Hello!

We’re eternally grateful to Brian’s parents, Paul and Phyllis O’Driscoll, for having the vision back in the late ‘60’s to abandon a suburban cul-de-sac for the great agrarian adventure.  We moved to the farm in 2009 to build our own version of the farm dream. 

 

The entire farm is comprised of 320 acres, including 190 acres of prime river-bottom farm ground, 85 acres of timbered hillside, and several acres of pasture and woodlands. Located just two miles east of the city limits of Lebanon, Oregon, the farm enjoys the beauty and seclusion provided by the bordering waters of the South Santiam River and Hamilton Creek. The property features panoramic views, forests, wildlife, diverse tree and plant life, trails and waterfront, and particularly diverse bird life, including bald eagles, kestrels, herons, owls, wild turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasant, quail, and numerous others.

 

Historic features on the farm include a 1912 timber-framed barn and a historic one room schoolhouse. 

 

The barn is built with hand-hewn and milled timber from the property, situated within a few hundred feet of Berlin Road and on the banks of Hamilton Creek. The name Springbank Farm still adorns the red barn in faded white letters.  We adopted this name for our farm out of our sense of connection with the farm’s history and previous inhabitants, the Halls and the Reeds.

 

The Reed family, previous owners of the farm and builders of the barn, acquired the farm in the 1890’s, and were instrumental in founding the Reed School, a one-room schoolhouse across the road on the grounds of Hamilton Creek School. In the Spring of 2010, through a partnership with the Lebanon Community School District, we relocated the Reed School onto our farm and began the long road of renovation, with the ultimate goal of using it to provide farm-based educational programs for local youth.