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Orcas Island
Oct. 4-6
Orcas Farm Tour Stops listed below. For easier viewing, download a digital brochure, or stop by a local inn for a physical copy.
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1. Orcas Food Heroes Celebration at the Orcas Island Winery (2371 Crow Valley Road)
Friday 4:30- 8pm
Join us in celebrating Orcas Island Food Heroes for a dinner, fun new San Juan Islands Ag short film, art and music. Catered by The Kitchen, local food plate options 4:30-7pm; enjoy a free screening of the Island Grown in the San Juans film at 6pm celebrating our wonderful island farms. Music and fireside WA wine tastings to follow. Please carpool. A collaboration of the Ag Guild, Winery, Makers Guild, and Conservation District. Fundraising donations benefit local farms through the Ag Guild Farm Fund.
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2. The Little Farm on Olga Road (325 Olga Road)
Free self-guided farm tours of flower beds, pumpkins, pond, berries, and orchards. Nursery and farm stand with plants, bouquets, eggs, and more. Barn Tavern featuring wine and beer with a view of the farm and bay. You Pick flowers for $20.
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3. Lum Farms (1071 Crow Valley Road)
Visit our Farmstand featuring artisan meats, cheeses, goat's milk ice cream, wool products and fiber art, all produced on the farm. Self guided tours and petting zoo; On Friday and Saturday, sample goat’s milk cheese and ice cream from our dairy. Renew Our Land Bank will be on hand with information about the Land Bank and Coffelt Farm Preserve, on which Lum Farm is located. Saturday offers tours of our dairy operation, and on Sunday there will be sheep shearing demonstrations with Orcas Island Shearing.
4. Tekla Farms (5320 Orcas Road)
Friday 12-6 pm; Saturday 9-3 pm
Come enjoy fall farm festivities. We will have our U-Pick open for flowers and herb picking. Flowers are sold by the container size ranging from $15-$50. We’ll also have other fall farm goods available for purchase as well as some tasty fall inspired treats from local island purveyors.
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5. Warm Valley Orchard LLC (124 Warm Valley Lane)
Friday - Saturday 10am- 4pm Guided Tours; Weaving Classes 1pm- 3pm
'Sheep to Shawl' fiber farm with spinning and weaving demos plus hands-on learning experiences. Discover steps it takes to turn farm-grown wool fleece into yarn and then into beautiful woven goods. Looms and spinning wheel demos. New this year: Sign up for intro weaving classes, 1-3pm-
Register for Friday here: https://sjimg.betterworld.org/events/orcas-weaving-oct4
Register for Saturday here: https://sjimg.betterworld.org/events/orcas-weaving-oct5
Drop in available as space allows.​
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6. Fir Peace Farm (137 Byrle Hall Road)
Saturday 10am- 5pm
Self-guided tours from 10-3: Orcas Community Participatory Agriculture (OCPA) cultivators will be on hand to demonstrate cooperative agricultural practices; free presentations on how landowners can loan fallow meadows to enhance community food security (10:15am), the best hand tools for local food production (12:15pm), and growing plants in seed trays without plastic pots (2:15pm).
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​​​​​​​7. Orcas Island Farmers Market; Orcas School Cafeteria (557 School Road);
Saturday 10am - 2pm
Join us for the first indoor market of the season! There will be apple pressing, pumpkin decorating, food and music! The Fall indoor market will continue in the school cafeteria until Saturday, November 23rd. 10am-2pm.
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8. Orcas Farm (120 Byrle Hall Road)
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Walk the paths of this intensively planted market garden where food and flowers grow together to promote plant health and maximum biodiversity. Guided Tours at 11:30am and 3:30pm. Plants and produce available for sale.
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9. Rising Oak (509 Nordstroms Lane)
Saturday- Sunday 12pm- 5pm
Join us for some autumn seed saving and food preservation fun! We will be showcasing how to grow, process, and store vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Safe food preservation presentation upon request for interested groups, with dehydration, pickling, and canning techniques.​