Community Farm Events
Asheville
Engaging Family-Friendly Gatherings
At Ruby Ranch, we believe in fostering a sense of community through shared experiences and a love for the outdoors. Our events include learning sustainable agriculture practices, plant sales, fall gatherings, equine workshops and horse riding lessons, and interactive music and food events.
Permaculture Design Course 2026
Join our women facilitated second annual Permaculture Design Course at the Ruby Ranch in Candler, NC (just 20 minutes west of Asheville). Whether you’re new to permaculture or a seasoned practitioner, our space is designed to inspire, connect, and empower.
Learn permaculture with veteran teachers and a group that meets 5 weekends in the fall of 2026. Whether you plan to use this knowledge for your career or in your personal life, you’ll acquire the skills to create self-sufficient ecosystems and sustainably manage land while building a social support network.
You’ll be part of a cohort of permaculture students dedicated to creating a better future. Students can put their new land management skills to good use right away in a critical real-world situation while learning the principles of resilience and community preparedness.
We believe that sustainable land stewardship thrives on diversity and inclusivity. Our permaculture courses are dedicated to creating equitable learning environments that honor and uplift systemically excluded voices, fostering a community where everyone can connect with the land and each other.
The 2026 course is not yet open for purchase, but if you’d like to join the waitlist to be notified when it goes on sale, contact the Ruby Ranch or email BeatriceNathan@gmail.com.
Sweet Potato Harvest & Garlic Planting
It is time to harvest sweet potatoes and plant garlic, and we could use some help!
Come lend a hand if you can, learn about growing sweet potatoes and take some home with you After we harvest sweet potatoes, we will plant 6 pounds of different varieties of garlic. Join us in community to sink our hands in the soil, gather nutritious food from the earth, and plant our next crop.
Rain or Shine! If it is raining, we will work in the greenhouses.
*** This is a family friendly event, but please leave your dogs and pets at home.
Community Work Day & Gathering
Come on out, get your hands and bodies working and meet some new folks! This work day we will focus on clearing out and organizing our propagation greenhouse. We are preparing this space to become a hot yoga studio as well as a place to start seeds to grow plants for our spring plant sale and festival, and a place to hold winter workshops. All are welcome, no experience necessary. Families and kiddos are welcome, but please leave your dog(s) at home. Followed by a potluck and community hang out.
Winter Holiday Mini Portrait Sessions
Spend a day with the horses and fall Ranch foliage and leave with holiday portraits! Photographer Josh Milowe will be set up in front of our weathered barn door, trimmed with garlands, a tree, and local winter greenery styled by Shell Belle Blooms. Your 20-minute session includes six images of your choice from your finished gallery, available to download. Families, couples, friends, solo portraits, and pets are all welcome.
Saturday, November 21 · 9:00 am to 2:00 pm · Ruby Ranch
Hominy Market: Wreath Making Workshop
The Hominy Market is an outdoor Sunday market in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains on a horse and permaculture ranch, 10m west of Asheville.
You will find live music, local crafts, goods, honey, food & drink, fresh cut flowers by Shell Belle Blooms, healers and remedies, and plenty for the whole family to do. This is a family friendly market--kids enjoy the bounce house, roaming chickens, and pony rides (adults welcome too!).
Each market has a theme and is often paired with a workshop! November 22 is Harvest themed with a Wreath Making workshop hosted by Shell Belle Blooms.
If you are interested in vending, we welcome local makers, produce growers, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks. Please apply here: https://www.rubyranchnc.com/vendor-application
Note that because this is a working ranch, NO outside pets are allowed. Thank you!
The Ranch and facilities are ADA accessible.
Hominy Market: Holiday Bazaar & Salve Making Workshop
The Hominy Market is an outdoor Sunday market in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains on a horse and permaculture ranch, 10m west of Asheville.
You will find live music, local crafts, goods, honey, food & drink, fresh cut flowers by Shell Belle Blooms, healers and remedies, and plenty for the whole family to do. This is a family friendly market--kids enjoy the bounce house, roaming chickens, and pony rides (adults welcome too!).
Each market has a theme and is often paired with a workshop! December 13th market is a gift themed Holiday Bazaar & Salve Making Workshop.
Why buy local? Did you know that when you spend $1.00 locally, about $0.50 of that dollar stays in WNC (as opposed to $0.14 circulating locally if you purchase at a national chain or large online retailer)? This market will give you the opportunity to support local makers. Or become a local maker yourself and join our salve making workshop! Registration details coming soon!
If you are interested in vending, we welcome local makers, produce growers, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks. Please apply here: https://www.rubyranchnc.com/vendor-application
Note that because this is a working ranch, NO outside pets are allowed. Thank you!
The Ranch and facilities are ADA accessible.
Discover the Centaur Learning Experience
Come experience The Centaur Learning Experience at an Open House on October 28 from 3:30–5:00 PM at Ruby Ranch! Discover a different approach to learning where children and young people learn through horses, nature, movement, and hands-on experiences. This individualized program supports confidence, emotional regulation, academic growth, communication, and life skills in a screen-free farm environment.
Hominy Market: Trunk or Treat & Halloween Costume Contest
The Hominy Market is an outdoor Sunday market in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains on a horse and permaculture ranch, 10m west of Asheville.
You will find live music, local crafts, goods, honey, food & drink, fresh cut flowers by Shell Belle Blooms, healers and remedies, and plenty for the whole family to do. This is a family friendly market--kids enjoy the bounce house, roaming chickens, and pony rides (adults welcome too!).
Each market has a theme and is often paired with a workshop! October 25th market is a Trunk or Treat Costume Contest. Enjoy the festivities and roast some ‘mallows by the bonfires.
If you are interested in vending, we welcome local makers, produce growers, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks. Please apply here: https://www.rubyranchnc.com/vendor-application
Note that because this is a working ranch, NO outside pets are allowed. Thank you!
Basketweaving Class: Invasive Vines Vessels
Join Nancy Basket, local treasure and delightful teacher, to learn how to turn pervasive vines into functional and beautiful hand woven baskets. This class, we will make a ribbed basket. Learn how to work with fast growing plants instead of maligning them! You’ll leave this class with your own basket and the skills to make your own at home.
Advance tickets ($75) are required to ensure we have enough materials - and space is limited.
All materials will be provided.
Children are welcome to attend and make a basket free of charge if they are with a paying adult. Nancy encourages and enjoys youth participation. If your child loses interest in the class, it is the responsibility of the guardian to stay with that child.
Feel free to come early (11am) and bring lunch to share in a potluck with Nancy beforehand.
Join Nancy Basket, local treasure and delightful teacher, to learn how to turn invasive vines into functional and beautiful hand woven baskets. You’ll leave this class with your own garden harvest basket and the skills to make your own at home.
Advance tickets ($75) are required to ensure enough materials - and space is limited.
All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own lengths of fresh invasive vines to add in.
Feel free to come early (11am) and bring lunch to share in a potluck with Nancy beforehand.
Hominy Gatherin’ Market
Join us at the Ranch for our Hominy Gatherin’ Market! RAIN OR SHINE!
The Market is your new outdoor Sunday brunch spot: come to enjoy a picnic with friends, listen to good music, see your favorite local vendors, and enjoy the beauty of a working permaculture and horse Ranch!
Nestled under our covered pavilion, it’s a great time in any weather.
We're on the way up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, so we're the perfect stop on a Sunday outing.
If you are interested in vending, we welcome local makers, produce growers, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks.
APPLY HERE: https://www.rubyranchnc.com/vendor-application
Vendor fee is $25 or free for Skill-share members. We offer a sliding scale for any who need it.
***This is a working ranch, NO pets are allowed.***
Harvest Wreath Making Workshop
Cozy season is coming! Celebrate by making a harvest wreath for your home using botanicals grown and dried at Ruby Ranch by our resident flower farmer, Shell Belle Blooms and Botanicals. There will also be some crescent moon wreaths available to decorate (see photo below). We will gather in our cozy barn and create beautiful wreaths under the view of Mt Pisgah and amongst the horses. Reserve your spot for a $40 suggested donation.
- When: Saturday, September 27th, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM (during the monthly Hominy Gatherin’ market)
- Where: Ruby Ranch, 36 Kel County Rd. Candler (in the main barn)
All supplies and hot herbal tea will be provided! Stay tuned as we will also host a winter wreath making workshop later in the season.
Hominy Gatherin’ Market
Join us at the Ranch for our Hominy Gatherin’ Market! RAIN OR SHINE!
The Market is your new outdoor Sunday brunch spot: come to enjoy a picnic with friends, listen to good music, see your favorite local vendors, and enjoy the beauty of a working permaculture and horse Ranch!
Nestled under our covered pavilion, it’s a great time in any weather.
We're on the way up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, so we're the perfect stop on a Sunday outing.
If you are interested in vending, we welcome local makers, produce growers, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks.
APPLY HERE: https://www.rubyranchnc.com/vendor-application
Vendor fee is $25 or free for Skill-share members. We offer a sliding scale for any who need it.
***This is a working ranch, NO pets are allowed.***
Basketweaving Class: Pine needle baskets
Basketweaving Class: Pine needle baskets with Nancy Basket
August Community Supported Skill-share Class: Wild edibles and foraging
Our next class for Skill share members is Sunday, August 9th covering foraging and using wild edible plants.
Featuring a Ranch partner, our guest teacher will be Jeannine Dunn, Director of Red Moon Herbs (where class will be held).
Class will feature an herb walk around their property to learn to identify common wild edibles and medicinal plants, and will include making an herbal vinegar you can take home with you.
You'll go home with a study guide, resources, and fresh ideas for how to incorporate wild food into your life.
Bring a snack to class to share while we learn.
About the Community Supported Skillshare Membership:
A year-long seasonal learning journey reclaiming self-reliance skills alongside kindred spirits - on a beautiful working horse ranch just 20 minutes from Asheville.
Ruby Ranch hosts a Community Supported Skill-share, a year-round membership where locals gather monthly to learn practical earth skills, share meals, connect with the Land, and build the kind of community that truly nourishes people. Growing food, preserving the harvest, herbalism, fermentation, and more, all rooted right here on the land.
Think of it like a veggie CSA: your membership shapes the program around what this community actually wants to learn and grow together, and the more people who join, the richer it gets for everyone.
Founding members also get to collectively tend and harvest from the Ranch community garden, and there's room for the big sprawling things—pumpkins, watermelons, full-sun everything. ☀️
*Membership is required to attend. Price per household, on a sliding scale, no commitment required.
Learn more here, or join below.
Community Work Day & Potluck Lunch
Join us as we prep the Ranch for the Fall growing season. Come learn some new skills, make new friends, and enjoy a lovely day outside at the Ranch!
All are welcome, no experience necessary. Families and kiddos are welcome, but please remember - NO pets allowed.
Bring something to share for a potluck lunch and community hang out.
Dirt Church at Ruby Ranch
*Rain or Shine! We’ll gather down by the creek in good weather or in the barn/pavilion if it rains.
Join Cara Helene, our Community Director for Dirt Church - a playful, heart-nourishing gathering where we slow down, listen to the Land, and remember what it feels like to truly belong. Expect nervous system nourishing nature connection practices, group time to reflect and share, and maybe a horse or two to bless the gathering.
Not a church, rather a gathering of kindred spirits, held by sky, soil, and mountains.
Bring something to sit on and your favorite mug for tea!
Come as you are—muddy boots, tender hearts, and all.
Donate-What-You-Can: $10-30 (cash or Venmo)
Hominy Gatherin’ Market
Join us at the Ranch for our Hominy Gatherin’ Market! RAIN OR SHINE!
The Market is your new outdoor Sunday brunch spot: come to enjoy a picnic with friends, listen to good music, see your favorite local vendors, and enjoy the beauty of a working permaculture and horse Ranch!
Nestled under our covered pavilion, it’s a great time in any weather.
We're on the way up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, so we're the perfect stop on a Sunday outing.
If you are interested in vending, we welcome local makers, produce growers, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks.
APPLY HERE: https://www.rubyranchnc.com/vendor-application
Vendor fee is $25 or free for Skill-share members. We offer a sliding scale for any who need it.
***This is a working ranch, NO pets are allowed.***
July Community Supported Skill-share Class: Natural healthcare for your garden
This month we'll learn about how to naturally keep your garden healthy and how to control pests and disease.
You'll go home with a study guide, resources, and fresh ideas for how to tend your own home garden.
Dirt Church at Ruby Ranch
*Rain or Shine! We’ll gather down by the creek in good weather or in the barn/pavilion if it rains.
Join Cara Helene, our Community Director for Dirt Church - a playful, heart-nourishing gathering where we slow down, listen to the Land, and remember what it feels like to truly belong. Expect nervous system nourishing nature connection practices, group time to reflect and share, and maybe a horse or two to bless the gathering.
Not a church, rather a gathering of kindred spirits, held by sky, soil, and mountains.
Bring something to sit on and your favorite mug for tea!
Come as you are—muddy boots, tender hearts, and all.
Donate-What-You-Can: $10-30 (cash or Venmo)
Gatherin’ Market
Join us at the Ranch for our first Hominy Gatherin’ Market!
The Market is your new outdoor Sunday brunch spot: come to enjoy a picnic with friends, listen to good music, see your favorite local vendors, and enjoy the beauty of a working permaculture and horse Ranch!
We're on the way up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, so we're the perfect stop on a Sunday outing.
Email us (info @ RubyRanchNC.com) if you are interested in vending: we host local makers, produce vendors, artists, musicians, community organizations, and food trucks are welcome.
Vendor fee is $25 or free for Skill-share members. We offer a sliding scale for any who need it.
This is a working ranch, no outside pets are allowed please.
Basketweaving Class: Invasive Vines Vessels
Join Nancy Basket, local treasure and delightful teacher, to learn how to turn invasive vines into functional and beautiful hand woven baskets. You’ll leave this class with your own garden harvest basket and the skills to make your own at home.
Advance tickets ($75) are required to ensure enough we have enough materials - and space is limited.
*Skill-share members members have a special rate of $35
All materials will be provided, but you will need to bring a small basket to use as a form to work with.
Feel free to come early (11am) and bring lunch to share in a potluck with Nancy beforehand.
Join Nancy Basket, local treasure and delightful teacher, to learn how to turn invasive vines into functional and beautiful hand woven baskets. You’ll leave this class with your own garden harvest basket and the skills to make your own at home.
Advance tickets ($75) are required to ensure enough materials - and space is limited.
All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own lengths of fresh invasive vines to add in.
Feel free to come early (11am) and bring lunch to share in a potluck with Nancy beforehand.
Join Nancy Basket, local treasure and delightful teacher, to learn how to turn invasive vines into functional and beautiful hand woven baskets. You’ll leave this class with your own garden harvest basket and the skills to make your own at home.
Advance tickets ($75) are required to ensure enough materials - and space is limited.
*Skill-share members members have a special rate of $35
All materials will be provided, but you will need to bring a small basket to use as a form to work with.
Feel free to come early (11am) and bring lunch to share in a potluck with Nancy beforehand.
Solstice Community Work Day
Come gather with us on the summer solstice! We will come together for Dirt Church from 9-10:30AM and join in community around this special day and beginning of summer. We will then venture into the gardens and tend to the soil and plants living on the land during our Community Work Day. Come with friends and stay to make new ones! You do not need to attend both gatherings to enjoy a day at the Ranch. Come to what calls you and that you have space for, which might be both or one or the other!
Dirt Church - Summer Solstice
Join us to celebrate the longest day of the year - Summer Solstice!
*Rain or Shine!
Not a church with walls, but one held by sky, soil, and mountains. Dirt Church is a playful, heart-nourishing gathering where we slow down, listen to the Land, and remember what it feels like to truly belong. Expect simple nature connection practices, circle time, and maybe a horse or two to bless the gathering.
Bring something to sit on and your favorite mug for tea!
Donate-What-You-Can: $10-30
Come as you are—muddy boots, tender hearts, and all.
Summer Solstice Creekside Campout
Join us for camping by the creek to celebrate the longest day of the year - Summer Solstice! (rain or shine)
The fireflies are already out in full force and the stargazing will be lovely.
Arrive at 3pm on Saturday June 20th, get set up by the creek, and we’ll have a fire going for a potluck dinner. Feel free to bring instruments if you’d like to share music.
Sunday morning at 9am we’ll have Dirt Church (and Cara will have tea ready), and a fire to make breakfast together, or you can head down to Budgies for donuts and coffee.
$25 tickets are per tent, and space is limited. Spots are first come, first served.
Skill-share members are FREE, but a ticket is required.
This is a working ranch, so NO outside pets are allowed.
Join us for camping by the creek to celebrate the longest day of the year - Summer Solstice! (rain or shine)
The fireflies are already out in full force and the stargazing will be lovely.
Arrive at 3pm on Saturday June 20th, get set up by the creek, and we’ll have a fire going for a potluck dinner. Feel free to bring instruments if you’d like to share music.
Sunday morning at 9am we’ll have Dirt Church (and Cara will have tea ready) and a fire to make breakfast together, or you can head down to Budgies for donuts and coffee.
$25 tickets are per tent, and space is limited. Spots are first come, first served.
Skill-share members are FREE, but RSVP is required.
Have your tent packed up by 11am, and join in the Ranch workday (11-1p) - stay to learn something new about how to tend the land and animals!
Following the workday, we’ll have the Creative Solstice Party in the afternoon with tie dye, birdhouse painting, and snacks for sale (separate tickets required for the activities).
Join us for camping by the creek to celebrate the longest day of the year - Summer Solstice! (rain or shine)
The fireflies are already out in full force and the stargazing will be lovely.
Arrive at 3pm on Saturday June 20th, get set up by the creek, and we’ll have a fire going for a potluck dinner. Feel free to bring instruments if you’d like to share music.
Sunday morning at 9am we’ll have Dirt Church (and Cara will have tea ready) and a fire to make breakfast together, or you can head down to Budgies for donuts and coffee.
Tickets are per tent, and space is limited. Spots are first come, first served.
Skill-share members are FREE, but RSVP is required.
Have your tent packed up by 11am, and join in the Ranch workday (11-1p) - stay to learn something new about how to tend the land and animals!
Following the workday, we’ll have the Creative Solstice Party in the afternoon with tie dye, birdhouse painting, and snacks for sale (separate tickets required for the activities).
Have your tent packed up by 11am, and join in the Ranch workday (11-1p) - stay to learn something new about how to tend the land and animals!
Following the workday, we’ll have the Creative Summer Solstice Party in the afternoon with tie dye, birdhouse painting, and snacks for sale (separate tickets required for the activities).
Family Movie Night
Come join us as we launch into the beginning of our movie nights at the Ranch. We will kick off the season with the live action version of How to Train Your Dragon. Arrive as early as 6:30 to get settled, with a start time of 7pm. We have a lot of seating, but feel free to bring your comfy camping chair.
The movie will be shown on a wall in the barn, so come rain OR shine. If there is heavy rain, we will need to reschedule, as rain and metal roofs can be quite loud.
Popcorn and other refreshments will be available for sale.
June 13th, 6:30-9:00p
Join us for a fun night of a movie and snacks in the barn (rain or shine!).
We have some seating, or bring your own comfy camp chair.
There will be popcorn, snacks, and drinks for sale.
We’ll be watching the live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” - come dressed as your favorite dragon if you’d like!
June 13th, 6:30-9:00p
Join us for a fun night of a movie and snacks in the barn (rain or shine!).
We have some seating, or bring your own comfy camp chair.
There will be popcorn, snacks, and drinks for sale.
We’ll be watching the live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” - come dressed as your favorite dragon if you’d like!
Community Supported Skill-share Class: Native plants and habitat for garden helpers
A year-long seasonal learning journey reclaiming self-reliance skills alongside kindred spirits - on a beautiful working horse ranch just 20 minutes from Asheville.
Ruby Ranch hosts a Community Supported Skill-share, a year-round membership where locals gather monthly to learn practical earth skills, share meals, connect with the Land, and build the kind of community that truly nourishes people. Growing food, preserving the harvest, herbalism, fermentation, and more, all rooted right here on the land.
Think of it like a veggie CSA: your membership shapes the program around what this community actually wants to learn and grow together, and the more people who join, the richer it gets for everyone.
Founding members also get to collectively tend and harvest from the Ranch community garden, and there's room for the big sprawling things—pumpkins, watermelons, full-sun everything. ☀️
Our next class for members is Sunday, June 7th covering native planting to create habitat for pollinators and garden helpers. Class is followed by a member potluck.
*Membership is required to attend. Price per household, on a sliding scale.
Learn more here, or join below.
Dirt Church at Ruby Ranch
*Rain or Shine!
Not a church with walls, but one held by sky, soil, and mountains. Dirt Church is a playful, heart-nourishing gathering where we slow down, listen to the Land, and remember what it feels like to truly belong. Expect simple nature connection practices, circle time, and maybe a horse or two to bless the gathering.
Bring something to sit on and your favorite mug for tea!
Donate-What-You-Can: $10-30
Come as you are—muddy boots, tender hearts, and all.
Community Supported Skill-Share Launch Potluck
We’re celebrating the launch of our NEW Community Supported Skill-share Membership! Join by May 16th to come join in on the community fun!
Membership Class: Container gardening for the kitchen
Join our NEW Community Supported-Skillshare Membership by May 16th to participate in this hands-on class focused on container gardening (pots and raised beds) and plan out your kitchen garden. (This class is only open to Community Members)
Everyone will go home with notes and resources to get started at home!
Yoga by the Creek
Join Emma on Saturday mornings for yoga by the creek!
Emma teaches hatha yoga, a specific sequence of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises. She’s been teaching since 2013 and practicing since 2007. It is her passion and gift to share with others. Expect to sweat, especially as the morning warms up along with our bodies. We do the best we can with no expectations or attachments.
Cold watermelon juice and good conversation after. Perhaps a cold plunge in the creek?
Donations accepted with love and gratitude. But…it’s not about the money, it’s about you. Moving your spine, bringing your body and mind into alignment, increasing the oxygen content in your blood, opening your detox pathways, grounding into the earth next to a meandering creek, and igniting your flame so you shine your light brightly, inspiring others to do the same.
Drive over the bridge and park to the right. Walk to the bend in the creek. Bring mats, blankets and a water bottle.
Spring Plant Sale & Festival
Join us for our third annual Spring Plant Sale and Festival! This is one of our favorite gatherings at the Ranch. Enjoy music, great food, different vendors, the bouncy house, horseback rides and connection, and more! Reach out to us if you would like to be a vendor for this event.
Our non-profit highlight for this year’s festival is Candler’s own Missed Path Sanctuary. You can meet them at the festival and in the meantime, learn more about them here, https://www.missedpathsanctuary.org/
Current vendors:
Herb Momma- Lorri has been growing herbs and making medicines for more than 30 years! The majority of plants used in Herb Mamma medicines are grown or wildcrafted at their USDA Organic farm Green Heart Gardens (GHG) in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. https://herbmamma.com/
Shell Belle Blooms- Michelle is a flower farmer at the Ranch, producing sustainable, local flowers, food, and herbal products. Inquire about the bouquets, events, and flower subscriptions. https://www.instagram.com/shellbelleblooms/?hl=en
Phat Ninja Food Forest-George offers red wiggler composting worms, composting systems and worm castings. George also grows on a 1/2 acre foodforest in thee city limits of Asheville NC. They create maximum out put with minimum input by catching and storing energy as well as working with nature not against her. https://www.facebook.com/p/Phat-Ninja-Foodforest-100064630634579/
Red Moon Herbs- Guided by the Wise Woman Ways, Red Moon Herbs creates potent herbal products in small batches using the highest quality fresh plant material that is almost all local and all organically grown or wildcrafted. They also grow on some of the land at Ruby Ranch! They will have plants and herbal medicine for sale. https://redmoonherbs.com/
Green Weaver- Green Weaver is a small home nursery that grows a variety of organic veggies and herbs for home gardens as well as native perennials and grasses. We hope to be a small part of the community web helping to feed our neighbors - people, birds, bugs, and critters- while nurturing the land and ecosystems. https://www.instagram.com/green_weaver_greens?igsh=cDJrdXBkM2FseDJ4&utm_source=qr
Molly’s Riding School- Molly will have the horses out and will be offering horse rides by donation.
Gardening 101- 1pm- Join Laura Ruby for an intro to gardening class. Bring your questions!
Dirt Church- 11am- Join Cara Helene for a session of grounding and connection rooted in the earth.
Sound Healing- 2:45- With Meaghan Rose & Juliza Vasquez- Join us for a gentle fusion of breath work, Kundalini flow, and guided meditation, all cradled by the soothing vibrations of sound bowls. This is your invitation to come home to yourself. Register here! https://calendly.com/myaurasmoonstone/restandreset?month=2026-05
More details coming soon!
Micro Family Portraits at the Spring Garden Fair
Give mom what she really wants for Mother's Day: book a Micro-Family Portraits at the Garden Fair, May 3rd
Shell Belle Blooms is collaborating with photographer Ricardo Cabrera to host a photo booth with the 1956 Chevrolet Farm Truck that lives at Ruby Ranch. Book a 15-minute portrait session during the Garden Fair between 11 am and 3 pm for $40, and you will receive 4-6 edited images to download, with prints available for purchase.
Reserve your spot here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ1NzNwFiaQaDjieHBCdObAO5hqlpAA9rTSynGyuPjJ0bs2s4hYYx_b5-Q5aCxsB0un3bU77tUuf
Dirt Church at Ruby Ranch
*Rain or Shine!
Not a church with walls, but one held by sky, soil, and mountains. Dirt Church is a playful, heart-nourishing gathering where we slow down, listen to the Land, and remember what it feels like to truly belong. Expect simple nature connection practices, circle time, and maybe a horse or two to bless the gathering.
Bring something to sit on and your favorite mug for tea!
Donate-What-You-Can: $10-30
Come as you are—muddy boots, tender hearts, and all.
Chickadee Birdhouse Making Workshop
Come join us in building a chickadee birdhouse to take home with you! $20-40 sliding scale. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Community Work Day & Gathering
Come on out, get your hands in the soil and meet some new folks! Join us as we continue getting the Ranch ready for a productive growing season. We will work in the outdoor food gardens and harvest spinach to take home from the greenhouse! All are welcome, no experience necessary. Families and kiddos are welcome, but please leave your dog(s) at home. Followed by a potluck and community hang out.
Sound Healing Among the Flowers: An Evening of Magic
Step into a living tapestry of healing blooms. This greenhouse event honors three remarkable flowers: anemone, a potent ally for processing grief and reclaiming emotional safety; ranunculus, whose fiery radiance soothes irritability and illuminates self-worth; and columbine, the flower of discernment, offering clarity where confusion once lived. Surrounded by their living presence, you will be guided through a crystal sound bowl journey designed to harmonize with their unique energetic signatures. Together, plant and vibration work in concert to calm the nervous system, open the heart, and restore your innate sense of wholeness.
Bring a sweet treat to share and we will provide a nervous system calming medicinal herb tea to help ground us back in the present. And, take home a beautiful bouquet of healing flowers.
Register here: https://calendly.com/myaurasmoonstone/amongtheflowers?month=2026-04