Our Story

A credentialed teacher, at the start of the crazy 2020s I was running the garden program for Village Gate Children's Academy, a K-8 private Montessori in Encinitas. When schools closed and I couldn't go to work I began inviting families to our large property in Olivenhain to get the wiggles out in a time when we were all pretty cooped up. We enjoyed it so much we began adopting animals and Olivenhain Farms, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational farm was born. ​

 

After an amazing two years of farm tours, events, camps, and story-times things changed, as they often do, and we sold our home in late 2022. We searched high and low for a new place to gather as a community again and continue the rewarding work we had started. Right when I was about to give up, I found it!​

 

Olivenhain Farms, in June of 2023, set up an interactive homesteading exhibit at The Heritage Ranch, home to the San Dieguito Heritage Museum in Encinitas, California. Encinitas has a rich history in homesteading and we are so excited to help bring that part of the past to life for guests visiting The Ranch.​Can't wait to see you all again soon. ​

 

Olivenhain Farms is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization​

Federal Tax ID 32-0644964