Historic Sand Rock Farm

Greetings to Sand Rock Farm Guests whether recent, or anytime in the past 10 years. We have great news to share! 2011 will be Sand Rock Farm’s 10th Year hosting guests from near and far. It seems like yesterday that we opened the doors for our first guests. In honor of our 10th Anniversary, we [...]

It is Summer on the Coast and we are busily creating beautiful memories at Sand Rock Farm hosting Weddings large, and small with couples from near and far. Planning a wedding is challenging and couples may spend a year or more between settling on a specific site and arranging all the details.  Every wedding is [...]

Sand Rock Farm featured in Santa Cruz Magazine this month – “Pampered visitors quickly learn that hidden delights are the norm at Historic Sand Rock Farm. Sand Rock Farm is an elegant country home nestled on 10 lush acres in Aptos.  Filled with lovely antiques and cozy corners, it invites visitors to relax and forget [...]

Value Vacation featured: Aptos, Calif. | Historic Sand Rock Farm — Book a room at the regular rate and choose from a variety of picnic packages. Your hosts will pack a picnic lunch if you want to take a walk through a garden of roses or a local apple orchard, visit Santa Cruz Mountains wineries [...]

Sitting at the dining table enjoying breakfast any time from December through early spring, our guests have an amazing experience.  Waves of  both Lesser and American Goldfinches swoop down from their perches on the giant oak next to the house to enjoy the thistle from the tiered finch feeder outside the window.  They boldly jostle [...]

So excited!  Fab new restaurant right around the corner.  Smoque serves wood-fired barbeque and pizza in a casual environment about three minutes from Sand Rock. The pulled pork is absolutely first rate – smokey, tender, moist… I got it with apple coleslaw and a ciabatta role (that was toasted on the grill) and the spicy [...]

One of the most delightful restaurants in the area, for those who favor a global flair, is Ambrosia.  Unfortunately they were closed due to a fire – but now back open and better than ever!  At some Indian restaurants the flavors blur together, curry whatever.  Not so here! Each dish is a unique offering with [...]

Just before Christmas we had a chance to set up the SRF wreath maker.  The wreath maker, large, manual (foot power), produced one wreath at a time; as quickly as the artist put the materials together.  Several guests had brought greens and we found others on the property.  We set up production tables in our [...]

Fun-filled events for runners at all levels. The Big Sur Half Marathon begins and ends in downtown Monterey. A great time outdoors with entertainment along the way. http://www.bigsurhalfmarathon.org