Welcome to The Little Blooming Farm – Where Beauty is Always in Bloom!
Nestled in the heart of Santa Ynez Valley, our 5-acre farm stay is a countryside retreat like no other. Unwind in our newly remodeled 4-bedroom, 3-bath home, designed for inspiration and relaxation.
Stroll through vibrant rose gardens, spend time with our friendly alpacas, Nigerian dwarf goats, and wake up to the soothing sounds of mourning doves. Whether you’re here to escape or explore, The Little Blooming Farm awaits!
The space
Beyond the serene views- green surrounds you during the winter, golden straw in the summer, and a lovely breeze all year round! Beautiful blooms encourage outside frolicking and exploring. Inside, you will find peace and inspiration with expansive views from nearly every room of the house, enjoy this stylish space from within, or enjoy the beauty of the surrounding gardens and adorable farm animals just outside your door step!
1st LEVEL:
○ LIVING ROOM: Open living room with plastered fireplace, beautiful views of the mountain range, and open field. Pick a book to read at your leisure or play a game with friends and family!
○ KITCHEN : Fully stocked kitchen and cook books for all your cooking needs. Make yourself a coffee or espresso on demand, use a vitamix to make the perfect smoothie, whip up some waffles or use our BBQ grill on the outside patio. Enjoy our state of the art Pristine Hydro Water Filter on-demand, pumped straight from the well. Enjoy breakfast at the kitchen round table.
○ DINING ROOM: Make a home cooked meal to enjoy in this beautiful sunny dinning room or sip your morning coffee while the Alpacas graze in the field. Open the french doors to bring in the county breeze, or catch a picturesque sunset on the wrap around porch.
○ PROJECTOR ROOM: We intentionally left TV’s out of the house, but kept the fun of snuggling up on the couch and watching your favorite flick on the projector from your iphone. Connect to the Sonos System for the perfect playlist. (no spills pretty please)
○ DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM: Playful and beautiful full bathroom with tiled standing shower
○ FRONT DOOR: Leave your shoes outside, and open up the dutch entry door to bring in the breeze with views of the lavender and rose garden.
○ SOUTH SIDE PATIO : Enjoy alfresco meals on the outdoor dinning table with the hum of the morning doves in the background.
○ SUNSET PORCH: Enjoy our magical sunset views over the valley, lay in the hammock or swing in the chair while the sun sets and the birds sing.
2nd LEVEL:
○ MASTER BEDROOM: Our Primary Suite offers a very comfortable California King size mattress, organic sheets, a closet to hang your clothes, fabric steamer, a safe for your personal belongings as well as an Air Doctor air purifier if you’d like. Enjoy the beautiful views of the property and sleep well!
○ MASTER BATHROOM: The master bathroom is the jewel of the home! Unwind while you take a hot bath in the roll top pedestal tub, or use the standing tiled shower. Enjoy organic botanical bath care and soft robes to cuddle up in.
○ BEDROOM #2: Our 2nd guest bedroom also offers a cozy California King Bed, organic sheets, with expansive views of the field and mountains, a closet and Air Doctor air purifier if needed.
○ BEDROOM #3: Our 3rd guest bedroom, aka the pink room has a Queen size bed, plus beautiful views of the gardens, and a closet to hang up clothes and store belongings ( no spills please :) )
○ BEDROOM #4: Our Bunk room, offers a full-size bed on the bottom bunk with a twin bed on top, dressed in organic sheets. There is also access to large load laundry.
○ UPSTAIRS BATHROOM: The beautiful and chic guest bathroom offers a deep tub and tiled shower above.
○ OUTSIDE: Enjoy laying in the hammock or watch the sunset on our westside porch. There are garden boxes with seasonal produce to pick when ripe, a nice alfresco dinning table on the back patio overlooking the field, and a large lawn lined with lavender in the front of the house.
○ ANIMALS: We love our furry and feathered friends! Our friendly alpacas, Nigerian dwarf goats, barn cats, and two brother heeler-border collies add to the farm’s charm, while the local doves and red-tail hawks provide a peaceful melody. Feel free to admire and enjoy their company as you explore the property!
Guest access
You get full, private access to entire home, driveway, and outside seating areas, gardens and lawn. There is also ample parking. Enjoy watching the animals in the central paddock, and feel free to roam the field that is shared by all on the farm!
Other things to note
DOGS & PETS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED! As much as we love our four legged friends, our top priority is keeping our farm animals safe from unforeseen encounters.
SMOKING IS PROHIBITED INSIDE OF HOUSE. Please feel free to use the patio space, and please be mindful.
Everyday we feed and tend to the animals. Most animals are in the central paddock. Feel free to join us in feeding them!
***PLEASE HELP US KEEP ALL GATES TO ANIMALS CLOSED. Specifically the gate directly next to the coop, the entrance gate to field, etc. We will make you chase and herd the alpacas ;)
***Please always accompany your children when around the animals. It is best to observe the alpacas, rather than walk directly up to them and try to pet them. You can hand feed them with us at feeding time!
Current code only allows 6 adults —additional children are allowed, up to a maximum of 10 total guests. We abide by this ordinance. Rentals of 30 days or more allow up to 10 adults. We want to accurately disclose that this home is larger than a 3 bedroom home, for those seeking 31 days or more rentals.
Our Gardener comes every Wednesday afternoon and sometimes on Sunday mornings. His name is Jaime and he is the nicest human in the entire world!
We have some garden boxes close to the house for your enjoyment! There is always something new growing in most seasons. Please help yourself when the veggies are ripe and ready. For lettuce, please use a knife to cut the heads off so they can regrow ;). There are also roses, lavender and other flowers all around!
We DO NOT HAVE TV’S or SMART DEVICES within the home. The further away you are from all of these things, the more relaxing and enriching your experience will be! We do love a good movie, so feel free to cuddle up and plug in your iPhone or iPad into our lightning port to HDMI that is connected to our projector, or put on your favorite playlist throughout the house via SONOS! Our one request with music, is to please keep sound at a MINIMUM AFTER 9pm during the week and 10pm on the weekends to respect all of our neighbors.
We have lots of interior design, cooking, philosophy and “how to” farm and garden books. We hope you enjoy them, get inspired and keep them fresh for future guests.
Due to our location in the country, cell phone service may be spotty, but you shouldn’t have much of a problem. We have WiFi at the house.
Please, no additional guests on the property at any time that are not on the reservation or have been cleared by me first. Thank you for your understanding :)
This house is surrounded by amazing local wildlife beyond our furry and feathered friends. At night you will hear the buzzing of the cicadas to lull you to sleep, a few of our resident owls, and lots of birds living in the oak trees. We do occasionally get visited by coyotes that typically pass through. This is the country, so the cleaner you keep the kitchen counters, the less bugs there will be.
Please note there is no luggage storage before check-in or after check-out. If you'd like early check-in, make sure to request it in advance. In most cases we cannot offer it, but we will be happy to let you know in case it is possible (though we may not be able to let you know either way until the morning of check-in in many cases). It is EXTREMELY rare that we can offer late checkout, but if you request it in advance as well we will let you know if it's possible. Requests the morning of for late checkout are not possible due to the need to schedule our cleaners in advance.
Guests are solely responsible to check themselves for personal items and remove them before check-out. If any items left behind are found, we take NO responsibility for their safekeeping in any way. As a courtesy, found items may be arranged to be picked up in Santa Ynez at a time that is possible based on our availability; we do not mail forgotten items nor take any responsibility for their storage, transport, nor condition at any time, even if we agree to arrange for pickup.
FAQs:
Q: Is your location central?
A: Yes! We are situated in one of the best locations in the valley and are just a few minutes drive from the following:
* Best farm stands - less than a minute drive to Finley farms stand for the freshest organic farm goodies around
* Best organic market - New Frontiers Market and El Rancho Market
* Best restaurants in all of Santa Barbara & Santa Ynez - SY Kitchen, Nella, Bar La Cote Industrial Eats, plus a few more places 20 minutes away in Los Alamos.
* Best coffee - Felix at Mattie's Tavern
* Best bakery shop - Bob's Well Bread
* Best juice and smoothie bar- Juice Ranch
* Hot yoga studio - Olde Oak Meadow Yoga
* Best Wineries - Roblar, Sunstone, Brave & Maiden
* horseback riding options available as well.
* The river runs late August through the winter which is such a refreshing treat!
* We are also just minutes away from the Charming town of Solvang and Los Olivos.
* Santa Barbara is 45 minutes over the pass
* Refugio State Beach is a beautiful 35 minutes to the coast
Q: Can I host my event here?
A: We may on a limited basis allow a limited number of people on the property. We will need specifics about your request to know if it's possible and give an accurate quote.
Q: Can I film/take pictures here?
A: Any type of unapproved commercial photography or videography will instantly be charged $2500 per day (no exceptions). We do not book shoots through Airbnb. If you have special project please send us a message for more information.
Q: Do you really mean it when you say no parties/gatherings/extra visitors who aren't spending the night??
A: YES! We will cancel your reservation without a refund if you try to bring extra people on to the property. We have a zero tolerance for parties/gatherings/events/"it's not a party I just invited some extra friends over"/unauthorized photo shoots/commercial activity
