Shop and Explore Along Sonoma County Farm Trails
You can plan an extra special holiday this year by shopping along Sonoma County Farm Trails, where farmers and producers open their gates and barn doors to offer fine produce, cheeses, meats, and all kinds of delectable goodies. Make your holiday gift-giving easy, too, with handcrafted arts and crafts, gourmet baskets, fancy foliage arrangements, and ornaments.
Check the Sonoma County Farm Trails events for dates where you can meet your local farmers, vintners, and artisan producers, visit farm animals, and learn more about where your delicious food and drink come from.
Many of the farms offer complimentary samples so you can discover marvelous flavors like jerky, jams, artisan breads, and ciders. Most of the stops are free admission. All you need is transportation, a map of your route, a cooler to keep your purchases fresh, and a love of adventure.
Some farms even let you cut your own Christmas tree, others will help you craft your own wreaths, and some offer gift certificates you can share with friends and family.
Remember to shop for your pets, too — some ranches, like Panizzera Meat Co. of Occidental and Tara Firma Farms of Petaluma, offer all-natural dog and cat food.
Plan ahead by registering at the Sonoma County Farm Trails here to receive the list of participating farms with a link to an interactive map highlighting all of the offerings and destinations for each day/weekend.
Make a full event of your outing by booking a room at one of Sonoma County’s fabulous inns or farmsteads. Check out The Gables Wine Country Inn of Santa Rosa, an elegantly restored Gothic Victorian, circa 1887, featuring 12-foot ceilings, luxurious beds, and private bathrooms with claw-foot tubs.
Or try a farm stay at Penngrove’s Reis Ranch combining a working cattle ranch with a charming cottage and rooms in a three-story ranch home.
For a stretch back in time, Beltane Ranch Bed & Breakfast is a historic inn with a farm and an estate winery where you can tour and taste nestled among rolling oaks in Glen Ellen.
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