2135 Knowles Rd. Medford, OR 97501
Call ahead for baked goods! 206.639.0297
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Now Doing Pop Ups
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About
The Dormouse
Dormouse Farm is a mother & daughter team. Both Cindy & Morgan are passionate about bringing quality food and education to southern Oregon. With nearly 50 years combined farming experience: Cindy works the magic in the kitchen creating baked delights and scrumptious shrubs, vinaigrettes, jams, and in the greenhouse nurturing heirloom varieties of flowers, herbs and vegetables. Morgan is the designing wiz, and magics hot sauce and pasta late in the night to delight and tease your taste buds. She is also the resident artist and teacher.
The story of how the Dormouse Farm came to be is as quirky and thoughtful as its founders.
COVID-19 in 2020 made an impact on our lives, as it has for millions around the world. The arts, restaurant and hospitality businesses that both daughter and son depended on, ceased to exist as we had known them. This was the key driver to bring the family back together and re-evaluate life moving forward.
Knowing this, mother and daughter were sitting around the garden table fantasizing a return to farm life.
They had done this before. The fantasizing and the farming.
The farming was done for sixteen years back in Washington state before the parents decided to retire after the children went on to pursue their art. And the fantasizing has been going on since the family moved into the city. Three tense years, with unenjoyable noise and neighbors unaccustomed to a gardener’s vision and a farmer’s inventions, was plenty of time to envision a return to the “good old days.” And COVID seemed to give the family just the right push to go buy the farm. Again.
And so. The name. It is an odd choice, considering that folk prefer to distance themselves from anything with “mouse” in it, but it makes a great deal of sense when you hear how it came to be.
As it was said before, mother and daughter were fantasizing in the garden, listening to good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll and talking about the business plan and all the things they’d need.
Like a name.
And on came Jefferson Airplane. The line, “Remember what the dormouse said, ‘Feed your head!’” resonated with them so strongly, they posed the question:
Well, how about Dormouse Farm?
And why not? Aren’t we nutty enough to belong in Wonderland? City folk who go and farm, and then retire, only to go back and do it all over again? Thus, it was decided.
But does a dormouse actually fit with our ideals?
In short, yes.
Artists are like dormice, mainly nocturnal and go through periods of hibernation…
A dormouse is really quite like a farmer… nesting, food collection and wanting to pass the winter by.
And Jefferson Airplane drew the connection to Wonderland and liberating our minds. And Dormouse Farm will also liberate your tastebuds.
The Shoppe
Goodies
Dormouse
Happenings
October 19th - 11am-3pm
Pop-Up at the Cheese Cave in Phoenix.
Where we’re going
September 7th - 9am-2pm
Phoenix Flower Festival at the Phoenix Grange.
Where we’ve been
October 5th - 10am-5pm
Talent Harvest Festival at Wagner Plaza in Talent.
October 12th - 10am-2pm
Pop-Up at the Cheese Cave in Phoenix.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please lettuce know.
COMING SOON!
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All swag purchases go to supporting the farm! This means equipment, signage, advertising and more. Learn about volunteer opportunities and about sponsoring the new artist residency below.
Top Tote
“Love you to peaches.”
Top T-Shirt
“Darling you look radishing.”
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At 2135 Knowles Rd.
Call 206.639.0297
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