Events

The best part about being a family farm is inviting your family to our farm! Farm events are a great time for you to see where your vegetables are grown and find out more about your farmers. We have Strawberry U-Picks during the peak strawberry season, a spring “open farm” tour, and we go all out for our Fall Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch.

Unless otherwise noted, events are open to everybody, however please only visit us during scheduled events as we are a busy working farm.

2012 Events

Spring Open Farm: Lewis Rd. Ranch

Saturday, April 21, 2012, 1 – 4 p.m.

Come out and see where your food is being grown. We’ve been working hard at our newest farmland, putting in hoophouses on the terraces. Farmer Steve can show you the system he’s setting up for rainwater catchment and irrigation, and you can ask questions about our farm practices, trials and tribulations! This tour is free and open to everybody.

DIRECTIONS FOR SPRING OPEN FARM/ LEWIS RD RANCH >

Strawberry U-Picks

July Weekends (TBA)

We’ll let you know when we’ve got enough berries for u-picks. Our strawberries are planted at our Redman House field for 2012. On the weekends we designate for u-pickYou’ll be able to check in at the Farmstand and pick berries anytime during farmstand hours. Please note: we are not a “u-pick” farm per se. We offer the u-picks as a benefit to our current CSA customers, and will open it up to others only if we have enough fruit and only on certain days. Be sure to follow all instructions and pick only in designated u-pick areas when you come. Thanks!

DIRECTIONS FOR U-PICKS/REDMAN HOUSE FARMSTAND >

High Ground Organics’ Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch

October 13, 2012, 10 AM to 4 PM

This will be the 4th Annual Harvest Festival and Pumpkin Patch! We have loads of fun activities for kids and adults: tractor-pulled hay rides, farm arts and crafts, face painting, petting zoo, pony and horse rides, apple tasting, gourmet fair food, cooking demonstrations, plus a pumpkin patch, a mini farmers’ market, live bluegrass music, and more.

Cost: $10 adults/ $5 children/ 3 and under free. Admission fee includes all rides, arts, crafts, petting zoo, apple tasting, tours, and cooking demonstrations. There is an additional charge for pumpkins, produce, and prepared food. All proceeds are donated to Linscott Charter School in Watsonville to help maintain their arts, gardening, music, and field trips. In return Linscott parents and teachers volunteer their time to make the event run smoothly!

Location High Ground Organics home farm. Directions here:

DIRECTIONS FOR PUMPKIN PATCH and HARVEST FESTIVAL >

Here’s a video taken at the 2010 event by Jeff Langholz: Harvest Festival Video 2010