An evening with Roma Ransom – an eclectic bohemian world psych folk duo from Colorado Springs, CO.  With music in the North Star Dining Room, bonfire, cocktails, evening snacks, and dancing, this will be an evening of late-summer celebration and magic. 

$25 (pre-purchase) includes concert ticket, a land-crafted cocktail, and snacks.  $30 for tickets purchased at the door. 

Purchase Tickets here

Discover more about Roma Ransom here

Join us in support of SheLift - the local nonprofit founded by Sarah Herron of ABC's, The Bachelor. The Guest House will be hosting SheLift for their next retreat. Come learn how to be involved! SheLift is a 501(c)3 organization that empowers girls with disabilities to improve self-acceptance and confidence through outdoor adventures and mentorship. 

Cocktails, sunset snacks, a pond, and a farm - all perfect settings for a Thursday Happy Hour.  We'll be excite to gather, celebrate, and support with you!

12 summer weeks of 12 herbs!  Join us for a weekly study on Thursday evenings with Dalene Barton with a focus on nourishing medicinal applications on one herb each week.  Dalene is a rooted Crystal River Valley herbalist who has long relationship with local herbs and applications of those herbs to life & health.  

Each week includes an herb walk, teaching & practice, and refreshment.  Herbs to be studied include: Wild Rose, Spring Cottonwood Bud, Yarrow, Red Clover, Wild Mint, Plantain, Wild Geranium, Service Berry, Dandelion, Mullein, Sage Brush, and Rabbit Brush.  

$240 investment includes 12 weeks of teaching & materials.  Classes will be offered on an individual walk-in basis for $25/week.  Class runs June 7th-August 23rd, Thursdays from 630-8pm.

To Register, click here

A day on the land through the lense of your camera - join us with Natalie Morris in exploring the ranch and evolving your photography skills with plants, nature and landscape.

Natalie Morris is a film photographer who finds joy in connecting with the beauty that surrounds through photography and in engaging others creatively through education and hands-on experience.

Workshop fee of $100 includes instruction, a print of one of your photos, and lunch by The Guest House chefs.  Register here.

A day-long workshop of foraging, walking, cooking, and plant identification on the ranch for edible wild foods of the Crystal River Valley.  An afternoon meal will be crafted from collected plants for all to share.  This workshop will be facilitated by Erica Marciniec "Wild Food Girl" – a seasoned wild food forager, blogger, and wild food teacher.  Guest House chefs will participate in meal preparation and support participants in recipe development. 

$100 participant contribution includes instruction, materials, and afternoon meal.

Reservations can be made here

A dinner celebration of the transition from Winter to Spring.  5 Courses of traditional equinox cuisine, reflection on the quiet season, imagining about the warm season, and all the joy the people around the table bring.  Post-dinner fire ring with cocktails will also keep us true to this as one of the "Fire Festivals" in the Celtic calendar.  

$150 for 5 courses with beverage pairings

18 seats available - reservations can be made here.

Saint Brigid shares a feast day with the initiation of Spring in the Celtic calendar - a beer brewer, shepherdess, herbal healer, dairy woman, metalsmith, and keeper of open fire, she is for sure close to the heart of the work of The Guest House.  

Join us for a community celebration & potluck - we'll be tending fire, brewing beverages, and cooking up some traditional Irish fare.  Please bring a dish to share with others at the table.  

This event carries no monetary cost, and only asks for the investment of your cheerful spirit & creative presence.  

The North Star provides a constant point of direction, helps us discern our path, and locates us within the larger journey.  Join us for a dinner that envisions and celebrates the future of The Guest House at Sunfire Ranch and begins a year of celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the Sewell Family's stewardship of the ranch.  
4 courses with beverage pairings, the night promises to be full of imagination, fine hospitality, and a table full of people ringing in the future.  

18 seats available, $100 per seat - Reserve your seat for dinner here

An evening of community film viewing of the new Wendell Berry Documentary about his home Henry County, Kentucky. The film will start at 6:30pm.  

Fall popcorn and warm cider to be served - Tickets available at the door for $13.

Film Information: http://lookandseefilm.com/what-we-do

This year has been one FULL of growth and its time to celebrate with the late summer harvest.  A backyard picnic & celebration for members of The Devoted CSA.  

If you are interested in becoming a Devoted member and joining us at our summer celebration, we invite you to learn more here.

We'll be facilitating our History of US Agriculture Workshop at the Slow Food Nations gathering in Denver, CO!  Come join us in an exploration of our gallery-style timeline of US Agricultural history.

Check out their website for tickets & more information: Slow Food Nations Workshop

Private event hosted in Emma, CO

Dive into the mystery of fresh cheese making for your home! We’ll make three different kinds of fresh cheeses from raw dairy & talk about home fermentation. Come prepared to try some cheese, learn practices that are easy for a home kitchen, and build your own resource list for local dairy sourcing. Each participant will also take home some fresh cheeses for further recipe testing!

This workshop is being hosted by Slow Food Denver - register with the link below!  15 participant spaces available.

Weeds??  Nettles, Dandelion, Borage, Marshmallow, Shepherd's Purse, Yarrow & so many more.  A dinner & beverage pairing based on foods we usually overlook in our fields and alleys.  An intriguing culinary journey for the foragers, herbalists, and land-loving hearts among us.  

$75 includes 4 courses with herbal infusion cocktails or non-alcoholic beverage pairing.

Hosted at the Home of Matty & Jenna Walker in Golden, CO.  Address sent upon booking.

We've built a life-size timeline of the History of US Agriculture!  Come join us to walk through the timeline, contribute intersections of your own agricultural history, and talk with others about what this history means for us today.  This is a popular education style workshop so come prepared to participate, listen, and contribute!  

This workshop is free & open to the public.

Hosted by Mile-High Farmers, a co-chapter of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union & National Young Farmers Coalition

The Guest House takes our dinner on the road to connect with our Central state and Western Slope community!

A 5-course meal with wine pairings will feature central & western slope Colorado farmers and some of our favorite guilty-pleasure wines.  This event has a limited seating of 15 and will begin with a cocktail reception.  

This event will be hosted at the home of Chris Bonadies & Jody Cooper in Snowmass, CO.

The Guest House focus on specific land, soil, and location for growing our food & beverages leads us to small obsessions with unique kinds of earth - in this case: Volcanos!  Wines from active volcano regions will be paired with regionally appropriate food and we'll explore.  

4 Courses, 4 wines, $85 per seat

High altitude wines paired with foraged country food - the best of all worlds.  A five-course dinner paired with wines from high-country wine makers.  Prepared with all the back-country love by Chef Arena and wine nerdiness of Seth, Katrina, and Liz.  

four Chef's counter seats available & eight dinner table seats.  $75 for each dinner seat includes food, wine, and hospitality.  

A celebration of women in the food, agriculture, and hospitality industry!  This 5 course dinner with wine pairings will reflect sourcing from women food craft artisans, women farmers, and regions of the United States that have history rooted in women's movements.  

All proceeds from this dinner will be given to the Elephant Circle's Women's Prison Project to support women incarcerated for crimes related to surviving abuse.

15 dinner seats will be available.  75 dollars per seat includes dinner & wine - Tickets may be purchased at  https://theguesthouse.tocktix.com/ 

For inquiries, please email Troy at [email protected]

Lynne, Edith, and Seth excitedly invite you to explore The Guest House concept, eat some delicious food, and drink some beautiful wine.