Hotel Healdsburg Announces New Spring Experiences

Hotel Healdsburg, a luxury boutique property in the heart of Healdsburg’s charming downtown, has announced several seasonal offerings for guests to celebrate spring and experience the beauty and abundance of Sonoma Wine Country. The hotel has partnered with Front Porch Farm to offer guests an immersive farm and floral design experience, the hotel’s celebrated “Wildflower Walks” has returned, a new plein air art experience is now available to book, and Hotel Healdsburg’s acclaimed spa, The Spa Hotel Healdsburg, is now offering a selection of new seasonal treatments.

“This spring season in the Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys will be especially beautiful with an overwhelming burst of nature and vibrancy as a result of the heavy rains over the winter months,” says Circe Sher, co-founder of Piazza Hospitality which developed and manages Hotel Healdsburg and its sister properties h2 hotel and Harmon Guest House. “The green hills and wildflowers are awe-inspiring, and our new programming provides memorable adventures for guests to experience the magic up close.”

Through its new partnership with Front Porch Farms in Healdsburg, hotel guests can partake in an exclusive, immersive farm and floral design experience that begins with a farm walk to explore Front Porch’s 110-acre mosaic of fruit and olive orchards, rows of flowers, acres of heritage vegetable crops, fields of heirloom polenta corn and vineyards on sunny hillsides. Visitors will see the fields in bloom, taste ripened fruits and smell the fragrances of lilac, rose geranium, lavender, peonies and other seasonal flowers. Following the walk, Front Porch’s lead floral designer, Jaclyn Edds Konczal will engage each group with a floral design demonstration before guests work on their own centerpieces. The afternoon ends with a relaxed, gourmet picnic lunch on the grounds of the picturesque farm, prepared by Dry Creek Kitchen, the hotel’s acclaimed restaurant. Guests will depart with the beautiful centerpieces they created.

The hotel’s popular Wildflower Walks experience has also returned for the season. During this special excursion, guests can witness up close a colorful array of the region’s wildflowers, including bright blue iris, purple lupine, deep orange poppies, pink wild rose, blue-eyed grass, yellow buttercups, and more in full bloom when they hike 1.5- 2 hours through the region’s scenic hills with local trail guide and certified health coach Karen Austin who will customize the experience to meet guests’ fitness levels and interests. The experience includes a gourmet picnic lunch from Dry Creek Kitchen. Available to book now through May 31. The walks must be reserved 72 hours in advance.

Guests can also now discover the landscape of Sonoma County through the art of plein air painting. Under the instruction of Clark Mitchell, an award-winning Sonoma County based plein air artist, guests will learn techniques for capturing the scenic landscape with pastels. The experience encourages creativity to flow while creating amongst the vineyards at the picturesque Dutcher Crossing Winery in the Dry Creek Valley. Following the art session, guests will enjoy a tasting of Dutcher Crossing wines paired with a picnic prepared by Dry Creek Kitchen. Each participant will depart with their own set of 40 pastels, a sketch book, and their artwork along with a one-of-a-kind memory of Sonoma wine country.

Finally, the property’s onsite full-service Spa Hotel Healdsburg is now offering new, luxurious spring-centric treatments so guests can feel relaxed and rejuvenated during their Wine Country escape. The Strawberry Rhubarb Hydrating Massage is a decadent head-to-toe massage and body polish that will indulge all the senses and leave guests with smoother, more hydrated skin that will last all season. With gentle cleansing, luscious manuka honey, and a rich whipped oil hydrator that transforms from a cream to an oil, the Manuka Honey Facial offers incredible skin nourishment leaving guests feeling revitalized and radiant.