Interested in starting your own homestead? Have we got the class for you!
In our strawberry canning class, Master Canner, Vonny Bastedo will lead you through the start to finish process of canning strawberries. This is a hands on class, meant to give you the confidence to preserve your own food.

Come join us at Los Rios Rancho for our Intro to Homesteading Classes, where we will give you all of the tools to begin supplying yourself and your family with homegrown goods.

No experience required.

Please look carefully at each class description, as each day of classes will cover a different topic.

What's included

Tools necessary for the days projects. Produce and livestock are provided for the class.

What's not included

We will have a jug for water, but please bring your own re-useable bottle.
Please bring your own gardening gloves if you wish to use them.

Interested in starting your own homestead? Have we got the class for you!
In our strawberry canning class, Master Canner, Vonny Bastedo will lead you through the start to finish process of canning strawberries. This is a hands on class, meant to give you the confidence to preserve your own food.

Come join us at Los Rios Rancho for our Intro to Homesteading Classes, where we will give you all of the tools to begin supplying yourself and your family with homegrown goods.

No experience required.

Please look carefully at each class description, as each day of classes will cover a different topic.

What's included

Tools necessary for the days projects. Produce and livestock are provided for the class.

What's not included

We will have a jug for water, but please bring your own re-useable bottle.
Please bring your own gardening gloves if you wish to use them.

10:00-4:00

10:00-4:00

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.

Step into a storybook moment—cozy blankets, gentle hooves, and a carriage ride for two, followed by a secluded forest picnic. This Valentine’s Day, let love lead the way.

Event Details:

This hour long experience includes, being picked up in our parking area, by our horse drawn carriage. The carriage ride will take you to our Giant Sequoia Grove where we will have a picnic area set up for each couple. This picnic area will be outfitted for you complete with a filled picnic basket. The picnic will include various farm made pastry's, snacks, and a bottle of our hard apple cider. After a 30 minute picnic, the carriage will arrive again, allow time for a "meet and greet" with our draft horses, and then give you a ride back to the parking area.