Save the Date October 24, 2024 / Pole Barn Dance
Our Pole Barn event series is back for 2024. This time it will be a dance! No, not a pole dance, but a dance under our fabulous Pole Barn featuring a yet-to-be-selected country + western band plus line dancing lessons. Our wine partners will return as will Chef Rachel Ponce who will prepare another delicious menu of plant-based pairings. Tickets will go on sale later this Spring. If you want to add your name to our invitation list, email us!
2023 in Review
October 5 / Pole Barn Concert with Dave Tate
Whoa! What a night it was!
Nearly 100 people assembled under the broad roof of our grand pole barn, now empty of the 55 stalls-that-felt-like-jail-cells that had previously filled it (our ranch was formerly a Thoroughbred breeding farm), set in the middle of our pastures of free-ranging rescued horses.
For the first hour, new friends met and old friends re-connected while tasting the beautiful cider and wines of Bristols, Maha / Villa Creek, Maddox Meadery, The Royal Nonesuch Farm, and Tribeca Wine Collective, enjoying the delicious plant-based pairings by Chef Rachel Ponce with pasta provided by Etto, and viewing the spirited art of sculptor Abigail Belknap, watercolorist Jenna Hutton (IG@jenna.l.hutton), photographer Shelley Carlisle (IG@shelleycarlislephotoart), jewelrymaker Susan Blake, and painter Carolyn Walker. In addition to a portion of the art sold, olive oil by Alta Vista and other crafts were offered to benefit the horses.
For the next hour, the soaring vocals and soulful lyrics of singer/songwriter Dave Tate filled the barn and beyond into the warm, star-filled night. “Dave stole the show,” one guest remarked. Yes! That was our intention. :-)
And for the final hour, guests resumed tasting, conversing and enjoying coffee and plant-based desserts also by Chef Rachel, while viewing our new landscape and barn redesigns for the ranch.
Stay tuned for announcements about our 2024 programs, events and the opportunity to celebrate your special occasion in our beautiful barn on our oak-dotted land. Questions? Please email us.
“Though special events are the most expensive type of fundraising, they raise the most important aspect of any endeavor: friends! ”
June 23 & 24: Art & Barn Sale
THANK YOU to all who attended, helped, donated to and promoted our first-ever public event at our new home in Paso Robles!
We had a marvelous time! Fifty people came to our Friday night preview and it was a frenzy of purchasing, greeting, meeting and friendships made, old and new.
More than 100 people came through on Saturday (and 30 more the following weekend when we held the sale open again). Many were moved and inspired as they discovered the work we do. In addition to many more treasures finding new homes, our horse + human family grew by the dozens.