Ramada Raised to Honor Woodie Winans

Kate Tirion and people in Patagonia are more than happy to have this new all-weather addition in the Community Garden.
"Seed Money" in the amount of a $500 individual donation was propagated and grown by many fund-raising events over five years staged in the area like the well-attended Annual Pie Auctions.
It is a welcome addition to a number of outdoor spaces here in Patagonia for gatherings of groups, family and friends across from the playground at Richardson Park and convenient to the Community Church on the corner of Fourth Avenue & Duquesne Avenue.
Think about enjoying the location for picnics, a Quinceneara Celebration, birthdays, meetings, presentations, anniversaries, weddings, or any life-celebrations.
For everything there is a season and a time . . . and here's a all-weather place for you to enjoy, come rain or shine, for your good times whatever the season or reason - surely you can find one.
For those of you who didn't know Woodie, his wife Janet has composed a brief description of his life-long work:
Woodie and Janet Winans moved to Patagonia in 2003 from Parker, AZ after he had retired from a 35-year career as a county agent with the University of AZ Extension Service. He began his work in Extension in Santa Cruz County in 1964 as a 4-H County Agent, worked then in Yuma and Pinal Counties before serving as County Extension Director in La Paz Co. for 17 years.
Youth work and community development as well as agriculture and horticulture were always the focus of his attention as were the summer camps he directed for 4-H youth in every county he served.
In La Paz County, Winans developed and directed the Extension Master Gardening Program so when he came to Patagonia, his involvement in the Patagonia Community Garden was a natural outgrowth of his life’s work. Woodie passed away in 2006, leaving a legacy of concern for the land, for community, and especially for providing young people opportunities to interact with the natural world.
- Thank you Janet!

On Sunday, May 24th - Memorial Day Weekend - a Potluck Community Event with music by Barry & Friends will celebrate the dedication of the finished ramada memorializing Woodie.
Bring your own plates and utensils 5:00-8:00 p.m. Be there

Small Wonders: The Research Farms, Gardens and Food Places of Patagonia

Living from the Lands from Seed-to-Table and points-in-between , here's a guide in-a-nutshell for those who want an overall picture of cultivated fields and gardens - going back for centuries to the native peoples who inhabited the region before and people in Patagonia now planting and harvesting in the community garden - to the community food bank, public markets, and foods/eating establishments in town, with an eye for both residents and visitors.
Please Note: Contributions to what is published here are most welcome to present a balanced reporting of what the community offers. Updates and postings are contemporaneous with receiving.

• THE PATAGONIA COMMUNITY GARDEN
• NATIVE SEEDS Research Conservation Farm
• MARKETS: Red Mountain Produce, Patagonia Market, Viva Pura
  
• EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
  
• RESTAURANTS & CAFES: Tree of Life Cafe, The Home Plate, Velvet Elvis, The Gathering Grounds, Mercedes
  

THE PATAGONIA COMMUNITY GARDEN
[Submitted by Kate Tirion March 24, being updated and revised at the present time]

NATIVE SEEDS/ SEARCH Research Conservation Farm
"Ancient Seeds for Modern Needs" . . . a straight-forward statement that reflects an investment in land by two like-minded organizations with the work, support and philosophical backbone of finding/sourcing, conserving, growing and propagating both indigenous and transplanted plant and tree species from the long history of the geophysical landscape.
On December 19, 1997, NS/S and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) each purchased a portion of a 160-acre farm in Patagonia, Arizona. The farm was previously part of ___________*
NS/S bought 60-acres of rich flood plain fields away from the creeks and TNC purchased the remaining 100 acres of farm, including the creek bottom and neighboring corridor of native Sacaton grass and cottonwood trees. While TNC would work to preserve the Sonoita Creek riparian corridor running through its newly acquired land, NS/S would use the flood plain fields to grow and conserve native crops,
Though once inhabited by the Sobapuri Indians*, the fields NS/S now uses to grow native crops were used to grow everything from alfalfa to zucchini during the 1960’s and 1970’s. With deep sandy loam soils, abundant summer rainfall and mild temperatures, the Conservation Farm has proven an ideal location for growing the wide diversity of crops maintained in our seedbank.

Native Seeds/SEARCH conserves, distributes and documents the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and northwest Mexico. The organization promotes the use of these ancient crops and their wild relatives by gathering, safeguarding, and distributing their seeds to farming and gardening communities. They also work to preserve knowledge about their uses.
http://www.nativeseeds.org

Two initiatives are highlighted here:
RAFT: Renewing America's Food Traditions
Taking its cues from a worldwide action group The Slow Food Movement, in an effort to rescue endangered foods and revitalize those that remain, a coalition of experts on sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation and food aficionados has initiated RAFT-Renewing America’s Food Traditions. The RAFT initiative is dedicated to documenting, celebrating, and safeguarding the unique foods of North America—not as museum specimens, but as elements of living cultures and regional cuisines. The campaign will explore novel means to support traditional ethnic communities that are striving to make these foods once again part of their diets, ceremonies, and local economies. In short, it aims to protect and revive the remaining culinary riches unique to this continent, and support those who are reintegrating them into the diversity of cultures that are rooted in the American soil.
Gary Nabhan - one of the coalition of experts on sustainable agriculture and heritage foods - has recently re-located to an area called Tunnel Springs in Sonoita - is a most welcome moving force in reviving and supporting what's been here . . .

HEIRLOOM ORCHARD
Figs, quince and pomegranates - these and other fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, cactus and agave varieties that have been used by Native Americans, cowboys, miners, Spanish missionaries, Mormon and Mexican pioneers and other ethnic settlers since before World War II are the objects of a conservation program designed to recognize and honor the useful folk varieties of trees and shrubs originally planted or descended from plants established prior to WWII but still growing in the southwest.

Beginning in the early 1990’s, over 100 historic orchards or remnants have been identified in Arizona and Utah. Though originally designed to honor and bring attention to these heirlooms, recent program efforts include propagation, promotion and conservation. Established in 2005 at the Conservation Farm, the NS/S Heirloom Orchard currently consists of 25 young fig, quince, and white-seeded pomegranate trees donated through a partnership with the Kino Heritage Tree Project, a project designed to replant historically, culturally and botanically appropriate varieties of the fruit trees originally introduced to the New World by Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries to the southwest. Plans to expand the number and type of perennial heirloom trees conserved in the orchard are underway

EASTERN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

MARKETS: Red Mountain Produce, Patagonia Market, Viva Pura

RESTAURANTS & CAFES: Tree of Life Cafe, The Home Plate, Velvet Elvis, The Gathering Grounds, Mercedes


First of all, there are no chain restaurants or franchises of any national brands: no Micky D's, No IHOPS, No Pizza Huts, No Starbucks, No Jack-in-the-Box, no Italian Gardens, no Taco Bells. Mass-feeding fast-food dining concepts like those simply do not ring true here. Furthermore, the town's demographics with a population of less than 900 would not attract big business food operations - one would have to drive the twenty miles to Nogales or the 60 miles to Sierra Vista to find those if you wanted to.
What's here are four establishment- at the present time - small, independent and locally-owned restaurants and one cafe/deli.

• The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center is home to the Tree of Life Café, which serves registered guests and is a live-food restaurant open to all. The Tree of Life Café serves inspirational and transformational buffet style meals of gourmet, 100% organic, vegan-vegetarian, kosher, live-food, seasonal cuisine. We feature a 14 day menu of international cuisine inspired by all the flavors of the globe.

Guests need to check in at the Oasis and buy a meal pass in the Store.
The Cafe is located on top of the Mesa.
686 Harshaw Rd, Patagonia
520-394-2520

Days & Hours
Monday - Friay
Breakfast 8.00-9.00am $20
Lunch 1.00-2.00pm $30
Dinner 5.00-6.00pm $20 (dinner time changes seasonally)

Saturday & Sunday
Brunch 10.30-12.00 $40 (includes dessert)
Dinner 6.30-7.30pm $20 (Saturday)
Dinner 5.00-6.00pm $20 (Sunday)

Beds of Patagonia: Vacation Get-Away Treasures To Sleep In

I'll post here the overnight accommodations listings in a take-away brochure available at the Patagonia-Mountain Empire Visitor Information Center located at 317 McKeown Avenue in the historic commercial center of town.
These "small wonders" are each individually distinct with their own statements of hospitality welcoming guests to their particular small-scale locations for brief or extended stays - a two nights or 3-day Weekend, a week or ten days, or longer stays can be negotiated and enjoyed.
Find the small wonders of Patagonia in the big landscapes, streams and sky islands of The Mountain Empire in a four-season climate - nothing hidden here - revealed for you to find your reasons to visit and stay awhile.

DUQUESNE HOUSE BED AND BREAKFAST

This historic adobe inn offers charm, quiet, ambience, and delightful breakfasts, except on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
357 Duquesne Avenue/P.O. Box 162, Patagonia 85624
520-394-2732 Nancy McCoy
Website: www.theduquesnehouse.com
3 Suites and 1 Studio Apartment
Beds: 10 [1 Queen and 2 Daybeds in each suite. Queen bed in studio]
Rate: 1-2 Guests $125/night, each additional adult $25.00, children 12 and under free
Tuesday and Wednesday "Bed No Bread" Special: $110 per night for 1-2 guests
Rate includes breakfast and tax
Payment: Cash or Check
Private entrance and bath for each unit, Wi-Fi, full breakfast served in the dining room Thu-Mon, screened porch, patios, gardens, mountain view

LA PALOMITA DE PATAGONIA "Bed No Bread"
Charming, secluded, spacious addition to adobe house one block from town park
337 Smelter Avenue
520-394-2036 or 520-975-5319 Mary Munro
Email: lapalomitade@yahoo.com
Beds: 1 Queen, sleeps two adults
Rates: $75 per night
Payment: Cash or check
On-street parking, smoke-free and pet-free environment, bath with claw-foot tub, hand shower, microwave, coffeemaker, toaster, TV
Private walkway and entrance
Gas-fired woodstove, small patio

DOS PALMAS VACATION HOME
Stepback into the retro-style of the the 50's with all the conveniences of today. "Lucy, I'm home!" Private wooded lot. 2-Bedroom in town.
362 Duquesne Avenue
520-394-0056 or Toll-free 866-394-0056
Email: info@dospalmasaz.com or go to Website: www.dospalmasaz.com
Beds: 3 [1 Double Bedroom, 1 Twin Bedroom, 1 Double Futon in living room]
Sleeps: 5
Rates: 1-2 Guests $90 per night, 2 or more nights $75 per night
500-Sq.Ft. accommodations with full kitchen, washer & dryer, a comfortable living room, bathtub with shower, central heat, evaporative cooler, SatelliteTV/VCR/DVD, Wi-Fi Internet access right next door at the Patagonia Public Library.
Covered porch, large fenced yard for privacy, off-street parking for car, boat, bicycles
Pets considered.

CASITA FRONTERA GUEST COTTAGE
A uniquely comfortable, quiet and inspired private guest cottage in the heart of Patagonia with regionally authentic style and many special details to enhance your stay.
336 Naugle Avenue/P.O. Box 98
520-604-6762 or 520-394-0110
Email: Kathleen@LaFronteraAZ.com Website: www.LaFronteraAZ.com
Features a sitting area for 3-5, a fully-equipped kitchen with dining area, a darling bathroom with large open shower [bathrobes provided]
First and 2nd floor Queen beds, downstairs daybed
Outdoor walled gardens, fountains, tables + Seating and Firepit for your enjoyment.
Beds: 3 [2 Queen beds and 1 Twin daybed]
Sleeps: 5 maximum
Rate: $125 per night/$750 per week, single or double-occupancy
Payment: Cash or Check
TV with Satellite reception & VCR/DVD/Wi-Fi
Laundry facilities
Private Mendoza Alley entrance and parking
Smoke-free and pet-free environment

PAINTED HOUSE STUDIO
Charming bedroom in artist's home located across from the town park
355 McKeown Avenue/P.O. Box 355
520-394-2740 Linda Chase
Beds: 1 Double, sleeps two
Rate: $45 nightly, single/double-occupancy. Weekly or monthly negotiable
Payment: Cash or Check
In-room refrigerator, coffeemaker, microwave, coffee, tea and juice provided
Bath/shower, laundry facilities, heat/AC, on-street parking in front, VCR
Pets negotiable. No Smoking on the premises
Cleaning service provided every third day

STUDIO GALLERY AND LODGING
Quiet, comforable accommodations in artist's home.
295 Pittsburgh Avenue/P.O. Box 1092
520-394-2978 Jill Babcock
Beds: 1 King, sleeps one or two guests
Rate: 1 night $80, 2 or more nights $75 per night, Weekly one night free
Payment: Cash or check
Furnished with antiques and fine art, large private bath with bathtub/shower, refrigerator, microwave, coffeemaker, gas furnace, ceiling fans/AC, electric heaters, VCR
Separate entrance and shaded patio, off-street parking for car, boats, covered for bicycles
Phone available

GOAT HILL GETAWAY VACATION RENTAL I
Little house: charming guest cottage in town, walk to everything, galleries, shops, restaurants
173 Smelter Avenue
520-604-1562/Lisa Filigenzi Brown, property manager
Beds: 1 Queen Bedroom, 2 Futons in living room
Sleeps: 4 maximum (Children over 13 only)
Rates: $125 per night, 2-night minimum
Weekly rate includes one night free
[Off-season rates in effect from June-September]
Payment: Mastercard or Visa, check
820 sq. ft. 1-Bedroom with bath
Large eat-in kitchen and living area, bath with shower, enclosed backyard, locked off-street parking for cars, boats, RVs, bicycles.
Local phone and DSL
Smoke-free environment. Sorry, No Pets.
Little and big house on same property.

LA CASITA
Charming, lovingly-restored casita one block from the town park on a quiet street with Mexican decor and three patios in a private setting.

341 Sonoita Avenue/P.O. Box 1178
520-394-0109 or 406-581-8587 Vicky and Peter Lockwood
Email: ranchosanmiguel@aol.com
Beds: 1 Queen, sleeps two
Rates: $85 per night with a two-night minimum stay/$450 per week
Payment: Cash or check, and one-night deposit required
Bedroom with sitting area and adjoining mexican-tiled bath with shower
Private entrance, refrigerator, coffeemaker and microwave, parking for two cars, ceiling fans and electric heat, TV/VCR, large movie collection and library
Two covered patios and one partial
No smoking or pets
Garden, hummingbird visitations seasonally.

THE BLACK DOVE COTTAGE

A quiet detached housekeeping cottage on grounds filled with birds. 
Full and hot breakfast included in cost of accommodations. Guests enjoy our location close to hiking trails and natural resources, Wine Country in Sonoita-Elgin, The Coronado National Forest, "Ghost Towns", Nature Conservancy Sonoita Creek Preserve, Paton's Hummingbird House and Patagonia Lake.

576 Gringo Road/P.O. Box 462
(Turn on First Avenue from Hwy 82 by the football field)
520-394-2080 Geraldine Boling and Carl Fuller
Email: jerribo@theriver.com
Website: www.theblackdovebb.com
1 Housekeeping cottage with full kitchen
Beds:1 Queen, 1 Queen sofabed, and a rollaway

Sleeps: up to5
Rates: For one or two guests
Cottage $125/night, $25 each additional guest up to 5
Payment: Cash
Private entrance, Wi-Fi, Satellite TV with all channels, VCR
Lighted, paved off-road parking
Member Arizona Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns

ROADRUNNER RETREAT
Birder-friendly Southwest-style hillside home with stunning mountain views. Great accommodations for two and comforable for up to 8 guests. 2-Bedroom, 2 bath 2,000 sq. ft. home just a short walk or bicycle ride to town center.
163A North Patagonia Lane
360-455-0220 Linda Crerar & Rick Cholar
Email: roadrunnerretreat@hotmail.com
Beds: 4 Queen
Sleeps: 8
Rates: $125 per night, double occupancy
$210 per night for 3-4 guests, $35 each additional guest
10% off for four nights or longer
Payment: Cash or check
Jacuzzi in Master Bedroom, secluded patios and gardens, gas grill, patio furniture, fully-equipped country kitchen, large dining room and Arizona room, washer & dryer, living room with fireplace and wood provided, TV/VCR/DVD, local phone, car port
Self-catering property
Cleaning service available.

CROSS CREEK COTTAGES
Two cozy cottages and one studio apartment on twenty acres 3/10 of a mile east of town bordering The Nature Conservancy and Native Seeds/RESEARCH Farm. A place for easy and quiet walks, excellent birdwatching, with llamas, a lone alpaca, and several rescue donkeys.
14 Cross Creek Road/P.O. Box 772
520-394-0054 Regina Medley, Owner & Hostess
Email: regina_medley@hotmail.com
Beds: 6 or 7
Sleeps: 11 total in all units
Rates: $95/night double-occupancy for cottages:
2-Bedroom Dragonfly Cottage:1 Queen, 1 Full and full sofabed in living room
1-Bedroom Butterfly Cottage: 1 Queen and 1 Twin in living room
$85/night double-occupancy for studio apartment
Payment: Cash or check
Units furnished with antiques and works of local artists. Full kitchen, LR/DR combination, cottages have secluded and private porches, woodstoves, satellite TV, local phone
Pets considered on individual basis
Cleaning service

THE SHEFFIELD MANOR INN BED & BREAKFAST
Historic territorial property established in 1902 with three cottages updated to meet the needs of today's traveler while keeping their sense of history and charm. Private entrance and private yards. Short walk to town and to hiking and biking trails nearby.
132 Naugle Avenue/P.O. Box 951
520-394-2068 or 520-260-0250 David & Kayti King
Email: contactus@thesheffieldmanor.com
Website: www.TheSheffieldManor.com
Beds: 8
The Bunkhouse: 1 Queen and 2 Twin
The Suite: 1 King and 1 Twin
The Mongol: 1 Queen and 2 Twin
Sleeps: 11
Rates: 1 Guest @ $95/night, $10 each additional person
Payment: Cash, check or credit card
Fully-equipped kitchen in all accommodations. Bath/shower in the Bunkhouse and Mongol, custom double-shower in the Suite.
All have indoor fireplaces, wood provided, BBQ grill and covered porch
TV/DVD/Satellite, free Wi-Fi, no phone, laundry facilities
Pet-friendly with no additional fee
Fenced pasture for horses, trailer parking available
Cleaning service, parking on the property
Smoking outdoors only

RED MOUNTAIN COTTAGE
Privately situated Two-Bedroom cottage located just one mile from center of town. Charming historic location close to the Tree of Life on the Harshaw Road Gateway to the San Rafael Valley.
3A Harshaw Road/P.O. Box 1183
520-394-2514 Sally Greenleaf, Owner
Email: cynie@dakotanet.com Contact Cynie Murray
Website: www.redmountaincottage.com
Beds: 2 Queen and 1 Twin
Sleeps: 5
Rates: Three-night minimum [flexible] $150 per night
$850 for the week
Equipped kitchen with dining room, coffee and tea provided, local phone, satellite TV, laundry facility, bathroom has claw foot tub and shower
Indoor wood-burning stove, wood provided
Large, walled-in yard for well-behaved pets, separate screened porch
Smoking outdoors only
Ample parking

THE BIRD HOUSE Casa de Las Aves
Unique, very private and comfortable detached guest house high on the top of Red Mountain with inspiring views outdoors and a relaxing nest-like atmosphere inside.
P.O. Box 1218 Virginia Treherne-Thomas
520-394-2150 or 401-474-7393 (cell)
Email: VTREHERNE@aol.com
Beds: 2 [1 Queen and 1 Twin Daybed
Sleeps: 3
Rate: $85 per night, single or double-occupancy/call for extended rates
Payment: Cash or check
Private parking and private entrance, seasonal heated swimming pool with lap-exercise wave machine, and a lovely relaxing courtyard.
Mountain views overlooking the town and grasslands all around invite quiet serenity and active enjoyment of our natural resources.
Furnished with antiques

A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Two appealing and secluded fully-equipped retreat casitas on 18 acres of rolling high desert grasslands and panoramic mountains vistas. Guests rave about the amenities and hospitality of the hosts. Four miles from the lake.
HC2 Box 282 Nogales, AZ 85621 Lake Patagonia Road
520-397-9297 or Toll-free 877-533-VIEW (8349) Roger & Sonia
Email: patview@dishnet.net
Website: www.patagoniaview.com
Beds: 2 [1 King Suite and 1 Queen Suite, with rollaway bed available]
Sleeps: 4
Rates: $100 per night, $90/night for two or more nights
$20 each additional person
$550 per week, $1800 per month
Payment: Cash or check
Tub/shower combination baths, full kitchen, gas furnace, AC, covered porch/patio, gas grill
Ample parking for car, boats, bicycles, TV/VCR/DVD, Phone/internet/Wi-Fi available
Laundry facilities
Smoking outside only. Pets considered [fee of $10 per pet]
Outstanding birding, boating, relaxing paradise
We have many return visitors who appreciate the quiet time to reconnect with Nature.

SPIRIT TREE INN BED & BREAKFAST
Large adobe ranch house and two casitas on 52 acres nestled in Coronado National Forest one mile from the Arizona Trail and one mile from town. 1830's Amish barn from Chambersberg, Pennsylvania on restored site. Wonderful area for weddings, family reunions, group retreats, small meetings and conferences. Tasty breakfasts daily. Great room with fireplace and area memorabilia.
3 Harshaw Road/HC2 Box 100
520-394-0121 or Toll-free 866-394-0121
Mary Jane Pottenbaum & Tom and Joe Batholomeux
Email: info@spirittreeinn.com, or spirittreeinn@aol.com
Website: www.spirittreeinn.com
4 rooms in the main house and 2 separate casitas
Beds: 11 [1 King, 3 Queens, 5 Twins, 1 Queen Futon and 1 Queen Hide-a-Bed]
Sleeps: up to 15
Rates: $115/night single or double-occupancy in Main House
$130/night single or double-occupancy in small Casita
$180/night single or double or triple-occupancy in large Casita [up to 5]
$25 each addional guest
$15 surcharge for one night only stay
Payment: Mastercard, Visa, cash or check
Kitchenettes in casitas, private baths for each room, AC and central heat in Main House
Window AC and propane heat in both casitas
Gourmet home-style breakfast in Main House
Outdoor patio
Music and meeting rooms
Dogs accepted on individual basis. Smoking in designated areas only. Pets permitted in casitas
Horse facilities for haul-ins

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