And now we play the waiting game…
Once it starts to heat up the first notes will begin to drip out of the condenser, dripping down into the seperator.
Once the separator fills with hydrosol you turn the know to let the hydrosol drip down into the jar below, leaving the essential oil on top to collect in another jar.
We let this go for about an hour, then we are finished with the fresh lavender distillation! Seems like alot of steps but once you get the hang of it, it's really easy, and also a ton of fun!
Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm hopes that everyone had a fun and safe 4th of July Weekend!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the farmstand over the weekend, you all made our festivities even better!
Remember to save the date July 16th for our first class of the season, Lavender Wreathmaking with Amber Hogan! Sit amongst the Lavender field and learn how to turn harvested Lavender bundles into a 12” Wreath, sign up here to reserve your tickets, continental breakfast and Lavender for wreath included in tickt price.
Santa Rita Hills Lavender Farm wishes to thank everyone who visited us over the Independence Day weekend, the farmstand was bustling and all our guests had a wonderful time!
One of the questions we were asked was how someone could come and enjoy the field without taking the tour. By popular request we have created a Season Lavender Viewing Pass, allowing anyone who purchases the pass to enjoy the lavender field during the flowering season. Take a load off and relax from 10am-4pm, and decompress out in the bloom. Be sure to reserve your season pass now, there’s a limited running, you don’t wanna miss out!
