Painted Pastures Farm to Table Spring Brunch!

Join us down on the farm for this year’s first Farm to Table event.

Brunch features delicious food from SnixSnaxShax.

Served family style – the menu is

Mini Flapjacks served with blackberry, kiwi, bananas and strawberry skewers drizzled with warm honey.

Egg, cheddar cheese and spinach quiche with your choice of brown sugar bacon or the vegetarian alternative and roasted breakfast potatoes.

Your choice of chocolate fudge or lemon chiffon mini bundt cakes with a cream cheese glaze.

Unsweet iced tea, water, coffee and hot english breakfast tea will be available.

This event is limited to 54 people. Brunch will be served on tables set up in the rock garden near the Farm store with real tablecloths and china plates. After brunch, attendees will have time to visit, in the field (weather permitting) with the famous Painted Pastures goats. Yes you read that correctly - for about 30 minutes we will open the gates and let you visit the field. This is open for Brunch tickets ONLY.

Our favorite pups, Anne and Naomi and Ronnie the Rooster will also be on site to greet all our guests. This is a closed event. The Farm store will not open until noon the day of the event.

Each ticket covers your choice of the above listed meal – please specify if you want bacon or vegetarian bacon. The cost of the tickets are $50.

Deadline to purchase tickets is May 9th and we will only sell 54 tickets! We have put in our order for good weather – this is a RAIN OR SHINE event. If needed, we will just relocate to the barn. No refunds will be given.

Have questions – please email us at oreo0153@gmail.com or call the Farm Store at 301-416-2425. If no one answers – Lori is probably out working the farm, so please leave a message so she can call you back.

SNIX SNAX SHAX is located in Hancock MD. For over 7 years they have been tempting the palates of customers around the area. They are dedicated to helping you create the sweetest moments in life and we are excited to have them on the Farm to bring this springtime farm to table brunch! Check them out on Facebook @SnixSnaxShax.

The lovely ladies have also been offering lunch specials at the weekly Farmers Market at Robinwood on Tuesday. Be sure to check them out.

PAINTED PASTURES is a beautiful 12-acre farm in Smithsburg that has become home to some uniquely charming animals since January 2020. It was given the name Painted Pastures because it so perfectly describes the place. It is like a little piece of heaven where flowers bloom and visitors, are greeted by friendly multicolored Nigerian Dwarf goats and clucking chickens with shiny red, white and black feathers. Owner Lori Anderson can be found on the farm just about any day of the week, tending to her animals and flowers with her beloved canine companion Anne. Everyone is invited to visit this friendly place to see the goats, chickens, sheep, and horses. Ronnie the Rooster will be there to greet all the guests and keep all his animal friends in line. The Nigerian Dwarf goats are the star of this show (shh don’t tell Ronnie). The fields are a perfect play yard where they climb, jump and head butt each other knowing they are safe and loved. In the spring, the field is full of “kids” ( baby goats) and their mommies. It is quite the sight to see. “There is something very special about the atmosphere here. It makes people feel good and makes them forget about their troubles,” Lori says.

Lori raises her goats for their rich milk which she then uses to make soaps, lotions, balms, sugar scrubs and bath bombs. These goat milk personal care products are naturally emollient, and the soaps come in a wide variety of colors and fragrances. All are great to give as gifts or for daily use in your home. The Farm store is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and is filled with these products and many unique and one-of-a-kind pieces from other local artisans. You can also find their products at The Market Hub, Old Home Stead, McCutcheon Apple Products, Scenic View Orchard, and Deliteful Dairy. There is a lot of beauty on this quaint farm property. Along with the goat milk products, Lori raises and sells fresh cut flowers. They are grown in a hoop greenhouse just down the hill from the goat barn. During the summer months, she runs a roadside flower stand at the end of her driveway. Gorgeous bouquets of fresh flowers are available to purchase starting at $15 each. She says that she employs the “honor system” at the flower stand and it has worked out quite well.

Lori has an amazing green thumb and is available to create beautiful flowers for all your special events – like weddings, bridal showers, birthday parties and even prom flowers. No matter the occasion and even if you just need a bouquet to bring joy to your table, be sure to give Lori a call! Many of the flowers she uses in her arrangements are grow right here on the farm, in the flower garden or hoop house!

These Farm to Table event is just a small part of Lori’s mission to share this little slice of heaven with the rest of the world! She also hosts craft classes each week – things like painted gourds, macrame plant hangers and wood flower arrangements. The farm is also available to host your small special events like bridal showers and birthday parties.

Please remember your patronage of our special events /classes and purchases from the Farm Store are vital for us to be able to continue to take care of our animals in the way they deserve and at this point, allow hands on visits with the mommies and babies with no admission fee. BUT there may be weekends, when extra help is not available to supervise, so please understand that there may be times when field visits are not available. Everyone is always welcome to visit from outside the fence during regular store hours. Parents are also reminded that they MUST supervise their children at all times and follow all the posted rules. This is the animals' home and all the toys are there for their enjoyment. Thank you!

Don't forget to check out the website - www.PaintedPasturesMD.comfor all your goat milk soap needs! 24 hours a day! 7 days a week! or stop by the store Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 5 pm!

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