Surprise Farm Retreat Center

01/06/2026

Happy New Year, Happy New Beginnings. We are excited that farm and sensory garden seeds have arrived. We are also seeding our programs for the next year. Please check back soon for volunteer gardening and "Sense of Surprise" program opportunities.

12/01/2025

After the rain, the green-ing of the countryside! Visit our farm, walk the labyrinth and connect to the land.

11/27/2025

On this Thanksgiving Day, we are grateful for the food growing on the land, for the visitors and participants at Surprise Farm Retreat Center realizing our vision, and our volunteers and supporters providing all your gifts.

11/24/2025

Nature Quest and our Gratitude Gathering: In our final gathering for Nature Quest 2025, youth, mentors and family from Youth Empowerment defied the rain, wind and cold and joined us for planting, delicious food from the land, open mic and certificate ceremony. The Nature Quest program provides immersive experiences, designed to connect youth to nature to foster life skills and support human growth and well-being. The program is supported by the Prebys Foundation's "Nature and Healing" grant initiative. We invited youth from Youth Empowerment to join us once a month for gardening and land based encounters.

11/13/2025

Glad to be part of this great community of doing good! Stay dry and cozy this weekend!

11/12/2025

We're moving (!) our meditation practice to WED @ 2pm.... need a break and move easy into late afternoons? Enjoy a relaxed practice and let nature heal you.

Now Every Wednesday at 5pm

10/21/2025

Meet us this week at SFRC:
On WED at 5pm, we have our regular meditation session; we are sitting to the sound of music and nature for two sessions. Come and try it out.
On SAT after 6pm, join us for our monthly fire pit and community gathering. We may pull off a scary surprise......

What’s your first experience gathering around a fire? No matter the scenario, we never stop needing to connect with people and nature. That’s why Surprise Farm Retreat Center hosts a Community Fire Pit the last Saturday of every month. Come out at sunset to meet other Ramonans, feel the fresh ai...

10/16/2025

Nature and Healing at Surprise!

Surprise Farm Retreat Center near Ramona hosted farming activities for City Heights teens

10/15/2025

"When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lost that."........ if you want to find it back, practice with us! Today @ 5pm at Surprise Farm Retreat Center.

Now Every Wednesday at 6pm

10/14/2025

Nature Quest October Retreat: Youth Empowerment @ Surprise Farm Retreat Center. A weekend filled with gardening, harvesting, mask making, fire pit and morning meditation. Sense of Surprise.

10/14/2025

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, we are feeling the energy of ancient heritage and spiritual traditions of the people. Sense of Surprise.

10/08/2025

Please, join us for meditation at 5pm on WED. New season, new practices; all levels of experience and newcomers welcome! https://www.surpriseretreatcenter.net/wednesdaypractices