Rancho Los Alamitos: Grand Opening Preview Luncheon

Preview Luncheon of new Rancho Center and Restored Barns Area at Rancho Los Alamitos. Honoring Supervisor Don and Julie Knabe with the first Cottonwood Award.

Barnyard reception; chuckwagon BBQ buffet from original ranch recipes; awards presentation; tours of ranch house and gardens.

The Barns Area Restoration and Rancho Center Project re-establishes the historic character of the barnyard at Rancho Los Alamitos by re-creating the functional layout of the buildings, barnyard landscape and barnyard style of the early working ranch.  Livestock and ranch animals populate the barnyard as they did during the heyday of California ranching.  As part of the restoration, four 20th century barns have been relocated and restored. The Horse Barn has been expanded and adaptively re-used as the new Rancho Center, a remarkable educational facility which utilizes the voices of Rancho Los Alamitos over time to reveal the layers of the landscape, native people and newcomers.

The new Rancho Center emerges as the heart of Rancho Los Alamitos.  Its public spaces, classroom, meeting and conference areas, spectacular floor and wall murals, visitor orientation center and interpretive display graphics present the 1500-year history of the ranch through voices and images of the people and the evolving landscape through time.

Funds raised at the Grand Opening Preview Luncheon will support the educational mission of Rancho Los Alamitos.

For more information, please contact Mary Ellen Mitchell at Maryellen@rancholosalamitos.org or 562-431-3541.