The gardens at Harmony Hollow are one of my favorite spaces. We drive up to the property regularly just to visit and love on it, and let it love back on us. A visit up the hill to the house always entails a little walk to say “hi” to this
Did you know that Harmony Hollow has it’s own honey? Sonoran Foothills is the blend of honey that Bill Payne captures at Harmony Hollow. (I obviously don’t know the correct terminology of bee keepers). The Sonoran Foothills Harmony Hollow honey varies slightly from year to year depending on what has
Inside the Harmony Hollow house every window frames a gorgeous view. This is an upstairs bedroom. Can you imagine waking up to that?
We’ve lived in Arizona for over 20 years now and thought we’d seen some interesting wildlife. Everyday at the Stamp Mill shows us just how much we’ve been missing. This big guy was sunning himself at the pond today. We think he’s a Colorado River Toad, but we have a
The more time we spend at the Stamp Mill, the more special features we find. The previous owner, Skip Hoyle, use the Frank Lloyd Wright style of Desert Masonry to construct walls, benches, and all kinds of interesting structures on the property. While Frank Lloyd Wright used mostly desert boulders
You’d never guess that it’s over 100 degrees during the day, and not much cooler in the evenings. But even that can’t keep us away from the gorgeous-ness of Harmony Hollow. We’ve started packing up our dinner and taking it to our new new favorite chill spot. Hanging out on
Our adventures continue! We got a message from Ranger Kevin letting us know that at least four cows were spotted in the conservation area. The Spur Cross trail cam caught them taking a break at the desert oasis earlier in the day. The little stinkers went out the gate from
After we jumped in to Harmony Hollow we realized that the Creek that ran along the border of the property was part of another parcel, The Historic Stamp Mill, and that even if we put all of Harmony Hollow into a conservation easement, the Cave Creek was still in jeopardy
The iconic gate to Harmony Hollow is a sculpture by artist, Richard Mocco. Countless visitors to the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area pass the gate every year on the way into the hiking trails. Mocco was an artist with many talents, know for his paintings, drawings, sculpture, and jewelry. He
