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Elkus Ranch holds fall event for kids

by Carolyn Livengood, September 20, 2009

The Richard J. Elkus Ranch invites preschool children, parents and teachers to attend its Fall Preschool Days from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 23, 24 and 25 at 1500 Purissima Creek Road in Half Moon Bay. Read more here...


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Touch The Earth

by Viktoria Vidali on September 1, 2009

Drive a few miles south of Half Moon Bay, then a few miles inland from Highway 1 and – if you have a detailed map of the region – you’ll find Elkus Ranch. This scenic 600-acre learning center provides hands-on experience to youth and children with special needs living in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. Students come from crowded cities into a world they may have only read about in books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Read more...


Half Moon Bay Review

 

New Garden Enables Disabled to Grow on Coast

Elkus Ranch expands with unusual garden

By Greg Thomas

Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Operations at Richard J. Elkus Ranch are largely driven by a mission to help people with developmental disabilities connect to nature through therapeutic horticulture. That duty was given a big boost on Saturday with the official launch of an "enabling garden" - the newest addition to the ranch. Read more here...