Journal

Orchard Hill Celebrates New Year's Eve and Holds a Special Blessing on January 1st.

12/26/2016
Arrive Friday, December 30th and you'll begin celebrating the holiday with an hors d'oeuvre party at Pat's and Darrell's home. It's a wonderful way to get together to watch the second-to-the-last sunset of the year. On the 31st, you'll experience the wintry holiday night with an eight-course dinner followed by a party with music, noise makers, and, of course, a midnight champagne toast. Your stay also includes a full breakfast each day with extended hours on January 1st...

Holidays at Orchard Hill

11/11/2016
Tree Lighting It’s that time of year for another wonderful holiday season. As a tradition, Julian celebrates its tree lighting the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The event includes a variety of performers and carolers, a living nativity, and much more...

Julian's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

11/27/2015
Julian celebrates the start of the holiday season this Saturday, November 28, with performers set for appearances up and down Main Street, as well as the traditional setting in the Pioneer Museum Park. The day will culminate with the lighting of our town's 80-foot Christmas tree.

No tricks...just a real treat for you!

10/28/2015
Well….there aren’t any tricks we’re giving you, just a real treat! Stay at Orchard Hill Friday or Saturday night, October 30th or 31st, and you’ll receive $50 toward dinner any place in town or keep it in your pocket for a holiday gift! If you stay both nights, you’ll receive $100. Please call us to book your room.

Join us for supper...

09/21/2015
Most of you know that our new chef of eight months unexpectedly quit near the end of last year. Doris, our chef for the previous 10 years, graciously stepped-in and finished the year with her usual fabulous New Year’s eight course dinner.

Dog Days of Summer

08/28/2015
I have a couple of enjoyable little books that reveal the origins of sayings. “Dog days of summer” is one of those sayings that annually comes to mind but I don’t recall running across how it came about.Usually there is a bit of history involved or it comes from a time honored author.

Summer Fun in Julian

07/31/2015
We are offering a great special this summer: Any two-night stay mid-week will receive a 25% discount off the standard room rate. Spend two nights on the weekend and you’ll receive a 20% discount. Any two-night stay will also receive a picnic lunch for two which you can take on any hike, picnic outing at Lake Cuyamaca, or any other relaxing spot, including by our Manzanita Creek...

Of love in bloom...

04/09/2015
Year-long we discuss "doing this" and "doing that" at Orchard Hill knowing full well that the launching date is always after the Inn’s New Year’s celebration. Come the first, we hit the road running (Darrell’s term). It was a bit difficult this year with a foot of snow remaining on the road from the night before and then came the people...OMG!

Projects = Dangerous Territory

03/05/2015
It began smoothly. We were having our morning coffee discussing what, if anything, we were each thinking regarding upgrades to the Inn. The lack of rainfall and the migration of deer onto our grounds mandated that planting a less appetizing groundcover was a good place to begin. Easy enough. Agreeably, on we went...

A Major Change at Orchard Hill

01/28/2015
We have taken a recent event to effect a major change at Orchard Hill and wish to share it with you. I’ll admit that the outgrowth of the change appears to be far more ambitious than first anticipated but as ideas are pulled together, we find that this is perhaps the most exciting plan we have undertaken in some while...

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