Euterpe Farms

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               (805) 646-1468 dan@ojaimusicservice.com     

Event Planning Highlights

• Secluded and Private
• On-site parking for up to 200 cars!  An Ojai Valley rarity.
• Multiple venues for events and functions:  The Windmill, Two Nature Conservancy overlooks, The Oaks, The     Lawn, The Pool, The Tienda
• Available: 20 X 30 Party Tent, Stage, Furniture, Lighting,
• Papolote House – Beautiful efficiency apartment that sleeps four

Papolote House amenities

Full Kitchen, Queen bed and foldout full sofa bed, Private bathroom with shower. Spectacular view from spacious outdoor balcony.

Solar heated swimming pool (closed in winter) and Jacuzzi (open year-round), solar outdoor shower.

Tour of property included…native plant gardens and greenhouses, music studio (the owner of the property is a songwriter/musician)

Full access to the native plant farm, including wildlife viewing area, Windmill demonstration garden with fish pond and native wetland garden.

About Euterpe Farms

A permaculture, native plant farm in the Ojai Valley, overlooking the Ventura River and the Los Padres National Forest.

The views are spectacular. The west vista of the Ventura River Valley and Santa Ynez Mountain Range is unspoiled and natural.

This beautiful view will be protected for foreseeable time, as the neighboring property is the 2500 acre Ventura River Preserve of the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy. Beyond the conservancy lands is the 2 million acre Lost Padres National Forest, so the view of nature is uninterrupted. For star-gazers, or moon-light strollers, Ojai is a dark-sky paradise, and the absence of city or house lights makes for an unforgettable night on the observation platform overlooking the Valley.

Local artists frequent the Farm for the inspirational light at sunrise and sunset.  The famous Pink Moment that bathes Ojai evenings can be experienced anywhere in the Valley, but the morning light at sunrise over the misty Ventura River can only be experienced here on the western end of the Valley, which is out of reach to most visitors.

The native Chumash people settled this area of the Ojai Valley as one of their village communities. Many artifacts have been found here and ¼ mile away, where their burial ground is located. You may see the local Chumash elder roaming the property, collecting traditional native plants for ceremonies…. Elderberry, sage, soap plant.

The Farm is a demonstration of sustainable and harmonious techniques for man and nature to live together. In fact at first look, it doesn’t look like a farm. Overgrazed for many years, the property is being put back into nature, by careful planning and resource use. Seeds are collected from the Valley floor germinated and nurtured in the greenhouses, and put back into nature on the land.

Water is provided to the Farm through a shallow well that is pumped by a 85 year old Vintage windmill. The water is provided to the plants, and returned to the ground from which it came.

A 3000 kwatt Photovoltaic Solar collector on the roof of Papalote House collects the Ojai sunshine and provides renewable energy for the whole farm.  A 1970s vintage, recycledsolar water heating system is used at the pool. Solar lights provide nighttime lumination for the walkpaths through the native plant gardens on the property.

Natural small mammal control is used on the farm by the attracting of native birds of prey through the use of raptor stands and owl boxes. Native and beautiful non-poisonous snakes, gopher snake, California king snake help keep a balance with the pocket gophers and ground squirrels.

Oak, Sage, Monkeyflower, Coyotebush, Yucca and Chamise are among the Chaparral species being grown.

Wildlife that has been seen on the property: 

Common: Coyote, bobcat, California quail, red-tail and red-shouldered hawks, great horned owl, black-shouldered kite, rabbit,  

Less common, but present: California black bear, mountain lion, black-tail deer, road-runner.